Antimicrobial resistance in ventilator-associated pneumonia: predictive microbiology and evidence-based therapy

A Alnimr - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2023 - Springer
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious intensive care unit (ICU)-related
infection in mechanically ventilated patients that is frequent, as more than half of antibiotics …

Prevalence and etiology of community-and hospital-acquired pneumonia in Saudi Arabia and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns: a systematic review

MK Alshammari, MA Alotaibi, AS AlOtaibi, HT Alosaime… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background and Objectives: Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide, including in Saudi Arabia, and the prevalence and etiology of the disease varies …

Gram-Negative ESKAPE Bacteria Surveillance in COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes High-Risk Sequence Types of Acinetobacter baumannii MDR in a Tertiary Care …

MA Cureño-Díaz, ES Plascencia-Nieto… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
The interruption of bacteriological surveillance due to the COVID-19 pandemic brought
serious consequences, such as the collapse of health systems and the possible increase in …

Microbiological trends and mortality risk factors of central line-associated bloodstream infections in an academic medical center 2015–2020

MJ Alwazzeh, A Alnimr, SA Al Nassri… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite tremendous efforts to prevent central line-associated bloodstream
infections, they still remain life-threatening complications among hospitalized patients with …

Prospective cohort study of incidence and risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in 145 intensive care units of 9 Latin American countries: INICC …

R Yin, Z Jin, BH Lee, GA Alvarez, JP Stagnaro… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Identify urinary catheter (UC)-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) incidence
and risk factors (RF) in Latin American Countries. Methods From 01/01/2014 to 02/10/2022 …

Prevalence and genetic characterization of clinically relevant extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

HA Hadi, H Al-Hail, LE Aboidris, M Al-Orphaly… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Among Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), Enterobacterales (Enterobacterales),
such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), are the most …

Rapid Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Causing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Using Multiple Cross Displacement Amplification Technique in Intensive …

SSE Marey, AAG Ads, AM Hassan… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - ejmm.journals.ekb.eg
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) stands as one of the critical distressing
hospital infections. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) represents a potentially fatal …

Shock Index and Baseline Lactate Level did not Predict Nonsurvival in Pediatric Patients with Severe Sepsis: A tertiary hospital experience

TA Abdelaziz, NA Karam, W Ibrahim Ismail… - Zagazig University …, 2024 - journals.ekb.eg
Background: Limited information exists regarding the shock index (SI) and lactate levels in
children with sepsis. Therefore, we performed this study to explore the predictive value of SI …