• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • MRSA infections among patients in the emergency department: A European multicentre study 

      Bouchiat C., Curtis S., Spiliopoulou I., Bes M., Cocuzza C., Codita I., Dupieux C., Giormezis N., Kearns A., Laurent F., Molinos S., Musumeci R., Prat C., Saadatian-Elahi M., Tacconelli E., Tristan A., Schulte B., Vandenesch F., Monneuse O., de Francisco T., Casella P., Erbizzoni S., Melzi S., Oggioni D., Sala R., Calaresu E., Efthimia P., Markos M., Petinaki E., Schroeder W., on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ESGS) (2017)
      Background: MRSA is a therapeutic concern worldwide, and a major agent of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections (CA-SSTIs). While the US epidemiology of MRSA in CA-SSTIs is well described and reports the high ...