The β‐lactams—a large class of diverse compounds—due to their excellent safety profile
and broad antimicrobial spectrum are considered to be the most widely used therapeutic …

Antibiotic resistance is now a linked global problem. Dispersion of successful clones of
multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria is common, often via the movement of people. Local …

Antibiotic resistance is a problem of deep scientific concern both in hospital and community
settings. Rapid detection in clinical laboratories is essential for the judicious recognition of …

Abstract Treatment of community urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by extended-
spectrum β lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) is more expensive than …

Background Nothing is known about the epidemiology and resistance mechanisms of
extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in Burkina Faso …

Purpose This article is the first to review published reports on the prevalence of multidrug-
resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections in Egypt and gain insights into antimicrobial …

Aim. Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is an encapsulated Gram‐negative bacterium
that can lead to 14–20% of nosocomial infections. The ability of biofilm formation in this …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Reports on extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)
production by Enterobacteriaceae, and especially in Klebsiella pneumoniae, are few in …

The identification of patients carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing
bacteria is important, since these patients are at risk of receiving inappropriate empirical …

In Egypt, little is known about the genetic background of Escherichia coli isolates harboring
extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL). Five hundred twenty Enterobacteriaceae were …