Topic of the Week

December 29th to January 4th

Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Infections

Monday

• Rolain. New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1): towards a new pandemia?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2010;16:1699–1701.

Tuesday

• Chandra. Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Infections. Curr Emerg Hosp Med Rep 2013;1:145–148

Wednesday  

• Lin. Antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: From bench to bedside. World J Clin Cases 2014;2(12):787–814

Thursday

• Chen. Overview of the epidemiology and the threat of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC) resistance. Infection and Drug Resistance 2012;2012(5):133-141

Friday

• van Duin. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a review of treatment and outcomes. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;75(2):115-20

Saturday

• Mahlen. Serratia Infections: from Military Experiments to Current Practice. Clin Microbiol Rev 2011;24:755-791

Sunday

• Boisson. Colistin in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(2):200-8