title: [Diagnosis and management of antibiotic-resistant bacteria].
abstract: Antibiotic-resistant infections acquired in hospitals are of great concern, and have become a serious public issue. Antibiotic-resistant infections can be associated with a variety of bacteria, such as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP). Since clinical laboratories are responsible for detecting information regarding antibiotic-resistant bacteria, they are required to perform analysis and dissemination of the information. Currently, rapid methods for detecting antibiotic-resistant bacteria using molecular techniques are being developed in response to the problem of the conventional methods for bacteriological testing, which require a few days to obtain results. This article presents the diagnosis and management of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which comprise a serious health care issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. k-yanagi@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Shimeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamihira
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction