Ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving within-patient emergence of antimicrobial resistance

MJ Shepherd, T Fu, NE Harrington, A Kottara… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emergence
within patients and how these vary across bacterial infections are poorly understood …

Primary prophylaxis of bacterial infections and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with hematologic malignancies and solid tumors: 2020 updated …

AY Classen, L Henze, M von Lilienfeld-Toal… - Annals of …, 2021 - Springer
Hematologic and oncologic patients with chemo-or immunotherapy-related
immunosuppression are at substantial risk for bacterial infections and Pneumocystis jirovecii …

Multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales infections in abdominal solid organ transplantation

B Pilmis, E Weiss, A Scemla, A Le Monnier… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Transplant recipients are highly susceptible to multidrug-resistant (MDR)
related infections. The lack of early appropriate antimicrobial treatment may contribute to the …

A core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Enterococcus faecalis

B Neumann, K Prior, JK Bender… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Among enterococci, Enterococcus faecalis occurs ubiquitously, with the highest incidence of
human and animal infections. The high genetic plasticity of E. faecalis complicates both …

Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Hospital-Acquired Surgical Wound Infections and Bacteremia: Concomitant Analysis of Antimicrobial …

MAM Esmail, HM Abdulghany… - Infectious Diseases …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of Enterococcus faecalis infections
among patients with hospital-acquired surgical wound sepsis and bacteremia in surgical …

Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Colonization in Nursing Facilities

E Davis, L Hicks, I Ali, E Salzman… - Open Forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus
faecalis frequently colonize nursing facility (NF) residents, creating opportunities for …

Epidemiological profiles and pathogenicity of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates in Taiwan

PY Lin, SY Chan, A Stern, PH Chen, HC Yang - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Abstract The emerging Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE-fm) is an
opportunistic pathogen causing nosocomial infections. The identification of VRE-fm is …

Does selective digestive decontamination (SDD) increase antibiotic resistance? Long-term comparison of two intensive care units (with and without SDD) of the same …

A Rodríguez-Gascón, Y Lloréns-Villar… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to to compare the antimicrobial resistance rate and its
relationship with the antibiotic consumption in two separate Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of …

Cervicovaginal microbiota isolated from healthy women exhibit probiotic properties and antimicrobial activity against pathogens isolated from cervical cancer patients

A Kamble, S Naik, M Talathi, D Jadhav, S Pingale… - Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Abnormal cervicovaginal microbiota play an important role in HPV persistence and
progression to cervical cancer. The present study aimed at isolating and identifying potential …

Antibiotics with activity against intestinal anaerobes and the hazard of acquired colonization with ceftriaxone-resistant Gram-negative pathogens in ICU patients: a …

M Boutrot, K Azougagh, J Guinard… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Intestinal colonization resistance is mainly exerted by commensal anaerobes.
Objectives To assess whether exposure to non-carbapenem antibiotics with activity against …