marzo 31, 2021

The global rise in nosocomial pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens and increasingly limited antibiotic treatment options are growing threats to modern medicine. As a result, older antibiotics like polymyxins are being used as drugs of last resort for MDR nosocomial pneumonia. Polymyxins are bactericidal against most aerobic Gram-negative bacilli, but the sub-therapeutic concentrations achieved at infection sites following high-dose intravenous administration make…

CONCLUSION: High rates of quinolone resistant and low frequency of MDR Salmonella spp. isolates were identified in central Iran, similar to findings in other parts of Asia. To prevent the spread of these resistant strains, the antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. isolates should be under constant surveillance, and empiric antibiotic therapy should be adapted appropriately.

DprE1 is a potential target of resistant tuberculosis (TB), especially multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. 2-benzoxazolinone is a closely related bioisostere of some scaffolds such as benzoxazoles, benzimidazole, benzothiazolinone, and benzothiazoles that have been previously explored against DprE1. Thus, a ligand-based quantitative pharmacophore model (AHRR.8) of DprE1 was developed and this pharmacophore model was utilized in activity profiling of some…

CONCLUSION: The ethanol extracts from carbonized T. grandis and Mahanintangtong showed good antimicrobial activity, especially against S. pyogenes, and good anti-inflammatory activity. These findings are relevant to the pathogenesis of pharyngitis and justify additional studies to see if Mahanintangtong could have clinical utility.

CONCLUSIONS: The ability of A1 E. faecium to continually present new combinations of genes for potential selection suggests that controlling this pathogen will remain challenging but establishing a framework for understanding genomic evolution is likely to aid in tracking the threats posed by newly emerging lineages.

CONCLUSION: There was a low treatment failure rate in patients with S. aureus prosthetic bone and joint or orthopedic metalware-associated infection with early oral switch from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy.

No abstract

CONCLUSIONS: Oral step-down linezolid had similar clinical and safety outcomes when compared to SPT for MRSA BSI, except linezolid was associated with fewer adverse events requiring re-hospitalization. Additional research is needed exploring step-down linezolid use in MRSA BSI, particularly in patients requiring shorter durations of outpatient therapy.

CONCLUSION: PAMCHD offers significant potential against MDR-TB and exhibits notable potency against nonreplicating drug-tolerant M. tuberculosis persisters. These findings warrant further studies on PAMCHD for further TB drug development.

We analyzed the clinical features and risk factors of candidemia due to C. parapsilosis (n=104) in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital over six years. This was a monocentric, retrospective study of candidemia, conducted from January 2013 to March 2019. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, invasive procedures, laboratory data and outcomes of 267 patients with candidemia were analyzed to determine risk factors of candidemia due to C. parapsilosis. Sixty-three cases of C….