Prevalence of Bacterial Lower Respiratory Tract Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan

Obeidat, Nathir M.; Bsisu, Isam; Parvez, Faruque; Islam, Zafrin; Obeidat, Zaina; Altous, Mai; Obeidat, Mohammed; Ababneh, Nidaa A.; Wahbeh, Ayman; Farah, Randa

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“…Molecular epidemiology studies, a nationwide surveillance program, and the development of an action plan are necessary to fight antibiotic resistance. Mixed clinical samples [69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] Health careassociated bloodstream infections 79 ( Wound infections [80][81][82] Surgical site infections 83,84 Intensive care infections 85 Otitis media 86 Ocular bacterial infections 87 Lower respiratory tract infections 88 Bacteremia [89][90][91] Neonatal septicaemia and septic arthritis [92][93][94] . Infected burn 95,96 .…”

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“…Otitis externa [108][109][110] Case studies or few cases [112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125] . Otitis media 171 Sinusitis, bronchitis 162 Ocular bacterial infections 87 Lower respiratory tract infections 88,172 Health care associated blood stream infections 79 Neonatal septicemia 93 ˃50% susceptibility to Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cefaclor, cefixime, cephalothin, cotrimoxazol, ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime, gentamicin, piperacillin, erythromycin, lincomycin, and tobramycin 25,171,173 Vancomycin (susceptibility about 100%) 25,171,173 Penicillin susceptibility (43%-62%) 173 Dual non-susceptibility to penicillin and erythromycin ˃ 5% Hands and conjunctiva of Jordanian students 33,34 Oral rinse specimens from dental diseases 185 Intestinal colonization 189 Mixed clinical samples 12…”

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“…aureus was isolated from multiple clinical samples in Jordan including blood, wounds, abscesses, skin, ears, urine, stool, the upper respiratory tract (URT), eyes, and others [69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] . It was the main cause of health care-associated bloodstream infections 79 , wound infection [80][81][82] , surgical site infections 83,84 , intensive care infections 85 , otitis media 86 , ocular bacterial infections 87 , lower respiratory tract infections 88 , bacteremia [89][90][91] , neonatal septicemia 92,93 and septic arthritis 94 . S. aureus was among the most common isolates in infected burns 95,96 , bacteremia in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia 97 , cancer patient infections in general 98 , biliary tract infections 99 , and nosocomial infections 100 .…”

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“…S. pneumoniae was most frequently isolated from eye specimens (21.0%), bloodstream infection samples (16.7%), and sputum samples (14.6%) with invasive isolates accounting for 23.6% of all isolates 25 . In addition, S. pneumoniae was a leading cause of otitis media 171 , sinusitis, bronchitis 162 , ocular bacterial infections 87 , and lower respiratory tract infections 88,172 . It was occasionally involved in health care associated blood stream infections 79 and neonatal septicemia 93 .…”

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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections and Antibiotics Resistance in Jordan: Current Status and Future Perspective

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Background: Antibiotic resistance is expanding worldwide at alarming rates. Middle East countries including Jordan have high prevalence of antibiotic resistance. Aims: The main aims of this review are to summarize the situation with Gram-positive bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance in Jordan, identify areas where further investigation is required, and suggest strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted by two independent researchers using general and specific combinations of MeSH search terms using Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases. Results: Staphylococci and Streptococci were commonly isolated from environmental, animal, and human samples, while Staphylococci, Enterococci, and Listeria were commonly isolated from food. Staphylococci, Streptococci, and Enterococci human colonization were documented at variable but high rates. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistance coagulase-negative Staphylococci (MR-CoNS) infections were common with high rates of antibiotic resistance. S. pneumoniae showed increased resistance rates to most antimicrobials. Enterococci and C. difficile resistance rates were moderate, while group B Streptococci (GBS), viridans group streptococci (VGS), C. perfringens and L. monocytogenes antibiotic susceptibility patterns were not reported. All MRSA and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) isolates were mec-A positive, while resistance genes among CoNS, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, S. agalactia, C. perfringens, and L. monocytogenes were not investigated. Conclusions: Gram-positive bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance rates were high in Jordan. Molecular epidemiology studies, a nationwide surveillance program, and action plans are urgently required to combat antibiotic resistance.

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“…This mutual operates in 14 countries and has a membership made up of individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, corporates, and institutions. Obeidat (1975), cooperative guilds were formed by craftsmen in ancient Egypt in 3000 BC. There are many cooperative institutions that have had a long history in Indigenous communities and in non-Western societies.…”

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Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy

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Over several decades, neoliberalism has shaped economic activities and relations in much of the world. Although there are many variants of neoliberalism, they all share in common two fundamental assumptions: that we human beings can maximize self-interest based on an economic calculation of costs and benefits; and that the market is inherently efficient and self-regulated. The policy conclusion drawn from these assumptions is that a stronger free market enhances human wellbeing.These assumptions, and the policy conclusion, are patently false. Calculated self-interest may be one element that determines our behaviour, but so too are non-economic interests and values associated with social norms, rights, obligations, reciprocity and morals. An inherently efficient and self-regulating market is just a utopian idea whose original imposition and catastrophic collapse was the subject of Karl Polanyi's (1944) The Great Transformation.The social and solidarity economy (SSE), which has gained currency across the world over the past two decades, provides an alternative approach to promoting human wellbeing, social justice and economic and sustainable development. Although the meaning of the SSE and its key features are contested, its constituent organizations such as cooperatives, associations, mutuals, women's self-help groups and social enterprises play a significant role in creating and protecting economic activities and social relations from commercialization and bureaucratization, and transforming them into participatory and democratic ones. In a nutshell, the SSE is all about social control and democratization of the economy understood as a vast set of social relations.Despite the growing recognition of the transformative potential of the SSE and the amount of academic and policy-oriented research related to the SSE, it remains a relatively new concept to many. There is therefore a need for high-quality knowledge on this topic, and information to guide policymakers, practitioners and researchers. Yet, there are very few sources that comprehensively examine the attributes, dynamics, opportunities and challenges associated with the SSE in various contexts. This is what has motivated the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) to convene leading experts to produce the Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy (the SSE Encyclopedia), which is intended as an essential tool for raising awareness of SSE and promoting SSE organizations and enterprises at local, national and international levels.The SSE Encyclopedia is divided into four parts. Part I, 'Histories, Concepts and Theories', includes entry 10, 'Origins and Histories', which reveals the collective amnesia about the origins of social and economic organizations based on democratic solidarity initiated by various groups (indigenous self-organization in South America, women and African Americans in North America, and pioneering workers in Europe). It also includes entries dealing with the contested contemporary meanings of t...

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Prevalence of Bacterial Lower Respiratory Tract Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan

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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections and Antibiotics Resistance in Jordan: Current Status and Future Perspective

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