• Combination of staphylococcal chromosome cassette SCCmec type V and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that caused necrotizing pneumonia in Greece 

      Gerogianni, I.; Mpatavanis, G.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Maniatis, A.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Petinaki, E. (2006)
      We describe a case of necrotizing pneumonia in Greece caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) carrying the staphylococcal chromosome ...
    • Direct detection of Cardiobacterium hominis in serum from a patient with infective endocarditis by broad-range bacterial PCR 

      Gatselis, N.; Malli, E.; Papadamou, G.; Petinaki, E.; Dalekos, G. N. (2006)
      Bacterial DNA was detected directly to the serum of a patient with endocarditis by broad-range 16S rRNA PCR followed by sequencing and analysis of the results by the BLAST search. Using these methods, Cardiobacterium hominis ...
    • 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 = ...
    • ICU-Associated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection: Risk Factors Affecting the Outcome Following the Emergence of Colistin-Resistant Isolates in a Regional Greek Hospital 

      Karvouniaris M., Poulakou G., Tsiakos K., Chatzimichail M., Papamichalis P., Katsiaflaka A., Oikonomou K., Katsioulis A., Palli E., Komnos A. (2022)
      Intensive care unit patients may present infections by difficult-to-treat-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms. Colistin resurfaced as a last resort antibiotic for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative ...
    • Microorganisms involved in deep neck infection (DNIs) in Greece: Detection, identification and susceptibility to antimicrobials 

      Beka D., Lachanas V.A., Doumas S., Xytsas S., Kanatas A., Petinaki E., Skoulakis C. (2019)
      Background: To determine, from October 2010 to October 2018, the epidemiology of Deep Neck Infections (DNIs), regarding the detection, the identification and the susceptibility to antimicrobials of causative microorganisms, ...
    • Novel molecular techniques for the identification of the members of Brucellaceae family 

      Papaventsis, D.; Siafakas, N.; Markoulatos, P.; Sopidou, V.; Economou, C.; Levidiotou-Stefanou, S. (2006)
      An account is presented of an attempt to identify a multiresistant, gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from raw sewage in Cyprus. The API 2ONE system was initially used to identify the strain on the basis of its ...
    • 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 ...
    • Predominance of international clone 2 OXA-23-producing-Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Greece, 2015: results of a nationwide study 

      Pournaras S., Dafopoulou K., Del Franco M., Zarkotou O., Dimitroulia E., Protonotariou E., Poulou A., Zarrilli R., Tsakris A., Skoura L., Themeli-Digalaki K., Perivolioti E., Tsiplakou S., Karavassilis V., Panopoulou M., Orfanidou M., Hadjichristodoulou C., Levidiotou S., Gikas A., Greek Study Group on Acinetobacter Antimicrobial Resistance (2017)
      In a previous nationwide study in Greece, OXA-58 was the sole carbapenemase present among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) isolated between 2000 and 2009. In this study, the antibiotic resistances, ...
    • Survival benefit associated with clarithromycin in severe community-acquired pneumonia: A matched comparator study 

      Kyriazopoulou E., Sinapidis D., Halvatzis S., Velissaris D., Alexiou N., Kosmas V., Adami M.-E., Kyprianou M., Kyprianou A., Stefos A., Lada M., Koutoukas P., Pavlaki M., Kyriakoudi A., Makina A., Gogos C., Niederman M.S., Giamarellos-Bourboulis E.J. (2020)
      Although analysis of retrospective studies has documented survival benefit from the addition of a macrolide to the treatment regimen for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), no data are available to determine if there is ...
    • VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii 

      Tsakris, A.; Ikonomidis, A.; Pournaras, S.; Tzouvelekis, L. S.; Sofianou, D.; Legakis, N. J.; Maniatis, A. N. (2006)
      In 2004 and 2005, 5 metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-positive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were found in 2 Greek hospitals. Isolates were unrelated and carried blaVIM-1 in a class 1 integron; blaOXA-51- and blaOXA-58-like ...