Scientific articles

In Vitro Susceptibility Test of Different Clinical Isolates against Ceftriaxone

Optic neuritis presented as the only manifestation of neurosyphilis

… positive with high RPR titer. The HIV serology test was negative. The patient was treated with injectable ceftriaxone 2 g intravenously for 14 days and also injectable corticosteroid. His vision was improved within this period. Unilateral optic neuritis due to syphilis without other ocular features is uncommon but shou …

Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection (SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant) in Oman: A Single-center Retrospective Study

… . Despite the low rate of simultaneous infections, 104 (59.1%) patients received antibiotics, as follows: ceftriaxone (45.2%), piperacillin and tazobactam (45.2%), and vancomycin (21.2%). Half of the patients who received antibiotics used them for only one to three days with a median duration of four days (range = 1–16 …

The Burden and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Salmonella Non-Typhi and Shigella Related Bloody Diarrhea in Children

… on. Three children had bacteremia, all under one year old. SNT demonstrated high sensitivity primarily to ceftriaxone (n = 41; 70.7%), ampicillin (n = 53; 91.4%), and ciprofloxacin (n = 54; 93.1%). In contrast, Shigella showed high resistance to ceftriaxone and only 15 (46.9%) patients showed sensitivity. Additionally, …

Group A Streptococcus Antibiotic Resistance in Iranian Children: A Meta-analysis

… mycin, 12.0% to azithromycin, 12.6% to clarithromycin, 12.4% to clindamycin, 15.3% to rifampicin, 8.1% to ceftriaxone, 17.6% to cefixime, 36.9% to ampicillin, 14.1% to vancomycin, 8.4% to chloramphenicol, 30.4% to tetracycline, 8.8% to cefotaxime, 82.8% to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, 39.6% to gentamicin, 11.9% to of …

Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Salmonella Typhi Infection Among Adult Patients in Qatar: A Hospital-based Study

… 33.1%). Salmonella typhi, showed high resistance to ciprofloxacin (n = 163; 46.0%), and low resistance to ceftriaxone (n = 2; 0.6%). Four patients developed intestinal perforation, which was surgically repaired in two cases. Two patients (0.6%) died. Conclusions: Typhoid fever was frequent among immigrants to endemic a …

First Detection of FOX-1 AmpC β-lactamase Gene Expression Among Escherichia coli Isolated from Abattoir Samples in Abakaliki, Nigeria

… positive for the production of β-lactamase. Notably, high percentages of resistance to cefoxitin (91.7%), ceftriaxone (83.3%), imipenem (85.4%), ceftazidime (87.5%), ofloxacin (81.3%), and gentamicin (85.4%) were found. FOX-1 genes were detected in three (6.3%) of the 48 E. coli isolates phenotypically screened for Amp …

Detection of CTX-M-15 Among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Five Major Hospitals in Tripoli, Libya

… ntified in Tripoli Medical Centre (67.6%). There were extremely high proportions of isolates resistant to ceftriaxone, cefepime, and ceftazidime (93.0–100.0%) among ESBL producers compared to non-ESBL producers (2.2–4.7%). MDR was detected in 22.2% of isolates. The majority of isolates (85.9%) in which blaCTX-M-15 was …

Can Lidocaine be Safely Used to Reduce Pain Caused by Intramuscular Penicillin Injections? A Short Literature Review

… l et al. investigated the effect of lidocaine 1% as a diluent on the pharmacokinetics and tolerance of IM ceftriaxone and showed that lidocaine neither changed parameters nor altered its bioavailability. In addition, pain intensity and frequency at the injection site were reduced considerably by administering lidocaine …

Diabetic Women with Fever and Right Flank Pain

… howed more than 105 colony-forming units (CFU) per mL of Escherichia coli (E.coli) sensitive to amikacin, ceftriaxone, ofloxacin, nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim.

Serotype Prevalence and Penicillin-susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Oman

… 14 and 23F. 56% of the strains were not susceptible to pencillin, while 99% of these were susceptible to ceftriaxone. 74.3% and 46.1% of the serotypes are covered by the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine respectively. Conclusion: Certain few pneumococcal serotypes such …

Prevalence of Uropathogens in Diabetic Patients and Their Corresponding Resistance Pattern: Results of a Survey Conducted at Diagnostic Centers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

… h Acinetobacter and Klebsiella pneumoniae (100%, 50% respectively). Cephalosporins (cephradine, cefixime, ceftriaxone, cefepime etc.) showed moderate resistance (avg. 50%), whereas amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin showed the highest resistance in all these cases. Conclusion: Pathogens are mostly resistant to antibiotics i …