Prevalence of bla(PenA) and bla(OXA) in Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolated from Patients at Sappasitthiprasong Hospital and Their Susceptibility to Ceftazidime and Carbapenems.

Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a causative agent of melioidosis. Ceftazidime is the preferred drug of choice for treatment. However, the motility rate is high in endemic areas.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in Sanprasitthiprasong Hospital.

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is a species of bacteria that causes a number of diseases and more than 60% of it is presently resistant to methicillin. Vancomycin is the drug of choice for the eradication of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).