GenomeWeb These bacteria are resistant to nearly all antibiotics such as carbapenems , a broad spectrum class of antibiotics considered to be the last resort for serious gram-negative bacterial infections, the company said. Unlike current microbe detection ...
The Hindu The antibiotics of last resort are the carbapenems — but the report says there is resistance to them in every region. In some countries, because of resistanc...
Newsworks.org "This bacteria has this NDM gene and what that gene does is it gives the bacteria the ability to destroy a very important group of antibiotics that we call carbapenems ," said Maduka-Ezeh. " Carbapenems , they are what we consider the 'big gun ... 更多 »
The Slovak Spectator From isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, 68 percent were resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and 0.7 percent to carbapenems , according to the WHO study. Both bacteria account for the vast majority of hospital and community-acquired ... 更多 »
The Star Online He said doctors would then have to use stronger drugs such as carbapenems or polymixin as a result of antibiotic resistance but these drugs could impair some organs. He stressed that the fight against antibiotic resistance must be a community, national ...
Medscape This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with carbapenem -resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) colonization among patients screened with rectal cultures upon admission to a hospital or long-term acute care (LTAC) center and to compare risk ...
