[Gram-negative bacteremia in neutropenic patients with hematologic disorders. Experiences with prophylactic use of fluoroquinolones].

Unlabelled: Gram-negative bacteremia remains a severe complication of neutropenia with a high mortality rate. For high-risk patients prophylactic use of fluoroquinolones is recommended as a preventive strategy.

Aims: To study the effect of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis on Gram-negative bacteremia.

Significance of methicillin-teicoplanin resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus in bloodstream infections in patients of the Semmelweis University hospitals in Hungary.

The purpose of this study was to quantify the impact of Staphylococcus haemolyticus in the epidemiology of the blood stream infection (BSI) and to characterize the rates and quantitative levels of resistance to antistaphylococcal drugs. During an eight-year period, 2967 BSIs of the patients hospitalized in different clinical departments of the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary were analyzed. One hundred eighty-four were caused by S.

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella spp. in a neonatal intensive care unit: risk factors for the infection and the dynamics of the molecular epidemiology.

The extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella spp. cause worldwide problems in intensive care units. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular epidemiology of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and K.