The treatment of bacterial infections suffers from two major problems: spread of multidrug-resistant
(MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pathogens and lack of development of …

We evaluated the number of deaths attributable to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
by using studies from around the world published before April 9, 2012. Attributable death …

The evolution of the electronic age has led to the development of numerous medical databases
on the World Wide Web, offering search facilities on a particular subject and the ability to …

Rising rates of resistance to antimicrobial drugs among Enterobacteriaceae limit the choice
of reliably active forms of these drugs. We evaluated the evidence on fosfomycin as a …

The emergence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics
to combat them have led to the revival of polymyxins, an old class of cationic, cyclic …

Background The increasing problem of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria causing
severe infections and the shortage of new antibiotics to combat them has led to the re-…

We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the antibiotic treatment administered for infections
caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae . The PubMed and Scopus …

The shortage of new antimicrobial agents has made the scientific community reconsider the
potential value of old antibiotics. A search of the literature was performed to compile relevant …

Obesity increases morbidity and mortality through its multiple effects on nearly every human
system. However, the various aspects of the association between obesity and infection have …

It should also be noted that, in the proposed definitions [1], a category of highly resistant
pathogens, with resistance patterns intermediate to those described in the authors’ commentary …