OBJECTIVE Duke University Health System (DUHS) generates annual antibiograms combining adult and pediatric data. We hypothesized significant susceptibility differences exist for pediatric isolates and that distributing these results would alter antibiotic choices. METHODS Susceptibility rates for Escherichia coli isolates from patients aged ≤12 years between July 2009 and September 2010 were ...

background and objectives: urinary tract infections (uti) are one of the most common infectious diseases with different microbial agent and antimicrobial resistant pattern in hospitalized patients and outpatients. in order to assess the adequacy of therapy, knowledge of prevalence and resistance pattern of the bacteria is necessary. the main aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and ...

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important hospital and community-acquired pathogen. Rapid and reliable epidemiologic typing is necessary for controlling the spread of MRSA outbreak. The objective of this study was to compare the phenotyping with the genotyping method to differentiate MRSA isolates obtained from the two hospitals in Thailand (central and northeastern). S...

To the Editor: Long term care facilities (LTCFs), especially those with high levels of acuity, often breed high levels of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).1 Facilities should not assume that published rates of MDROs reflect the level of MDROs in their facility. Considerable variation between LTCFs exists.2 Unfortunately, it is our impression that many LTCFs are not tracking or aware of the...

An important function of a hospital’s Infectious Disease and Pharmacy programs is to review and compare the most recent antibiogram with that of the previous year to determine if significant changes in antibiotic susceptibility results are noted and to communicate this information and its consequences to the medical staff. However, there are currently no formal analytical (decision-making) mode...

The study was carried out to investigate the current antibiogram status of bovine mastitis in and around Ranchi. The prevalence of mastitis was assessed by the results of bacteriological evacuation of mastitic milk samples collected from mastitis cases. A total of 150 cases of mastitis were studied for isolation followed by antibiotic sensitivity test. The major prevalent pathogens isolated wer...

salmonella spp. are zoonotic enteric bacteria able to infect humans, livestock and wildlife. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of salmonella (spp.) and to determine antibiotic susceptibility, serogrouping and presence of inva gene (salmonella invasion gene a) in the detected strains in wild captive herbivores in iran. the fecal samples of 103 animals from 8 different sp...

Prevalence, Comparison of Diagnostic Methods, Antibiogram, and Genotyping Arcobacter spp. in Diarrheal Cases Referring to Clinical Centers Iran

Antimicrobial resistance to penicillin and macrolides in Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased in the United States over the past decade. Considerable geographic variation in susceptibility necessitates regional resistance tracking. Traditional active surveillance is labor intensive and costly. We collected antibiogram reports from North Carolina hospitals and assessed pneumococcal susceptibil...

Contaminated hand washing antiseptics act as source of multi-drug and disinfectant resistant isolates in nosocomial infections through hands of Health care workers(HCW). Limited data available necessitated the present study. To determine rate of contaminated hand-washing antiseptic solutions in open containers(cHWAOC) by In-use test. To analyze role of cHWAOC in nosocomial infections as source ...