Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The
spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of …

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a highly troublesome pathogen for many
institutions globally. As a consequence of its immense ability to acquire or upregulate …

Carbapenems are administered as the final drug of choice for treating complicated
nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains. It is …

As the incidence of Gram-negative bacterial infections for which few effective treatments
remain increases, so does the contribution of drug-hydrolyzing β-lactamase enzymes to this …

Optimal use of microbiology laboratories is essential to combat the spread of multiply
antibiotic-resistant pathogens. This is vital for patient care, as advocated by Jarvis in …

Acquired carbapenemases are emerging resistance determinants in Gram-negative
pathogens, including Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram …

Carbapenemase-producing bacteria have now spread all over the world. Infections caused
by those bacteria are difficult to treat. Therefore, there is an urgent need for accurate and fast …

The modified Hodge test has an excellent sensitivity for detecting enterobacterial isolates
producing Ambler class A (KPC) and class D (OXA-48) carbapenemases. Its sensitivity is …

Fosfomycin is active in vitro against extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pandrug-resistant
(PDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing …

ABSTRACT Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) have been increasingly recognized from clinical
isolates worldwide, but the laboratory detection of these strains is not well defined. We report …