Epidemiology and clinical presentation of Panton-Valentin leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus N. COBOS-TRIGUEROS, C. PITART, F. MARCO, J. A. MARTÍNEZ, M. ALMELA, J. LÓPEZ, M. ORTEGA, A. SORIANO, J. MENSA Introduction: the aim of our study was to review the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of infections due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-MRSA). […]
Comparative study of the susceptibility to daptomycin and other antimicrobials against Staphylococcus spp. resistant to methicillin and Enterococcus spp. using Wider, E-test, and microdilution methods J. L. GÓMEZ-GARCÉS, F. LÓPEZ-FABAL, A. BURILLO, Y. GIL The human and material costs of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy are high. This study was designed to search for a rapid, […]
Activity of daptomycin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin and cotrimoxazole against coagulase-negative Staphylococcus strains with diminished susceptibility to vancomycin M. FAJARDO, R. HIDALGO, S. RODRÍGUEZ, E. GARDUNO, F. F. RODRÍGUEZ, M. ROBLES Introduction. Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS) have become one of the most common nosocomial pathogens and it has a high mortality rate due to the increased […]
Variability in the sensitivity to tigecycline against Acinetobacter baumannii in different culture medium A. TENORIO-ABREU, J. M. EIROS, E. RODRÍGUEZ-MOLINS, D. ANDALUZ, F. BOBILLO, M. DOMÍNGUEZ-GIL, R. ORTIZ DE LEJARAZU Introduction. The tigecycline may represent a therapeutic alternative for the control of multiresistant A. baumannii, although there is no consensus regarding the cutoff points […]
Cefditoren versus ceftazidime in inducer-substrate combinations for the evaluation of AmpC production in a disc approximation test F. CAFINI, L. AGUILAR, L. ALOU, M. J. GIMÉNEZ, D. SEVILLANO, M. TORRICO, N. GONZÁLEZ, P. CORONEL, J. PRIETO Objective: To evaluate cefditoren in inducer-substrate combinations to screen for AmpC induction. Methods: 100 clinical isolates (25 P. […]
The microbiologist and the catheter related infection J. GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, M. DE PABLOS, A. GUTIÉRREZ Different multicentre epidemiological studies such as ENVIN-HELICS or EPINE, have remarked that catheter related bloodstream infection (CRBI) is an increasingly condition in hospital environment. The microbiologist plays a major role in the diagnosis, either by recommending what type of catheter […]
Differences in the use of tigecycline between ICU patients and non-ICU patients F. ALVÁREZ-LERMA, L. BLANCO, J.A. RODRÍGUEZ, S. GRAU, D. CONDE-ESTÉVEZ, S. LUQUE Background. Tigecycline is a new broad spectrum antibiotic that is predominantly used for the treatment of severe infections both in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU and in non-ICU […]
Evaluation of pharmacodynamic target attainment with vancomycin treatment of bacteremia due to Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistant J. A. LEPE, M. V. GIL-NAVARRO, M. D. SANTOS-RUBIO, J. BAUTISTA, J. AZNAR Objective: The objective of the study is to evaluate the ability of standard vancomycin dosing strategies actually recommended to attain the pharmacodynamic target of an […]
Changes in the antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolates from community diagnosed urinary tract infections during the period 2003-2007. Multicentre study in Castilla la Mancha (Spain) D. TENA, A. GONZÁLEZ-PRAETORIUS, J. C. GONZÁLEZ, E. HEREDERO, S. ILLESCAS, C. SAINZ DE BARANDA, G. SESEÑA Objective: To know the evolution of susceptibility patterns of Escherichia coli […]
Linezolid more efficacious than vancomycin to eradicate infecting organism in critically ill patients with Gram-positive infections J. M. SIRVENT, L. PIÑEIRO, M. DE LA TORRE, M. MOTJÉ, J. DE BATLLE, A. BONET Objetive: A prospective and observational study has been conducted to analyze the efficacious of linezolid compared to vancomycin to eradicate the infecting […]
