Browsing by Subject "clindamycin"

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 Agent Susceptibility and Typing of Staphylococcal Isolates from Subclinical Mastitis in Ewes

Vasileiou N.G.C., Sarrou S., Papagiannitsis C., Chatzopoulos D.C., Malli E., Mavrogianni V.S., Petinaki E., Fthenakis G.C. (2019)

Objective was to study susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of 142 staphylococcal isolates from subclinical mastitis in ewes. In total, 41.5% of these were resistant and 5.6% multidrug resistant. More coagulase-negative ...

Bacterial Communities and Antibiotic Resistance of Potential Pathogens Involved in Food Safety and Public Health in Fish and Water of Lake Karla, Thessaly, Greece

Anagnostopoulos D.A., Parlapani F.F., Natoudi S., Syropoulou F., Kyritsi M., Vergos I., Hadjichristodoulou C., Kagalou I., Boziaris I.S. (2022)

Bacterial communities, microbial populations, and antibiotic resistance of potential pathogens in the water and fish (Cyprinus carpio, flesh and gut) from different areas (A1, A2 and A3—A1 was linked with river water, A2 ...

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 ...

Characterisation of a ST100 Staphylococcus epidermidis producing an LnuB nucleotidyltransferase: Evidence for interspecies spread of an lnuB-carrying transposon

Papagiannitsis C.C., Sarrou S., Tsilipounidaki K., Malli E., Medvecky M., Hrabak J., Fthenakis G.C., Petinaki E. (2018)

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Characterization of a novel lsa(E)- and lnu(B)-carrying structure located in the chromosome of a Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 strain

Sarrou S., Liakopoulos A., Tsoumani K., Sagri E., Mathiopoulos K.D., Tzouvelekis L.S., Miriagou V., Petinaki E. (2016)

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A chronic alcoholic man with high fever, neck rigidity and loss of consciousness: Remember the Austrian syndrome a commonly unrecognised invasive pneumococcus triad

Georgiadou S.P., Manoulakas E., Makaritsis K.P., Dalekos G.N. (2018)

Austrian syndrome is a rare medical condition characterised by the triad of pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Native aortic valve insufficiency is the most common cause of cardiac ...

The clinical significance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae rectal colonization in critically ill patients: From colonization to bloodstream infection

Kontopoulou K., Iosifidis E., Antoniadou E., Tasioudis P., Petinaki E., Malli E., Metallidis S., Vatopoulos A., Malisiovas N. (2019)

Purpose. To highlight the clinical significance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) rectal colonization by examining the risk factors for CRKP rectal colonization and subsequent bloodstream infection (BSI) ...

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 ...

Comparison of the Efficacy of Intramammary or Injectable Antibiotic Administration against Staphylococcal Mastitis in Ewes

Vasileiou N.G.C., Fthenakis G.C., Mavrogianni V.S. (2022)

The objectives of the work were (a) to compare the efficacy of two routes for antibiotic administration in the treatment of mastitis in ewes and (b) to assess the potential importance of the timing of the initiation of the ...

Concentrations of clindamycin hydrochloride in homogenates of normal dog skin when administered at two oral dosage regimens

Saridomichelakis, M. N.; Athanasiou, L. V.; Chatzis, M. K.; Salame, M.; Katsoudas, V.; Pappas, I. S. (2013)

Background: Clindamycin is frequently used for the treatment of bacterial pyoderma. Objective: To compare the pharmacokinetics of clindamycin in whole skin homogenates of normal dogs when administered orally at two dosage ...

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

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

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 ...

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. ...

Efficacy of Antimicrobial Treatment in Dogs with Atopic Dermatitis: An Observational Study

Sofou E.I., Aleksandrova S., Badulescu E., Chatzis M., Saridomichelakis M. (2022)

There is a shortage of studies reporting the efficacy of antimicrobial treatment of dogs with atopic dermatitis (AD) and skin infections (SIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the change in the severity of skin lesions ...

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 ...

erm(C) is the predominant genetic determinant for the expression of resistance to macrolides among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Greece

Spiliopoulou, I.; Petinaki, E.; Papandreou, P.; Dimitracopoulos, G. (2004)

Objectives: Macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin type B (MLSB) resistance was determined in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates from two University Hospitals. Methods: Antibiotic resistance was investigated by ...