Multi-drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance Profiles and the Associated Risk Factors in Teaching Hospital in Jordan.

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes (ARGs), with a focus on colistin resistance in clinical A. baumannii, as well as the risk factors associated with A. baumannii infection in Jordanian patients.

Emergence of mcr-1 gene and carbapenemase-encoding genes among colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates in Jordan.

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat that requires serious attention, particularly when it is developed against colistin, which is considered one of the 'last-resort' antibiotics for curing an infection. This study aimed to investigate the AMR profile of the Klebsiella (K.) pneumoniae clinical isolates and to obtain the comprehensive characteristics of the carbapenemases among the carbapenem-resistant K.

Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus a common pathogen in ventilation-associated pneumonia?: The experience of a tertiary teaching hospital in Jordan.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a life threatening device related infection in intensive care units. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is considered a common contagious pathogen causing pneumonia and sepsis.To assess the prevalence of S aureus in comparison to other pathogens, and their antibacterial sensitivity profile in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Is efficacy of repeated intradetrusor botulinum toxin type A (Dysport) injections dose dependent? Clinical and urodynamic results after four injections in patients with drug-resistant neurogenic detrusor overactivity.

Objective: To assess the effects of two different doses of botulinum toxin A (Dysport: 500 and 1,000 IU) injected repeatedly into the bladder for the treatment of neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) in terms of safety, durability, and improvement of continence status and urodynamic parameters.

Patients And Methods: In this study we analyzed the effects of successive doses of 500 or 1,000 IU of Dysport, endoscopically injected into the detrusor muscle. Clinical, urodynamic, and satisfaction assessments were performed at baseline and 6 weeks after each injection.