Neil J. Todd

TL;DR: There was some evidence that a small number of patients may have acquired the organism from the hospital environment, and the source of the majority of S. maltophiliastrains colonizing the respiratory tracts of these patients with cystic fibrosis remained uncertain.

TL;DR: The ease with which highly resistant bacteria can be imported into the UK and spread within hospitals is demonstrated, particularly amongst patients on the liver transplant unit.

TL;DR: In the year prior to initial isolation, colonised patients spent more days in hospital and received more days of oral ciprofloxacin, intravenous anti-pseudomonal antibiotics, and nebulised aminoglycosides.

TL;DR: Strains isolated in this study showed multiple resistance to a range of antimicrobial agents and ribotype patterns derived from the clinical isolates provided evidence for cross-colonisation between patients, and this was confirmed by analysis of the plasmid profiles.

TL;DR: It is a concern that diagnostic laboratories will fail to recognize CTX-M-positive strains as ESBL producers, as it is common practice to screen for ceftazidime resistance as an indicator of ESBLs, on the grounds that it tends to be the best indicator substrate for TEM and SHV variants.