background: the aim of this study was to determine the serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of shigella spp. in isfahan, (iran) from 2010 to 2015.   methods: this retrospective study was conducted on shigella isolates in four tertiary care hospitals. the process of bacterial isolation and determination of susceptibility was performed by standard microbiological guidelines. the patients we...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of shigella spp. in isfahan, (iran) from 2010 to 2015.   methods: this retrospective study was conducted on shigella isolates in four tertiary care hospitals. the process of bacterial isolation and determination of susceptibility was performed by standard microbiological guidelines. the patients we...

In a matched case-control study, we studied the effect of prior receipt of fluoroquinolones on isolation of three third-generation cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative nosocomial pathogens. Two hundred eighty-two cases with a third-generation cephalosporin-resistant pathogen (203 with Enterobacter spp., 50 with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and 29 with Klebsiella pneumoniae) were matched on length o...

Vibrio cholerae resistance to third-generation cephalosporins is rarely reported. We detected a strain that was negative for extended-spectrum β-lactamase and positive for the AmpC disk test, modified Hodge test, and EDTA disk synergy test and harbored the blaDHA-1 and blaNDM-1 genes. The antimicrobial drug susceptibility profile of V. cholerae should be monitored.

BACKGROUND & AIMS The recent emergence of third-generation cephalosporin resistance in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is of great concern, although neither the risk factors for resistance nor its real impact on mortality have been well defined. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of all spontaneous bacterial peritonitis episodes with positive blood and/or ascitic culture at our cent...

The incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) has increased dramatically in hospitals worldwide during the past 2 decades. In Western Australia, this increase was most obvious during the 1980s, when there was also an increase in the use of third-generation cephalosporin antibiotics. A study of the epidemiology of CDAD and the use of third-generation cephalosporins during 199...