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  1. Content type: Research

    Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a well-known bacterial infection posing serious health problem in pregnant women. A study was conducted in pregnant women with the objectives of estimating prevalence of UTI, d...

    Authors: Yonas Alem Gessese, Dereje Leta Damessa, Mebratenesh Mengistu Amare, Yonas Hailesilassie Bahta, Assalif Demisew Shifera, Fikreslasie Samuel Tasew and Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:132

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    Kazakhstan belongs to countries with a high level of brucellosis among humans and farm animals. Although antibiotic therapy is the main way to treat acute brucellosis in humans there is still little informatio...

    Authors: Alexandr Shevtsov, Marat Syzdykov, Andrey Kuznetsov, Alexandr Shustov, Elena Shevtsova, Kalysh Berdimuratova, Kasim Mukanov and Yerlan Ramankulov

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:130

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    Good hand hygiene (HH) practice is crucial to reducing healthcare associated infections (HAIs). Use of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) at health facilities is strongly recommended but it is limited in Uganda. Da...

    Authors: Hiroki Saito, Kyoko Inoue, James Ditai, Benon Wanume, Julian Abeso, Jaffer Balyejussa and Andrew Weeks

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:129

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    The frequent occurrence of bacterial gastroenteritis among HIV-infected individuals together with increased antimicrobial drug resistance pose a significant public health challenge in developing countries. Thi...

    Authors: Ayele Kebede, Solomon Aragie and Techalew Shimelis

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:128

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  5. Content type: Research

    Diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI) is controversial because of the many laboratory methods available and their lack of ability to distinguish between carriage, mild or severe disease. Here we describe whet...

    Authors: Mark I. Garvey, Craig W. Bradley, Martyn A. C. Wilkinson and Elisabeth Holden

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:127

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    In recent years, livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) multi locus sequence type CC398 has spread widely in the livestock production in Europe. The rates of LA-MRSA in hospita...

    Authors: Else Toft Würtz, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Tinna Ravnholt Urth, Jesper Larsen, Md Zohorul Islam, Torben Sigsgaard, Vivi Schlünssen, Troels Skou, Anne Mette Madsen, Louise Feld, Saloomeh Moslehi-Jenabian, Robert Leo Skov and Øyvind Omland

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:126

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  7. Content type: Research

    Many outbreaks due to Serratia marcescens among neonates have been described in the literature but little is known about the role of whole genome sequencing in outbreak analysis and management.

    Authors: Walter Zingg, Isabelle Soulake, Damien Baud, Benedikt Huttner, Riccardo Pfister, Gesuele Renzi, Didier Pittet, Jacques Schrenzel and Patrice Francois

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:125

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2018 7:6

  8. Content type: Research

    Enterobacteriaceae are common pathogens in pneumonia, sepsis and urinary tract infection (UTI). Though rare, carbapenem resistance (CRE) among these organisms complicates efforts to ensure adequate empiric ant...

    Authors: Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Kate Sulham, Weihong Fan and Andrew F. Shorr

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:124

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  9. Content type: Research

    Invasive Mucorales infections (IMI) lead to significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts. The role of season and climatic conditions in case clustering of IMI remain poorly understood.

    Authors: Shobini Sivagnanam, Dhruba J. Sengupta, Daniel Hoogestraat, Rupali Jain, Zach Stednick, David N. Fredricks, Paul Hendrie, Estella Whimbey, Sara T. Podczervinski, Elizabeth M. Krantz, Jeffrey S. Duchin and Steven A. Pergam

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:123

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  10. Content type: Research

    The bactericidal effect of disinfectants against biofilms is essential to reduce potential endoscopy-related infections caused by contamination. Here, we investigated the bactericidal effect of a high-level di...

    Authors: T. Chino, Y. Nukui, Y. Morishita and K. Moriya

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:122

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  11. Content type: Research

    Cephalosporin resistance in clinical E. coli isolates is increasing internationally. The increase has been caused by virulent and often multidrug-resistant clones, especially the extended spectrum β-lactamase (ES...

    Authors: Øyvind Andreas Fladberg, Silje Bakken Jørgensen and Hege Vangstein Aamot

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:121

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  12. Content type: Short report

    Effective strategies to manage Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are lacking. We tested combinations of clinically available antibiotics and show that moxifloxacin-cef...

    Authors: Omar M. El-Halfawy, Marwa M. Naguib and Miguel A. Valvano

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:120

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  13. Content type: Research

    P. mirabilis is a common uropathogenic bacterium that can cause major complications in patients with long-standing indwelling catheters or patients with urinary tract anomalies. In add...

    Authors: Amr T. M. Saeb, Khalid A. Al-Rubeaan, Mohamed Abouelhoda, Manojkumar Selvaraju and Hamsa T. Tayeb

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:119

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  14. Content type: Research

    Escherichia coli clinical sequence type 131 (ST131) has emerged as an extensively antimicrobial resistant E. coli clonal group in recent years throughout the world. The aim of this stu...

    Authors: Bin Li, Yanfang Lu, Fangjun Lan, Qingwen He, Chen Li and Yingping Cao

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:118

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  15. Content type: Research

    Cross-transmission of nosocomial pathogens occurs frequently in intensive care units (ICU). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the introduction of a single room policy resulted in a decrease in t...

    Authors: Teysir Halaby, Nashwan al Naiemi, Bert Beishuizen, Roel Verkooijen, José A. Ferreira, Rob Klont and Christina vandenbroucke-Grauls

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:117

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  16. Content type: Guidelines article

    Infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are increasingly being reported from patients in healthcare settings. They are associated with high patient morbidity, attributable mortality and hosp...

    Authors: A. P. Magiorakos, K. Burns, J. Rodríguez Baño, M. Borg, G. Daikos, U. Dumpis, J. C. Lucet, M. L. Moro, E. Tacconelli, G. Skov Simonsen, E. Szilágyi, A. Voss and J. T. Weber

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:113

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  17. Content type: Research

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses five resuscitation-promoting factors, Rpf A to E, which are required for the resuscitation of dormancy in mycobacteria. This study explores the tra...

    Authors: Shahin Pourazar Dizaji, Alireza Taala, Morteza Masoumi, Nayereh Ebrahimzadeh, Abolfazl Fateh, Seyed Davar Siadat and Farzam Vaziri

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:116

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  18. Content type: Research

    Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ubiquitously occurs in the hospital environment. This opportunistic pathogen can cause severe infections in immunocompromised hosts such as hematopoietic s...

    Authors: Stefanie Kampmeier, Mike H. Pillukat, Aleksandra Pettke, Annelene Kossow, Evgeny A. Idelevich and Alexander Mellmann

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:115

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  19. Content type: Research

    Various peracetic-acid (PAA)-based products for processing flexible endoscopes on the market are often based on a two-component system including a cleaning step before the addition of PAA as disinfectant. The ...

    Authors: Britta Becker, Florian H. H. Brill, Daniel Todt, Eike Steinmann, Johannes Lenz, Dajana Paulmann, Birte Bischoff and Jochen Steinmann

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:114

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  20. Content type: Research

    The emergence of antimicrobial resistance, the main cause of morbidity and mortality from otherwise treatable infections, is largely attributed to the inappropriate use of antimicrobials. However, data on the ...

    Authors: Daniel Asfaw Erku, Abebe Basazn Mekuria and Sewunet Admasu Belachew

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:112

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  21. Content type: Research

    Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) centers admit patients with DR-TB for initiation of treatment and thereby concentrate the patients under one setting. It becomes imperative to assess the compliance of DR-TB...

    Authors: Kibballi Madhukeshwar Akshaya, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Ottapura Prabhakaran Aslesh, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Abhay Subashrao Nirgude, Anil Singarajipura and Anil G. Jacob

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:111

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  23. Content type: Research

    Hand hygiene (HH) is recognized as the single most effective strategy for preventing health care–associated infections. In developing countries, data on hand hygiene compliance is available only for few health...

    Authors: Tufa Kolola and Takele Gezahegn

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:109

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  24. Content type: Research

    Healthcare workers’ hands are the foremost means of pathogen transmission in healthcare, but detailed hand trajectories have been insufficiently researched so far. We developed and applied a new method to syst...

    Authors: Lauren Clack, Manuela Scotoni, Aline Wolfensberger and Hugo Sax

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:108

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  25. Content type: Research

    The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative pathogens in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) has increased. In the absence of timely information on the infecting pathogens and the...

    Authors: Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Joseph S. Solomkin, Goran Medic, Jason Foo, Rebekah H. Borse, Teresa Kauf, Benjamin Miller, Shuvayu S. Sen and Anirban Basu

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:107

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  26. Content type: Research

    Frequently encountered multidrug-resistant bacterial isolates of P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii are common and prevalent in a hospital environment. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and patter...

    Authors: Fithamlak Bisetegen Solomon, Fiseha Wadilo, Efrata Girma Tufa and Meseret Mitiku

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:106

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  27. Content type: Research

    Broad-spectrum antimicrobials are commonly used as empirical therapy for infections of presumed bacterial origin. Increasing resistance to these antimicrobial agents has prompted the need for alternative thera...

    Authors: Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, Nguyen Huu Hien, Tu Le Thi Phuong, Duy Pham Thanh, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Dung Tran Thi Ngoc, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Phat Voong Vinh, Matthew J. Ellington, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Stephen Baker and Christine J. Boinett

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:105

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  28. Content type: Research

    Pathogenic biotypes of the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are considered to be one of the major cause of food-borne diseases in hospitals. The present investigation was done to study t...

    Authors: Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi, Hasan Gandomi, Afshin Akhondzadeh Basti, Ali Misaghi and Ebrahim Rahimi

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:104

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  29. Content type: Research

    Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) can be prevented through well-coordinated, multifaceted programs. However, implementation of CLABSI prevention programs requires individualized strategi...

    Authors: Sang-Won Park, Suhui Ko, Hye-sun An, Ji Hwan Bang and Woo-Young Chung

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:103

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  30. Content type: Research

    To analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKp) and carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae (CSKp) bloodstream infections (BSIs), and to study the risk facto...

    Authors: Xia Zheng, Jian-feng Wang, Wang-lan Xu, Jun Xu and Juan Hu

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:102

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  31. Content type: Research

    Limited capacity of laboratories for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) presents a critical diagnostic bottleneck in resource limited countries. This paper aims to identify such gaps and to explore whe...

    Authors: Dania Khalid Saeed, Rumina Hasan, Mahwish Naim, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, Kausar Jabeen, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Mohammad Zeeshan, Zabin Wajidali, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Abdul Chagla and Jason Rao

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:101

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  32. Content type: Research

    Antimicrobial violet-blue light in the region of 405 nm is emerging as an alternative technology for hospital decontamination and clinical treatment. The mechanism of action is the excitation of endogenous por...

    Authors: Rachael M. Tomb, Michelle Maclean, John E. Coia, Scott J. MacGregor and John G. Anderson

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:100

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  33. Content type: Research

    Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has recently been defined by the World Health Organization as a critical pathogen. The aim of this study was to compare clonal diversity and carbapenemase-encoding gen...

    Authors: Jean Uwingabiye, Abdelhay Lemnouer, Ignasi Roca, Tarek Alouane, Mohammed Frikh, Bouchra Belefquih, Fatna Bssaibis, Adil Maleb, Yassine Benlahlou, Jalal Kassouati, Nawfal Doghmi, Abdelouahed Bait, Charki Haimeur, Lhoussain Louzi, Azeddine Ibrahimi, Jordi Vila…

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:99

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  34. Content type: Research

    Hand hygiene (HH) is an essential component for preventing and controlling of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), whereas compliance with HH among health care workers (HCWs) is frequently poor. This study a...

    Authors: Li Shen, Xiaoqing Wang, Junming An, Jialu An, Ning Zhou, Lu Sun, Hong Chen, Lin Feng, Jing Han and Xiaorong Liu

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:98

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  35. Content type: Research

    To determine the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and related presence of mutations in quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) genes and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) among

    Authors: Tingting Qin, Huimin Qian, Wenting Fan, Ping Ma, Lu Zhou, Chen Dong, Bing Gu and Xiang Huo

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:97

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  36. Content type: Research

    Surgical hand preparation is an essential part of modern surgery. Both alcohol-based and antiseptic detergent-based hand preparation are recommended practices, with a trend towards use of alcohol based handrub...

    Authors: Thomas-Jörg Hennig, Sebastian Werner, Kathrin Naujox and Andreas Arndt

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:96

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  37. Content type: Research

    Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are among the most common antimicrobial-resistant pathogens causing nosocomial infections. Although antibiotic use has been identified as a risk factor for VRE, it remain...

    Authors: Cornelius Remschmidt, Michael Behnke, Axel Kola, Luis A. Peña Diaz, Anna M. Rohde, Petra Gastmeier and Frank Schwab

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:95

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  38. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    We characterised 227 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from retail food and food handlers’ gloves samples obtained through food surveillance and risk assessment studies between 2011 and 2014. Of 227 isolates, five (...

    Authors: Kyaw Thu Aung, Li Yang Hsu, Tse Hsien Koh, Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Man Ling Chau, Ramona Alikiiteaga Gutiérrez and Lee Ching Ng

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:94

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  39. Content type: Research

    Fusarium species are widely spread in nature as plant pathogens but are also able to cause opportunistic fungal infections in humans. We report a cluster of Fusarium oxysporum bloodstr...

    Authors: Fabianne Carlesse, Anna-Paula C. Amaral, Sarah S. Gonçalves, Hemilio Xafranski, Maria-Lucia M. Lee, Victor Zecchin, Antonio S. Petrilli, Abdullah M. Al-Hatmi, Ferry Hagen, Jacques F. Meis and Arnaldo L. Colombo

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:93

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  40. Content type: Research

    The widespread presence of antibiotics resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria can cause enormous problems. Food animals are one of the main reservoirs of intestinal pathogens that pose a potential risk to hum...

    Authors: Zhen Zhu, Mingze Cao, Xuzheng Zhou, Bing Li and Jiyu Zhang

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:92

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  41. Content type: Research

    Mcr-1-harboring Enterobacteriaceae are reported worldwide since their first discovery in 2015. However, a limited number of studies are available that compared full-length plasmid sequ...

    Authors: Katrin Zurfluh, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Jochen Klumpp, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann and Roger Stephan

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:91

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  42. Content type: Research

    Healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries, including the Philippines, face substantial challenges in achieving effective infection control. Early stages of interventions should include efforts ...

    Authors: Kaitlin F. Mitchell, Anna K. Barker, Cybele L. Abad and Nasia Safdar

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:90

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  43. Content type: Research

    Coagulase negative staphylococci were long regarded non-pathogenic as they are the commensals of human skin and mucosa but the recent changes in the medical practice and changes in underlying host populations,...

    Authors: Lok Bahadur Shrestha, Narayan Raj Bhattarai and Basudha Khanal

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:89

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  44. Content type: Research

    Disinfectants and antiseptics are biocides widely used in hospitals to prevent spread of pathogens. It has been reported that antiseptic resistance genes, qac’s, caused tolerance to a variety of biocidal agents, ...

    Authors: Seyda Ignak, Yasar Nakipoglu and Bulent Gurler

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:88

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  45. Content type: Case report

    Pseudomonas endocarditis is exceedingly rare, especially in patients without predisposing risks. We present such a case that included unexpected switches in antibacterial resistance pr...

    Authors: Emil Lesho, Erik Snesrud, Yoon Kwak, Ana Ong, Rosslyn Maybank, Maryrose Laguio-Vila, Ann R. Falsey and Mary Hinkle

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:87

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  46. Content type: Research

    Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) colonized with multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) are often placed under contact isolation to ensure appropriate infection control. This isolation may reduce o...

    Authors: I-Wen Lin, Chiao-Yu Huang, Sung-Ching Pan, Yng-Chyi Chen and Chia-Ming Li

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:86

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  47. Content type: Research

    Emergence of antimicrobial resistance by Staphylococcus aureus has limited treatment options against its infections. The purpose of this study was to determine the pooled prevalence of resistance to different ant...

    Authors: Serawit Deyno, Sintayehu Fekadu and Ayalew Astatkie

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:85

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  48. Content type: Research

    This study aims to characterize genetically related class 1 integrons In1069, In893 and In1287 to In1290, and to further propose a scheme of stepwise integration or excision of individual gene cassettes (GCs) ...

    Authors: Dongguo Wang, Jianfeng Zhu, Kaiyu Zhou, Jiayu Chen, Zhe Yin, Jiao Feng, Liman Ma and Dongsheng Zhou

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:84

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  49. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    Recently, plasmid-mediated colistin resistance was reported in humans, animals and food. We studied the presence of mcr-1 and mcr-2 in Dutch retail chicken meat. The prevalence of mcr-1 was 24,8% (53/214), wherea...

    Authors: Eefje J. A. Schrauwen, Pepijn Huizinga, Nick van Spreuwel, Carlo Verhulst, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh and Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:83

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  50. Content type: Research

    Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) remains a health problem for many countries in the world. The share of MDRTB is 10–30% among newly diagnosed cases and 20–70% among relapses and treatment failure. The ...

    Authors: S. L. Matveyeva, O. S. Shevchenko and O. O. Pogorelova

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2017 6:82

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