• Acinetobacter baumannii antibiotic resistance mechanisms 

      Kyriakidis I., Vasileiou E., Pana Z.D., Tragiannidis A. (2021)
      Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative ESKAPE microorganism that poses a threat to public health by causing severe and invasive (mostly nosocomial) infections linked with high mortality rates. During the last years, ...
    • Antibiotic Resistance Patterns and mcr-1 Detection in Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Commercial Layer and Layer Breeder Flocks Demonstrating Colibacillosis in Greece 

      Koutsianos D., Athanasiou L.V., Dimitriou T., Nikolaidis M., Tsadila C., Amoutzias G., Mossialos D., Koutoulis K.C. (2021)
      Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns of Escherichia coli strains isolated from poultry flocks suffering from colibacillosis in Greece and to detect the presence ...
    • Antimicrobial resistance genes in ESBL-producing escherichia coli isolates from animals in Greece 

      Athanasakopoulou Z., Reinicke M., Diezel C., Sofia M., Chatzopoulos D.C., Braun S.D., Reissig A., Spyrou V., Monecke S., Ehricht R., Tsilipounidaki K., Giannakopoulos A., Petinaki E., Billinis C. (2021)
      The prevalence of multidrug resistant, extended spectrum -lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae is increasing worldwide. The present study aimed to provide an overview of the multidrug resistance phenotype and ...
    • CTX-M-type β-lactamases affect community Escherichia coli treatment, Greece [1] 

      Pournaras, S.; Ikonomidis, A.; Sofianou, D.; Tsakris, A.; Maniatis, A. N. (2004)
    • Daptomycin Use in Children: Experience with Various Types of Infection and Age Groups 

      Syrogiannopoulos G.A., Michoula A.N., Petinaki E., Grivea I.N. (2017)
      Background: In Greece, there are high rates of methicillin (40%-60%) and clindamycin (15%-25%) resistance among community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Therefore, we sought to identify other antimicrobial treatment ...
    • Geographical variation in therapy for bloodstream infections due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a post-hoc analysis of the INCREMENT study 

      Harris P.N.A., Pezzani M.D., Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B., Viale P., Hsueh P.-R., Ruiz-Garbajosa P., Venditti M., Tumbarello M., Navarro-Francisco C., Calbo E., Akova M., Giamarellou H., Oliver A., Almirante B., Gasch O., Martínez-Martínez L., Schwaber M.J., Daikos G., Pitout J., Peña C., Hernández-Torres A., Doi Y., Pérez F., Tuon F.F., Tacconelli E., Carmeli Y., Bonomo R.A., Pascual Á., Paterson D.L., Rodríguez-Baño J., del Toro M.D., Gálvez J., Falcone M., Russo A., Karaiskos I., Trecarichi E.M., Losito A.R., García-Vázquez E., Gómez J., Roilides E., Iosifidis E., Pournaras S., Prim N., Navarro F., Mirelis B., Origüen J., Juan R.S., Fernández-Ruiz M., Almela M., de la Calle C., Martínez J.A., Morata L., Larrosa N., Puig-Asensio M., Bou G., Molina J., González V., Bermejo J., Rucci V., de Gopegui E.R., Marinescu C.I., Fariñas M.C., Cano M.E., Gozalo M., Paño-Pardo J.R., Mora-Rillo M., Gómez-Zorrilla S., Tubau F., Tsakris A., Zarkotou O., Antoniadou A., Poulakou G., Souli M., Lowman W., Virmani D., Torre-Cisneros J., Machuca I., Gracia-Ahufinger I., Azap Ö.K., Helvaci Ö., Sahin A.O., Cantón R., Pintado V., Bartoletti M., Giannella M., Peter S., Hamprecht A., Badia C., Xercavins M., Fontanals D., Jové E., ESGBIS/REIPI/INCREMENT Group (2017)
      We describe regional differences in therapy for bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Patients (n = ...
    • Occurrence and characterization of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in healthy household dogs in Greece 

      Liakopoulos A., Betts J., La Ragione R., Van Essen-Zandbergen A., Ceccarelli D., Petinaki E., Koutinas C.K., Mevius D.J. (2018)
      Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-and/or carbapenem-resistant (ESCR and/or CarbR) Enterobacteriaceae constitute a public health hazard because of limited treatment options and are endemic among humans in Greece. Recently, ...
    • Orbital cellulitis 

      Tsirouki T., Dastiridou A.I., Ibánez flores N., Cerpa J.C., Moschos M.M., Brazitikos P., Androudi S. (2018)
      Orbital cellulitis (OC) is an inflammatory process that involves the tissues located posterior to the orbital septum within the bony orbit, but the term generally is used to describe infectious inflammation. It manifests ...
    • Poultry and wild birds as a reservoir of CMY-2 producing Escherichia coli: The first large-scale study in Greece 

      Athanasakopoulou Z., Tsilipounidaki K., Sofia M., Chatzopoulos D.C., Giannakopoulos A., Karakousis I., Giannakis V., Spyrou V., Touloudi A., Satra M., Galamatis D., Diamantopoulos V., Mpellou S., Petinaki E., Billinis C. (2021)
      Resistance mediated by β-lactamases is a globally spread menace. The aim of the present study was to determine the occurrence of Escherichia coli producing plasmid-encoded AmpC β-lactamases (pAmpC) in animals. Fecal samples ...
    • Resistant Shigella strains in refugees, August-October 2015, Greece 

      Georgakopoulou T., Mandilara G., Mellou K., Tryfinopoulou K., Chrisostomou A., Lillakou H., Hadjichristodoulou C., Vatopoulos A. (2016)
      Shigellosis is endemic in most developing countries and thus a known risk in refugees and internally displaced persons. In 2015, a massive influx of refugees into Greece, due to the political crisis in the Middle East, led ...
    • VIM-12, a novel plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamase from Klebsiella pneumoniae that resembles a VIM-1/VIM-2 hybrid 

      Pournaras, S.; Ikonomidis, A.; Tzouvelekis, L. S.; Tokatlidou, D.; Spanakis, N.; Maniatis, A. N.; Legakis, N. J.; Tsakris, A. (2005)
      A transferable plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae carried a class 1 integron containing blaVIM-12, a novel blaVIM-type gene, flanked by two copies of aacA7. blaVIM-12 was clustered between bla-VIM-1 and bla-VIM-2 and ...
    • Virulence Genes and In Vitro Antibiotic Profile of Photobacterium damselae Strains, Isolated from Fish Reared in Greek Aquaculture Facilities 

      Lattos A., Giantsis I.A., Tsavea E., Kolygas M., Athanassopoulou F., Bitchava K. (2022)
      Bacteria belonging to the species Photobacterium damselae are pathogens of cultured marine fish, causing diseases of high importance, such as Pasteurellosis. Thus, they are considered a major threat to the aquaculture ...