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Detection of glycopeptide resistance genes in enterococci by multiplex PCR.

Medical journal, Armed Forces India

Bhatt P, Sahni AK, Praharaj AK, Grover N, Kumar M, Chaudhari CN, Khajuria A.
PMID: 25609863
Med J Armed Forces India. 2015 Jan;71(1):43-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2014.03.005. Epub 2014 Jun 07.

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) are a major cause of nosocomial infections. There are various phenotypic and genotypic methods of detection of glycopeptide resistance in enterococci. This study utilizes multiplex PCR for reliable detection of various glycopeptides resistance genes...

Umbilical Sepsis Caused by Multidrug Resistant Strain of Kocuria kristinae in a New Born: A Case Report.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR

Sivaraman U, Subramanian P, Ramakrishnan K, Seetha KS.
PMID: 27190805
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Apr;10(4):DD01-2. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/15665.7560. Epub 2016 Apr 01.

Kocuria species were placed previously under the genus Micrococcus, are skin and oropharynx commensals in mammals, including man. A rare bacteria, Kocuria kristinae isolated from a new born with umbilical sepsis. Identification and antibiotic susceptibility was done by Vitek...

Management of Meningitis Caused by Multi Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii: Clinical, Microbiological and Pharmacokinetic Results in a Patient Treated with Colistin Methanesulfonate.

Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

Schiaroli E, Pasticci MB, Cassetta MI, Fallani S, Castrioto C, Pirro M, Novelli A, Henrici De Angelis L, D'Andrea MM, Mezzatesta ML, Baldelli F, Mencacci A.
PMID: 26543524
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 11;7(1):e2015055. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2015.055. eCollection 2015.

This paper reports on a 71- year-old Caucasian male who underwent neurosurgery for an oligodendroglioma, followed by a cranial-sinus fistula and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. The clinical course was complicated due to an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis. The patient...

A Rare Clinical Entity: Staphylococcus-Related Glomerulonephritis.

Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation

Aliyeva N, Demir E, Caliskan Y, Yazici H, Yildiz A.
PMID: 28350291
Exp Clin Transplant. 2017 Mar 28; doi: 10.6002/ect.2016.0066. Epub 2017 Mar 28.

Staphylococcus aureus is a rare cause of postinfectious glomerulonephritis, and Staphylococcus-related glomerulonephritis primarily occurs in middle-aged or elderly patients. Patients with Staphylococcus-related glomerulonephritis also present with hematuria, proteinuria of varying degrees, rising serum creatinine levels, and/or edema. The severity...

Genotyping of vancomycin resistant enterococci in arak hospitals.

Jundishapur journal of microbiology

Hoseini Zadeh A, Shojapour M, Nazari R, Akbari M, Sofian M, Abtahi H.
PMID: 26034536
Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2015 Apr 18;8(4):e16287. doi: 10.5812/jjm.8(4)2015.16287. eCollection 2015 Apr.

BACKGROUND: Enterococcal species have emerged as important pathogens in Iran as well as throughout the world. With the increased use of vancomycin, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) has become an important nosocomial pathogen.OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to...

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens in Northern area of Jordan.

Iranian journal of microbiology

Al-Zoubi MS, Al-Tayyar IA, Hussein E, Jabali AA, Khudairat S.
PMID: 26719783
Iran J Microbiol. 2015 Oct;7(5):265-72.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The global spread of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) constitutes one of the most serious contemporary challenges to the treatment of hospital-acquired infections. We aimed to screen and assess the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus...

Cycloetherification Reactions of Areneruthenium Complexes: Construction of a 16-Membered Cyclic Peptide Model for Teicoplanin.

The Journal of organic chemistry

Pearson AJ, Bignan G, Zhang P, Chelliah M.
PMID: 11667263
J Org Chem. 1996 Jun 14;61(12):3940-3941. doi: 10.1021/jo960435y.

No abstract available.

Prospective, double-blind, randomized trial of teicoplanin versus vancomycin for the therapy of vascular access-associated bacteremia caused by gram-positive pathogens.

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy

Rolston KV, Bodey GP, Chow AW.
PMID: 11810519
J Infect Chemother. 1999 Dec;5(4):208-212. doi: 10.1007/s101560050037.

No abstract available.

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: First Case in Brazil.

The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Dalla Costa LM, Souza DC, Martins LT, Zanella RC, Brandilone MC, Bokermann S, Sader HS, Souza HA.
PMID: 11103003
Braz J Infect Dis. 1998 Jun;2(3):160-163.

We report a fatal case of septicemia due to a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a 9 year old girl with aplastic anemia. The isolate was also resistant to ampicillin, teicoplanin, gentamicin (high level), and streptomycin (high level). We believe...

Disk diffusion, agar dilution and the E-test for susceptibility testing of Corynebacterium jeikeium.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Pennekamp A, Pünter V, Zbinden R.
PMID: 11866845
Clin Microbiol Infect. 1996 Feb;2(3):209-213. doi: 10.1016/s1198-743x(14)65144-2.

OBJECTIVE: The susceptibilities to penicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, gentamicin, vancomycin and teicoplanin of 58 strains of Corynebacterium jeikeium were assessed by disk diffusion and agar dilution reference methods. METHODS: Zone sizes and minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) by agar dilution were...

Comparison of agar-based media for primary isolation of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Chadwick PR, Brown DF, Wilcox MH, Collyns TA, Walpole E, Dillon J, Smith R, Gopal Rao G, Oppenheim BA.
PMID: 11864182
Clin Microbiol Infect. 1997;3(5):559-563. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00308.x.

OBJECTIVE: To compare four vancomycin-containing agar media for the isolation of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) from clinical fecal specimens: kanamycin---aesculin---azide (KAA) agar; bile---aesculin---polymixin (BAP) agar; aztreonam---amphotericin blood (CBAA) agar; and neomycin blood (CBN) agar. METHODS: Fecal specimens from 125 patients...

Colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci of the intestinal tract of patients in intensive care units from French general hospitals.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Boisivon A, Thibault M, Leclercq R.
PMID: 11864101
Clin Microbiol Infect. 1997 Apr;3(2):175-179. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00594.x.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) by patients hospitalized in intensive care units from 24 French general hospitals. METHODS: Rectal swabs were obtained from 647 patients hospitalized in intensive care units during the...

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