Azimi, Mahmoodullah Dehzad, Wazhma Masoom Atiq, Mohammad Asif Bahain, Barin Asady, Abdullah
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Purpose To evaluate the occurrence, extent, and severity of adverse reactions associated with the vaccine of COVID-19 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine or AstraZeneca) among Kabul University of Medical Sciences staff. Patients and Methods A retrospective observational, interview-based study was conducted from 4 to 20 April, 2021, to evaluate the adverse rea...
Abd El-Hamid El-Kady, Rania Waggas, Dania AkL, Ahmed
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Background Albeit growing technical advances in the design of hemodialysis catheters, intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) still represents an utmost clinical challenge to the health-care workers (HCWs). Data regarding the influence of the culprit organism on the scenario of CRBSI in the literature are extremely lacking. The...
Mohsin, Faroque Md Nahrin, Ridwana Tonmon, Tajrin Tahrin Nesa, Maherun Tithy, Sharmin Ahmed Saha, Shuvajit Mannan, Mahmudul Shahjalal, Md Faruque, Mohammad Omar Hawlader, Mohammad Delwer Hossain
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Background Severe COVID-19 infections have already taken more than 4 million lives worldwide. Factors, such as socio-demographics, comorbidities, lifestyles, environment, and so on, have been widely discussed to be associated with increased severity in many countries. The study aimed to determine the risk factors of severe–critical COVID-19 in Bang...
Belachew, Tesfaye Mulusew, Eyuel Tolosa, Yonas Asefa, Zerihun Negussie, Haileleul Sori, Teshale
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Purpose Salmonellosis is a foodborne zoonoses found worldwide. The main purpose of this study was to isolate and identify Salmonella and assess their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles from smallhold broilers supply chains and slaughterhouses in Bishoftu and Modjo, central Ethiopia. Methods Four smallhold broiler farms under the auspices of Chic...
Wang, Qinghai Zhao, Kai Guo, Chen Li, Hong Huang, Tao Ji, Jianlei Sun, Xiaoxia Cao, Yanwei Dong, Zhen Wang, Hongyang
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes of Escherichia coli strains among patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) after kidney transplantation from deceased donors. Methods Between January 2014 and June 2018, 64 patients who received kidney transplants from deceased donors at our ins...
Abdelrahim, Soha S Fouad, Magdy Abdallah, Nilly Ahmed, Rasha F Zaki, Shaimaa
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Background and Purpose The alarming increase in the prevalence of CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing E. coli has been significantly linked to the clonal expansion of emerging sequence type (ST131). This study aimed to screen for the O16/O25-ST131 clones among different phylogenetic types of E. coli strains isolated from urinary...
Wang, Leilei Chen, Yuancheng Han, Renru Huang, Zhiwei Zhang, Xuefei Hu, Fupin Yang, Fan
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Purpose To evaluate in vitro activities of β-lactam antibiotics alone and in combination with sulbactam at different ratios against Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains from China. Methods A total of 300 clinical isolates of A. baumannii were collected from 29 hospitals across China in 2018. Susceptibility to common antibiotics was assessed, an...
Lin, Shufang Wei, Shuzhen Zhao, Yong Dai, Zhisong Lin, Jian Pang, Yu
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolates collected from Fujian province, China were assessed for molecular epidemiological characteristics. Analysis of isolate genotype profiles revealed that the Beijing genotype was associated with especially high drug resistance and community transmission rates. Methods A total of 119 MDR-TB ...
Squillace, Nicola Ricci, Elena Colella, Elisa Bonfanti, Paolo
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Infection and Drug Resistance
The dramatic increase of the global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 infection represents a critical issue that needs to be investigated to evaluate the associated risk factors for acquisition and worse outcome. The interplay between immune activation and immune depression during SARS-CoV-2 infection is an intriguing topic that still needs to be clarified. T...
Nasr El-Din, Asmaa Ata, Kamal Abd El-Sattar Abdel-Gawad, Abdelhady Ragab Fahmy, Nahed F
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Infection and Drug Resistance
Objective The aim of this study was to identify an association between the severity of COVID-19 in obese-diabetic patients and altered serum levels of MMP-7, MMP-9, TGF-β, and PDGF macrophage activation markers. Methodology The study included 70 COVID-19 patients, divided into two groups: Group 1 included: Obese COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabet...
