Infection Control Today Magazine

Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLS)

Ventilator Touchscreen Implicated in ESBL-Producing K. pneumonia Outbreak

Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing extended-spectrum b-lactamases (ESBLs) are a major problem in many different hospitals worldwide, causing outbreaks. Researchers from Portugal report on an outbreak of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae that occurred from Aug. 17, 2009 to ...More
August 4, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Novel Antibiotic Combinations Fight Resistance Genes

The combination the antibiotic ceftazidime plus the compound NXL104 is active against bacterial pathogens containing genes that confer resistance to multiple carbapenems, according to two papers published in the January 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and ...More
January 20, 2011
Posted in News
Researchers Examine Clinical Patterns Associated With ESBL-Producing Isolates

Description of the clinical pictures of patients colonized or infected by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates and admitted to hospital are rather limited in Europe; however, depicting the clinical patterns associated with the carriage of ESBL-producing isolates may ...More
January 14, 2011
Posted in News
Drug-Resistant UTIs Spreading Worldwide

A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.Faculty of 1000 member Dr. Johann Pitout, of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, urges the medical ...More
January 1, 2010
Posted in News