• 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Carriage of OXA-58 but not of OXA-51 beta-lactamase gene correlates with carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii 

      Tsakris, A.; Ikonomidis, A.; Pournaras, S.; Spanakis, N.; Markogiannakis, A. (2006)
    • Ceftazidime/avibactam in the era of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: Experience from a national registry study 

      Karaiskos I., ikaraiskos@hygeia.gr, Daikos G.L., Gkoufa A., Adamis G., Stefos A., Symbardi S., Chrysos G., Filiou E., Basoulis D., Mouloudi E., Galani L., Akinosoglou K., Arvaniti K., Masgala A., Petraki M., Papadimitriou E., Galani I., Poulakou G., Routsi C., Giamarellou H. (2021)
      Background: Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) are associated with high mortality. Therefore, new treatment options are urgently required. Objectives: To assess the outcomes and predictors of ...
    • Emergence of sequence type 11 Klebsiella pneumoniae coproducing NDM-1 and VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamases in a Greek hospital 

      Papagiannitsis C.C., Malli E., Florou Z., Sarrou S., Hrabak J., Mantzarlis K., Zakynthinos E., Petinaki E. (2017)
      Sequence type 11 Klebsiella pneumoniae, coproducing NDM-1 and VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamases, were isolated in a Greek hospital. blaNDM-1 was part of a Tn125 derivative, located on an ~90-kb plasmid similar to the NDM-1-encoding ...
    • A Predictive Model of Mortality in Patients With Bloodstream Infections due to Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae 

      Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B., Salamanca E., de Cueto M., Pascual A., Rodríguez-Baño J., Hsueh P.-R., Viale P., Paño-Pardo J.R., Venditti M., Tumbarello M., Daikos G., Pintado V., Doi Y., Tuon F.F., Karaiskos I., Machuca I., Schwaber M.J., Azap Ö.K., Souli M., Roilides E., Pournaras S., Akova M., Pérez F., Bonomo R.A., Bermejo J., Oliver A., Almela M., Lowman W., Almirante B., Carmeli Y., Paterson D.L., Falcone M., Russo A., Giamarellou H., Trecarichi E.M., Losito A.R., García-Vázquez E., Hernández A., Gómez J., Iosifidis E., Prim N., Navarro F., Mirelis B., Origüen J., San Juan R., Fernández-Ruiz M., Larrosa N., Puig-Asensio M., Cisneros J.M., Molina J., González V., Rucci V., Ruiz de Gopegui E., Marinescu C.I., Martínez-Martínez L., Fariñas M.C., Cano M.E., Gozalo M., Mora-Rillo M., Navarro-San Francisco C., Peña C., Gómez-Zorrilla S., Tubau F., Tsakris A., Zarkotou O., Pitout J., Virmani D., Torre-Cisneros J., Natera C., Helvaci Ö., Sahin A.O., Cantón R., Ruiz P., Bartoletti M., Giannella M., Taconelli E., Riemenschneider F., Calbo E., Badia C., Xercavins M., Gasch E., Fontanals D., Jové E. (2016)
      Objective To develop a score to predict mortality in patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Patients and Methods A multinational retrospective cohort study ...
    • Predictors of mortality in patients with bloodstream infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and impact of appropriate antimicrobial treatment 

      Zarkotou, O.; Pournaras, S.; Tselioti, P.; Dragoumanos, V.; Pitiriga, V.; Ranellou, K.; Prekates, A.; Themeli-Digalaki, K.; Tsakris, A. (2011)
      Bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP) are associated with high mortality rates. We investigated outcomes, risk factors for mortality and impact ...
    • 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, ...