July 30th, 2010
Lestari ES et al. – Antibiotic policies including proper diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery process should be made by healthcare providers in Indonesia to help limit the emergence of antibiotic resistance. read more
July 30th, 2010
Wilke GA et al. – These data implicate ADAM10 as the probable high–affinity toxin receptor. Upon Hla binding, ADAM10 relocalizes to caveolin 1–enriched lipid rafts that serve as a platform for the clustering of signaling molecules. It is demonstrated that the Hla–ADAM10 complex initiates intracellular signaling events that culminate in the disruption of focal adhesions.
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July 26th, 2010
Woerther PL et al. – In this population, the frequency of ESBL increased with time because of the appearance of CTX–M ESBL, mimicking what occurs in the developed world. This resulted from the probable repeated introduction of new strains and plasmids and from interindividual dissemination. During the same period, antibiotic use substantially increased.
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July 21st, 2010
Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, (MRAB) is an important cause of hospital acquired infection. The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors for MRAB in a city hospital patient population read more