| carbapenemases-producing klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitals of two regions of southern italy. | carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae infections are reported with increasing frequency elsewhere in the world, representing a worrying phenomenon for global health. in italy, there are hotspot data on the diffusion and type of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae and k. pneumoniae in particular, with very few data coming from apulia and basilicata, two regions of southern italy. this study was aimed at characterizing by phenotypic and genotypic methods carbapenem-resistant k. pneumon ... | 2017 | 28295617 |
| antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens responsible for community-acquired urinary tract infections in an italian community. | this study aimed to establish the pattern of the antimicrobial resistance among the leading uropathogens causing community-acquired utis in an area of the region of apulia, southern italy. twenty-one thousand and two hundred outpatients, 6,893 males and 14,307 females, were enrolled. urinary isolates were identified by conventional methods and the susceptibility to 18 antimicrobials determined. recognized uropathogens escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae and proteus mirabilis were isolated fr ... | 2008 | 19129070 |