• Comparative epidemiological study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates during two time periods in a tertiary care hospital 

      Koutsogiannou, M.; Drougka, E.; Liakopoulos, A.; Jelastopulu, E.; Petinaki, E.; Anastassiou, E. D.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Christofidou, M. (2014)
      Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a nosocomial pathogen of clinical importance carrying virulence and antibiotic resistance determinants. In the present study, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of P. aeruginosa isolates ...
    • Cross‐Sectional Survey of Antibiotic Resistance in Extended Spectrum β‐Lactamase‐Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Pigs in Greece 

      Tsekouras N., Athanasakopoulou Z., Diezel C., Kostoulas P., Braun S.D., Sofia M., Monecke S., Ehricht R., Chatzopoulos D.C., Gary D., Krähmer D., Spyrou V., Christodoulopoulos G., Billinis C., Papatsiros V.G. (2022)
      This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase-producing (ESBL) bacteria in swine. Thus, 214 fecal samples were collected from suckling and weaned piglets from 34 farms in Greece (out of an ...
    • 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 ...
    • Emergence of a mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone associated with skin and soft tissue infections in Greece 

      Giormezis N., Doudoulakakis A., Tsilipounidaki K., Militsopoulou M., Kalogeras G., Stamouli V., Kolonitsiou F., Petinaki E., Lebessi E., Spiliopoulou I. (2021)
      Background: Staphylococcus aureus causes various infections, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). In this study, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) from SSTIs among patients in three tertiary-care ...
    • 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 = ...