Sfoglia per Soggetto "piperacillin plus tazobactam"

Bacteriology, antibiotic resistance and risk stratification of patients with culture-positive, community-acquired pleural infection

Iliopoulou M., Skouras V., Psaroudaki Z., Makarona M., Vogiatzakis E., Tsorlini E., Katsifa E., Spyratos D., Siopi D., Kotsiou O., Xitsas S., Martsoukou M., Sigala I., Kalomenidis I. (2021)

Background: Community-acquired pleural infection (CAPI) is a growing health problem worldwide. Although most CAPI patients recover with antibiotics and pleural drainage, 20% require surgical intervention. The use of ...

Bloodstream infections and sepsis in Greece: Over-time change of epidemiology and impact of de-escalation on final outcome

Koupetori, M.; Retsas, T.; Antonakos, N.; Vlachogiannis, G.; Perdios, I.; Nathanail, C.; Makaritsis, K.; Papadopoulos, A.; Sinapidis, D.; Giamarellos-Bourboulis, E. J.; Pneumatikos, I.; Gogos, C.; Armaganidis, A.; Paramythiotou, E. (2014)

Background: Choice of empirically prescribed antimicrobials for sepsis management depends on epidemiological factors. The epidemiology of sepsis in Greece was studied in two large-periods.Methods: Sepsis due to bloodstream ...

COVID-19 among children with cancer in Greece (2020): Results from the Nationwide Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies and Solid Tumors (NARECHEM-ST)

Baka M., Michos A., Alexopoulou A., Bouka P., Bouka E., Dana E., Dimitriou G., Doganis, Grivea I., Ioannidou M., Kourti M., Magkou E., Makis A., Malama A., Mantadakis E., Markozannes G., Mitsios A., Moschovi M., Papadakis V., Panagopoulou P., Papakonstantinou E., Papadopoulos S., Polychronopoulou S., Themistocleous M., Tzotzola V., Ntzani E., Petridou E.T. (2021)

[No abstract available]

CTX-M-type β-lactamases affect community Escherichia coli treatment, Greece [1]

Pournaras, S.; Ikonomidis, A.; Sofianou, D.; Tsakris, A.; Maniatis, A. N. (2004)

Direct detection of Clostridium sordellii in pleural fluid of a patient with pneumonic empyema by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR

Foroulis, C. N.; Gerogianni, I.; Kouritas, V. K.; Karestsi, E.; Klapsa, D.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Petinaki, E. (2007)

We report the case of a 56-y-old male admitted with a left-sided post-pneumonic empyema. Clostridium sordellii DNA was directly detected in its pleural fluid by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR, after 24 h of specimen collection. ...

First reported isolation of an emerging opportunistic pathogen (Elizabethkingia anophelis) from hospital water systems in Greece

Kyritsi M.A., Mouchtouri V.A., Pournaras S., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2018)

After the Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak in Wisconsin, USA, an active search for the detection of the microorganism in hospital water systems from Central and Northern Greece was performed from June to December 2016. ...

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 ...

Interstitial lung disease in anti-synthetase syndrome

Kourkouni E., Mitsogiannis G., Simopoulou T., Liaskos C., Katsiari C.G., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2019)

Anti-synthetase syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against aminoacyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases, and myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), arthritis, fever and ...

Intestinal microbiota in colorectal cancer surgery

Koliarakis I., Athanasakis E., Sgantzos M., Mariolis-Sapsakos T., Xynos E., Chrysos E., Souglakos J., Tsiaoussis J. (2020)

The intestinal microbiota consists of numerous microbial species that collectively interact with the host, playing a crucial role in health and disease. Colorectal cancer is well-known to be related to dysbiotic alterations ...

Lack of synergistic nephrotoxicity between vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam in a rat model and a confirmatory cellular model

Pais G.M., Liu J., Avedissian S.N., Hiner D., Xanthos T., Chalkias A., D'Aloja E., Locci E., Gilchrist A., Prozialeck W.C., Rhodes N.J., Lodise T.P., Fitzgerald J.C., Downes K.J., Zuppa A.F., Scheetz M.H. (2020)

Vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam are reported in clinical studies to increase acute kidney injury (AKI). However, no clinical study has demonstrated synergistic toxicity, only that serum creatinine increases. To ...

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 ...

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 ...

Re: "prognostic Factors in Diabetic Foot Ulcer"

Spanos K., Saleptsis V., Athanasoulas A., Karathanos C., Bargiota A., Chan P., Giannoukas A.D. (2017)

[No abstract available]

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 ...

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 ...