Variations in the prevalence of strains expressing an extended-spectrum β-lactamase phenotype and characterization of isolates from Europe, the Americas, and the …

PL Winokur, R Canton, JM Casellas… - Clinical infectious …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To evaluate the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains
among species of Enterobacteriaceae, a microdilution susceptibility test was performed with …

Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance pattern comparisons among bloodstream infection isolates from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997 …

DJ Biedenbach, GJ Moet, RN Jones - Diagnostic microbiology and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The empiric treatment of patients with bloodstream infections (BSI) has become more
complicated in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance. The SENTRY Antimicrobial …

Prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa: regional results from SENTRY …

JM Bell, JD Turnidge, AC Gales, MA Pfaller… - … and infectious disease, 2002 - Elsevier
The frequency of occurrence of ESBL-producing clinical strains varies widely in distinct
geographic areas. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of occurrence …

SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program report: Latin American and Brazilian results for 1997 through 2001

HS Sader, RN Jones, AC Gales, JB Silva… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
The alarming emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance among common bacteria
threatens the effectiveness of therapy for many infections. Surveillance of antimicrobial …

Four-year evaluation of frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacteria from bloodstream infections in Latin American medical centers

HS Sader, RN Jones, S Andrade-Baiocchi… - … and infectious disease, 2002 - Elsevier
As part of the Latin American arm of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 7,207
bacterial isolates collected consecutively from bloodstream infections (BSI) during the period …

Respiratory tract pathogens isolated from patients hospitalized with suspected pneumonia in Latin America: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility …

AC Gales, RN Jones - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2002 - Elsevier
In spite of the recent medical advances, lower respiratory tract infections are still the most
frequent infectious causes of mortality worldwide. The objective of this study was to …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: study of antibiotic resistance and molecular typing in hospital infection cases in a neonatal intensive care unit from Rio de Janeiro City …

MM Loureiro, BA De Moraes, VLF Mendonça… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2002 - SciELO Brasil
This study had the objective of to analyze the demographic and bacteriologic data of 32
hospitalized newborns in an neonatal intensive care unit of a public maternity hospital in Rio …

[PDF][PDF] Determinación de β-lactamasas de espectro extendido en gérmenes nosocomiales del Hospital San Jerónimo, Montería

P Martínez, M Mercado, S Máttar - Colombia Médica, 2003 - redalyc.org
Objetivo: Este estudio tuvo como objetivos establecer la prevalencia de &# 946;-lactamasas
de espectro extendido (BLEE) en bacilos Gram negativos nosocomiales y comparar tres …

Integration of molecular characterization of microorganisms in a global antimicrobial resistance surveillance program

MA Pfaller, J Acar, RN Jones, J Verhoef… - Clinical infectious …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program has incorporated molecular strain
typing and resistance genotyping as a means of providing additional information that may be …

Emergencia de la resistencia antibiótica debida a las?-lactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE): detección, impacto clínico y epidemiología

S Máttar, P Martínez - Infectio, 2007 - revistainfectio.org
La rápida emergencia de la resistencia antimicrobianadebida a las BLEE tiene un impacto
significativo en lasalud pública. En los últimos 24 años ha suscitadoun gran interés el …