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Aspetti etici e controllo di gestione dei farmaci antibiotici antibatterici

2010

Summary Introduction Antibacterial prescribing practices between 2004 and 2008 were investigated in the P. Giaccone University Hospital in Palermo, Italy to provide a foundation for critical analysis of the appropriateness of health-care resource usage. Materials and methods Antibiotic prescribing practices between 2004 and 2008 were analyzed in the hospital as a whole and in different specialty areas. Results were expressed as defined daily doses (DDD) as a function of bed-days, number of admissions, and Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) points. Results During the study period, increases were observed in the overall DDD per 100 bed-days (68.7 vs. 91.3) and the DDD per admission (4.53 vs. 5.54)…

Pediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina Internabusiness.industryDiagnosis-related groupGeneral MedicineAmoxicillinMeropenemSettore MED/02 - Storia Della MedicinaCiprofloxacinAntibiotic therapy Ethics Management Defined Daily Doses (DDD)LevofloxacinChemoprophylaxisSettore BIO/14 - FarmacologiamedicineCeftriaxoneMedical prescriptionbusinessmedicine.drugItalian Journal of Medicine
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Meropenem Permeation through the Outer Membrane of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Can Involve Pathways Other than the OprD Porin Channel

1996

The outer membrane protein (OMP) OprD is the major channel through which carbapenems permeate the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this study, we analyzed the OMP profiles of several P. aeruginosa clinical isolates showing diminished susceptibility to imipenem while remaining susceptible to meropenem. All these isolates lacked OprD or showed a reduced expression of this porin. Susceptibility to meropenem was thus independent of the level of OprD expression, indicating that the antimicrobial could be taken up via an alternative route. The level of expression of OprC (70 kD) was also unrelated to meropenem susceptibility. Nevertheless, OMPs OprF and OprE were expressed by all isol…

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and Molecular Epidemiology of Metallo-β-Lactamase Producing Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Strains Isolated From Burn Pati…

2014

BACKGROUND: Failure in the treatment of burn patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa could happen as a result of the acquisition of antibiotic resistance, including carbapenems. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to investigate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, isolated from burn patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During a 12 month period, in this cross-sectional study, two hundred seventy strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from the burn patients in Ghotbeddin Burn Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Screening for the carbapenem resistance in the isolates was carried out by the E test method. Sensitivity patterns of metallo-β-l…

Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaImipenembiologyBeta-LactamasePseudomonas aeruginosabusiness.industryPseudomonasCeftazidimeMeropenemGeneral Medicinemedicine.disease_causebiology.organism_classificationMeropenemMicrobiologyImipenemAntibiotic resistanceAmikacinmedicinePulsed-field gel electrophoresisBeta-LactamasesbusinessPulsed Field Gel ElectrophoresisResearch Articlemedicine.drugIranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
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A case report of double etiology of ecthyma gangrenosum

2019

Abstract Rationale: Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous infection, most commonly occurring during sepsis evolution with Pseudomonas aeruginosa on an immunocompromised background. There have been rare case reports in previously healthy children and rarer are the cases with double etiology. Patient concerns: We present the case of a female Caucasian patient, aged 1 year and 8 months, who developed severe sepsis during flu evolution with predominant respiratory and cerebral manifestations. On admission, at skin level, there was noticed a necrotic coccygeal ulceration (with rapid increasing dimensions 0.5/0.5 cm in 24 hours), and with the transformation from a dry necrosis in a sphacelus at the …

ecthyma gangrenosum4900InfantMeropenemdouble etiologyAnti-Bacterial AgentsEcthymaImmunocompromised HostDebridementSepsisPseudomonas aeruginosaInfluenza HumanEnterococcus faecaliscase reportHumansFemalePseudomonas InfectionsClinical Case ReportGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsResearch ArticleMedicine
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INT-009 Pharmacokinetics of linezolid and meropenem in intensive care unit patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy

2016

Background Intensive care unit (ICU) patients often suffer from infections and acute renal failure and might need continuous renal replacement therapy commonly applied by veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD) or hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF). In this case there are no dosage recommendations in the product informations of antibiotics and literature data are scarce. The risk for therapy failure, development of resistance and adverse drug effects is elevated. Purpose Aim of the presented study was to find out if standard therapy of Linezolid (LZ) and Meropenem (MP) results in adequate plasma levels in surgical ICU patients receiving CVVHD(F). Materials and Methods Surgical ICU patients receiving CVVHD…

medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industrymedicine.drug_classmedicine.medical_treatmentAntibioticsMeropenemIntensive care unitSurgerylaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryPharmacokineticslawTherapeutic drug monitoringAnesthesiaLinezolidmedicineRenal replacement therapyHemodialysisGeneral Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceuticsbusinessmedicine.drugEuropean Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
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Compassionate use of meropenem/vaborbactam for infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a multicentre study

2022

Abstract Objectives To explore the real-life performance of meropenem/vaborbactam for treating serious KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections, including those resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam. Methods A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted in 12 Italian hospitals. Enrolled patients had K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) infections (59.5% of which were ceftazidime/avibactam resistant). Patients who received ≥72 h of meropenem/vaborbactam therapy (with or without other antimicrobials) in a compassionate-use setting were included. Results The 37 infections (all hospital-acquired) were mainly bacteraemic (BSIs, n = 23) or lower respira…

meropenemKPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infectionMeropenem vaborbactamvaborbactam.
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Double copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a on an IncX3 plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae successful clone ST512 from Italy

2015

ABSTRACT A carbapenem-resistant sequence type 512 (ST512) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 (KPC-3)-producing K. pneumoniae strain showing a novel variant plasmid content was isolated in Palermo, Italy, in 2014. ST512 is a worldwide successful clone associated with the spread of bla KPC genes located on the IncFIIk pKpQIL plasmid. In our ST512 strain, the bla KPC-3 gene was unusually located on an IncX3 plasmid, whose complete sequence was determined. Two copies of bla KPC-3 ::Tn 4401a caused by intramolecular transposition events were detected in the plasmid.

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