is a Gram-positive rod that has been described as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. In a significant number of documented cases, infections with have been associated with polymicrobial infections, which highlight the fact that important bacteria-bacteria relations might be involved in the natural course of these infections, especially in patients with chronic disease courses and a history of multiple antibiotic treatments. We present a case of a 24-year-old woman with a 3-year history of a chronic pressure ulcer on the right foot associated with varus and cavus deformity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Myroides is a bacterial genus of opportunistic bacteria responsible for diverse infections including in the skin and soft tissues, urinary tract, cardiovascular system, and bacteremia, although the incidence of its reported infections is low, it is increasing, likely due the use of better bacterial identification methods, but also perhaps due an increase in its prevalence. In addition, their pathogenic role is limited in terms of reporting their microbial physiology, so the present work provides information in this regard in addition to the information that is available in the international literature.
Objective: To describe the microbiological and genetic characteristics of seven different Myroides spp.
PLoS One
April 2024
Background: Infections caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and related species are increasing worldwide. Unfortunately, treatment options are limited, whereas the antimicrobial resistance is increasing.
Methods: We included clinical isolates identified as S.
Antibiotics (Basel)
January 2023
The identification of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and is important for treating and controlling hospital infections. The recommended methods for their identification require a long waiting time, technical training, and expertise. Lateral flow immunoassays such as NG-Test CARBA 5 overcome these needs.
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November 2022
Introduction: International guidelines recommend hospital care for patients with severe Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but fragile health care systems struggle to cope with high number of admissions, placing patients at risk of receiving substandard care. We describe an outpatient ambulatory surveillance and treatment strategy (OPAT) for health care workers (HCWs) with severe COVID-19 during low hospital bed availability periods in Mexico City.
Methods: In this observational, descriptive, retrospective study, we included HCWs with severe disease for whom there were no hospital beds available at the time of evaluation.
Aim: This report presents phenotypic and genetic data on the prevalence and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and representative carbapenemases-producing Gram-negative species in Mexico.
Material And Methods: A total of 52 centers participated, 43 hospital-based laboratories and 9 external laboratories. The distribution of antimicrobial resistance data for Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Acinetobacter baumannii complex, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in selected clinical specimens from January 1 to March 31, 2020 was analyzed using the WHONET 5.