The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of the local epidemiology of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant bacteria in primary care patients in a Swiss community. Fecal swabs were obtained from 291 primary care patients. Phenotyping and genotyping methods were used for further characterization of the isolates. Risk factors associated with carriage of ß-lactam-resistant strains were dete...

To the Editor: Acquired metallo-ß-lactamase determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other major bacterial pathogens are of concern for development of antimicrobial drug resistance. The carbapenemase and extended-spectrum cephalosporinase activity of metallo-ß-lactamases, as well as their resistance to ß-lactamase inhibitors, may severely limit the antimicrobial agents active against bacteria...

BACKGROUND The salutogenic model has been established as a health promoting resource that is related to a strong sense of coherence (SOC), positive subjective health and quality of life (QoL). The aim of the study was to compare internal and external resources, life style factors, perceived health and QoL in Japan and Austria and to determine associations among these factors. METHODOLOGY AND ...

Abstract. Bellman, Kalaba, and Lockett recently proposed a numerical method for inverting the Laplace transform. The method consists in first reducing the infinite interval of integration to a finite one by a preliminary substitution of variables, and then employing an n-point Gauss-Legendre quadrature formula to reduce the inversion problem (approximately) to that of solving a system of n line...

The NitroSpeed-Carba NP test was used to rapidly detect and discriminate between the different types of carbapenemases (classes A, B, D) within 30 minutes among a collection 202 Pseudomonas sp. strains (mostly aeruginosa). A total 99 carbapenemase–(including enzymes exhibiting weak carbapenemase activity such as several Guyana Extended-Spectrum (GES)-ß-lactamases) 103 non-carbapenemase producer...

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