In a study to identify risk factors and outcomes in extended-spectrum beta-lactamose-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections in pediatric patients, researchers found 77 percent of the infections were ...

The recent study by Tamma and colleagues and another from 2012 [1] provide insight on whether beta-lactam/beta-lactamase-inhibitor combination antibiotics (BLBLIs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CRE cases were less frequent but were associated with hospitalization. Over half of CRE cases were caused by E.

Illustration of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. Individual bacterium are shown as pink rod shapes. The Enterobacteriaceae family contains over a hundred species including Shigella, Klebsiella, Salmonella ...

This retrospective case series was conducted at a 1242-bed academic medical institution located in Columbus, OH. The SOT program was established in 1967. The transplant program maintains an electronic ...

The rate of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in children has been on the rise since 1999, according to a study in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Researchers ...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E) have become a critical global public health challenge due to their high resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and association with severe ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers assessed patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections to determine factors associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing uropathogens.