Activity of vancomycin, teicoplanin and linezolid in methicillin resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci isolates from paediatric blood cultures M. FAJARDO, R. HIDALGO, S. RODRÍGUEZ, C. GAONA, R. M. SÁNCHEZ, R. HERNÁNDEZ, E. MARTÍNEZ, J. L. CORDEROM. T. MARTÍNEZ-IZQUIERDO Introduction. Coagulase-negative-Staphylococci (CNS) are the major cause of bacteraemia and sepsis in newborns. CNS methicillin resistance and its loss […]
Respiratory infections: etiology and patterns of resistance in the hospital general of Ciudad Real I. CLEMENTE, M. D. MAÑAS, J. MARTÍNEZ, C. MONROY, M. SIDAHI, J. YANES Objectives. Understanding the impact on our work place of increasing antibiotic resistance in respiratory infections.Material and methods. We have performed a retrospective observational study […]
Antimicrobial resistance in clinical patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa M. M. CASAL, M. CAUSSE, F. RODRÍGUEZ-LÓPEZ, M. CASAL Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic microorganism that is frequently the cause of nosocomial infections. Multiple mechanisms are involved in its natural and acquired resistance to many of the antimicrobial agents commonly used in clinical practice. We performed […]
Phenotypes and mechanisms of resistance to macrolides and lincosamides in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates with clinical significance in an eight-year period (2002-2010) F. ARTILES, A. CAÑAS, I. ÁLAMO, B. LAFARGA Introduction. Streptococcus agalactiae is the most prevalent agent of invasive disease in the newborn (sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis), as well as an important cause of […]
Effect of protein binding on the activity of voriconazole alone or combined with anidulafungin against Aspergillus spp. using a time-kill methodology F. CAFINI, D. SEVILLANO, L. ALOU, F. GÓMEZ-AGUADO, M. T. CORCUERA, N. GONZÁLEZ, J. GUINEA, J. PRIETO Objectives: the aims of the study were to explore the activity of total and free (according […]
Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1)v virus infection admitted to hospitals with different levels of health-care M. GUTIÉRREZ-CUADRA, J.L. GONZÁLEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, P. RODRÍGUEZ-CUNDIN, C. FARIÑAS-ÁLVAREZ, M. V. SAN JUAN, J. A. PARRA, M. CARRASCOSA, M. C. FARIÑAS Background. The outcome of patients with influenza A 2009 (H1N1)v virus infection taking […]
Analysis of treatments used in infections caused by Gram-positive multiresistant cocci in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU F. ÁLVAREZ-LERMA, M. PALOMAR, P. OLAECHEA, J. INSAUSTI, M. J. LÓPEZ, M. P. GRACIA, R. GIMENO, I. SEIJAS The appearance of new antimicrobials with activity against Gram-positive multiresistant cocci and knowledge of the limitations of […]
Prevention of perinatal group B Streptococcal disease. Updated Spanish recommendations J. I. ALÓS, A. ANDREU, L. ARRIBAS, L. CABERO, M. CUETO, J. LÓPEZ, J. C. MELCHOR, A. PUERTAS, M. DE LA ROSA, S. SALCEDO, M. SÁNCHEZ, M. J. SÁNCHEZ, R. TORREJÓN It has been a significant reduction in neonatal group B streptococcus (GBS) infection […]
Emergence of plasmid mediated AmpC β-lactamasas: Origin, importance, detection and therapeutical options C. SERAL, M. J GUDE, F. J. CASTILLO AmpC β-lactamases can hydrolyze penicillins, oxyimino-, 7-α-methoxycephalosporins and monobactams. Susceptibility to cefepime or cefpirome is little affected and is unchanged for carbapenems. Originally such genes are thought to have been mobilized to mobile genetic elements […]
Antibiotheraphy in the 21st century, antibacterials for the second decade. Posibilities or realities in the future? J. E. GARCÍA-SÁNCHEZ, E. GARCÍA-MERINO, Á. MARTÍN-DEL-REY, E. GARCÍA-SÁNCHEZ A review of some antibacterial products is done motivated by the serious situation arisen by the antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. The attention is focus on those drugs with suitable antimicrobial properties […]
