Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Use

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Paterson D.L. , Doi Y. A step closer to extreme drug resistance (XDR) in gram-negative bacilli. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45: 1179–1181.

Peleg A.Y. , Franklin C. , Bell J.M. , Spelman D.W. Dissemination of the metallo-beta-lactamase gene blaIMP-4 among gramnegative pathogens in a clinical setting in Australia. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41: 1549–1556.

Navon-Venezia S. , Leavitt A. , Schwaber M.J. , Rasheed J.K. , Srinivasan A. , Patel J.B. First report on a hyperepidemic clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Israel genetically related to a strain causing outbreaks in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53: 818–820.

Yong D. , Toleman M.A. , Giske C.G. , Cho H.S. , Sundman K. , Lee K. Characterization of a new metallo-beta-lactamase gene, bla(NDM-1), and a novel erythromycin esterase gene carried on a unique genetic structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 14 from India. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53: 5046–5054.

Fraud S. , Campigotto A.J. , Chen Z. , Poole K. MexCD-OprJ multidrug efflux system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: involvement in chlorhexidine resistance and induction by membrane-damaging agents dependent upon the AlgU stress response sigma factor. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52: 4478–4482.

Jacoby G.A. AmpC beta-lactamases. Clin Microbiol Rev 2009; 22: 161–182.

Wey S.B. , Mori M. , Pfaller M.A. , Woolson R.F. , Wenzel R.P. Hospital-acquired candidemia. The attributable mortality and excess length of stay. Arch Intern Med 1988; 148: 2642–2645.