Objectives: To assess the in vitro antibacterial activity of ceftazidime/avibactam against a recent Italian collection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolated from urine specimens. Methods: Consecutive Gram-negative isolates from urine specimens, collected from inpatients in five Italian hospitals during the period October 2016...
-
2020 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
-
2020 (v1)Publication
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are leading pathogens of biofilm-related infections and represent the most common cause of osteomyelitis and biomedical implants infections. Biofilm-related infections usually require long-term antibiotic treatment, often associated to surgical interventions. Dalbavancin is a newer...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023 -
2018 (v1)Publication
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causes important health care-associated infections worldwide. An outbreak of sequence type 11 (ST11) OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae (OXA-48-Kp) isolates occurred in Tzaneio Hospital in 2012 and was contained until 2014, when OXA-48-Kp reemerged. The present study involved 19 bloodstream infection (BSI)...
Uploaded on: March 27, 2023