Decreased susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to antistaphylococcal agents may be associated with inability to eradicate intracellular forms, which could explain therapeutic failures. This hypothesis was tested using clinical isolates obtained from a patient with persistent staphylococcal bacteraemia under therapy. Four isogenic isolates (three from tissue, one from blood) with increased MI...

Latar Belakang: Infeksi luka operasi (ILO) merupakan salah satu infeksi nosokomial yang paling sering terjadi. Pola kuman penyebab dapat berbeda di tiap rumah sakit. Untuk mencegah ILO digunakan antibiotik profilaksis.
 Objektif: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pola dan pemberian antibiotika profilaksis pada pasien RSUP Dr.M. Djamil Padang periode 2019-2020.
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BACKGROUND Enterococci normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and are also a potential pathogen in causing nosocomial infections. The increase in antibiotic resistance and transfer of antibiotic resistance gene to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) due to co-colonization has increased its importance in research. The aim of the study was to evaluate local epidemiology of nasal and rectal...

Mycobacterium abscessus infections tend to respond poorly to macrolide-based chemotherapy, even though the organisms appear to be susceptible to clarithromycin. Circumstantial evidence suggested that at least some M. abscessus isolates might be inducibly resistant to macrolides. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the macrolide phenotype of M. abscessus clinical isolates. Inducib...