BACKGROUND Due to the overuse of antibiotics in livestock as a growth-promoting agent, the emergence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria is becoming a concern. OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to detect the presence and discover the molecular determinants of foodborne bacteria in retail sausages resistant towards the antibacterial agent amoxicillin-clavulanate. METHODS Two grams of sau...

Gram-negative multidrug-resistant organisms (GN-MDRO) producing β-lactamases (ESBL, plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases and carbapenemases) are increasingly reported throughout Asia. The aim of this surveillance study was to determine the rate of bacterial colonization in patients from two hospitals in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Rectal swabs were obtained from patients referred to the Na...

abstract        background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent opportunistic pathogen isolated from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (cf). resistance to β -lactam antibiotics may arise from over expression of the naturally occurring ampc cephalosporinases or acquired extended-spectrum β-lactamases (esbl). the aim of this study was to determine the antibiotic r...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli (NFGNB) including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii have been implicated in a variety of infections, particularly in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). This study was aimed to overview the burden of multidrug-resistant NFGNB causing infections in ICU and also to assess the occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases...

Cefoxitin-resistant Escherichia coli (n = 109) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 16) isolates collected from patients in India in 2009 to 2010 were screened for bla(ampC) families and mobilizing elements (ISEcp1, IS26, ISCR1, and sul-1-type class 1 integrons) and their association with bla(ampC) and for the occurrence of class A beta-lactamases (BLs) (CTX-M, TEM, and SHV). The concurrent occurrenc...

Aim The increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli is one of the intractable, economic veterinary and public health obstacle of the 21st century. As a component of the gut microbiota (GM), it is aimed in this study to establish a rat model to examine the role of E. coli in contributing to the increasing antimicrobial resistance of GM. Methods and Results Ten rats were ...

results a total of 18 amoxicillin-clavulanate resistant isolates were obtained from seven different types of retail sausages. only half of them were identified as enterobacteriaceae, but none were esbl-producers. all the 18 isolated strains demonstrated resistance towards amoxicillin-clavulanate, penicillin and oxacillin (100%), cefotaxime (71.4%), cefpodoxime (66.7%), and ampicillin (83.3%). b...