scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Antibiotic resistance and extended spectrum beta-lactamases: Types, epidemiology and treatment.

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
The carbapenems are widely regarded as the drugs of choice for the treatment of severe infections caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, although comparative clinical trials are scarce and the feasible modification of guidelines for community-onset bacteremia associated with different infections are prescribed.
About
This article is published in Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences.The article was published on 2015-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 534 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antibiotic resistance & Antimicrobial.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Epidemiology of resistance and phenotypic characterization of carbapenem resistance mechanisms in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates at Sahloul University Hospital-Sousse, Tunisia.

TL;DR: Resistance of Enterobacteriaceae, including K. pneumoniae, to third generation cephalosporins (3rd GC) and carbapenem through the mechanism of ESBL and carbAPenemases production is becoming increasingly worrying and suggests a more rational use of antibiotics, as well as the rigorous application of hygiene measurement.
Journal ArticleDOI

Increased (Antibiotic-Resistant) Pathogen Indicator Organism Removal during (Hyper-)Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Concentrated Black Water for Safe Nutrient Recovery

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented results showing that thermophilic and hyperthermophilic anaerobic treatments had higher (antibiotic-resistant) culturable pathogen indicators removal than mesophilic treatment.
Journal ArticleDOI

High Throughput Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Identifying a Putative Inhibitor of Bacterial CTX-M-15

TL;DR: In this article, a promising anti-CTX-M-15 ligand whose chemical skeleton could be used as a "seed-molecule" for future drug design against resistant bacteria was identified.
Journal ArticleDOI

Rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended spectrum β lactamase enzymes by infrared microspectroscopy and machine learning algorithms.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the potential of infrared microspectroscopy in tandem with machine learning algorithms for rapid detection of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing (ESBL+) bacteria.
Journal ArticleDOI

Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Infections in Orthopedic-Related Devices and Prosthetic Joints.

TL;DR: The clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections of prosthetic joints or orthopedic-related hardware, and the use of carbapenems remains effective in these cases are reviewed.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: a clinical update.

TL;DR: Extended-spectrum β-lactamases represent an impressive example of the ability of gram-negative bacteria to develop new antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the face of the introduction of new antimicrobial agents.
Journal ArticleDOI

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in the 21st Century: Characterization, Epidemiology, and Detection of This Important Resistance Threat

TL;DR: β-Lactamases continue to be the leading cause of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics among gram-negative bacteria and are now found in a significant percentage of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in certain countries.
Journal ArticleDOI

A functional classification scheme for beta-lactamases and its correlation with molecular structure.

TL;DR: These enzymes are the major cause of bacterial resistance to b-lactam antibiotics and have been the subject of extensive microbiological, biochemical, and genetic investigations.
Journal ArticleDOI

beta-Lactamases in laboratory and clinical resistance.

TL;DR: The ability of the prevalent beta-Lactamases to cause resistance to widely used beta-lactams, whether resistance is accurately reflected in routine tests, and the extent to which the antibiogram for an organism can be used to predict the type of beta- lactamase that it produces are considered.
Related Papers (5)
Trending Questions (1)
What types of antibiotic resistance are there?

The paper discusses the production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) as a significant resistance mechanism.