Multi-drug Resistance

Case Report / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2022

Intrathecal Colistin Induced Chemical Meningitis in a Case of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Meningitis

Aysun Benli and others

Acinetobacter baumannii has been one of the prominent causative agents of nosocomial meningitis compared with the other Gram-positive bacteria in recent years. These bacteria are clinically important because of their higher (...) Read More

Review Article / VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3, DECEMBER 2019

Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology and Treatment Strategies

Abdullah Tarık Aslan and Murat Akova

Origins, characteristics and classification of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) Currently, beta-lactamase family includes more than 2800 unique proteins. Although varied types of beta-lactamases have been specified to date, they have common topographic structures consisting of alpha-helices and beta-plated sheets. They most probably originated from environmental sources and produced against naturally occurring […] Read More