Antimicrobial resistance

In our project focusing on critically ill patients, we explore the factors associated with colonization or infection by multidrug-resistant pathogens, as well as predictors of mortality in bloodstream infections caused by these pathogens.

Selected publications

A Seven-Year Microbiological and Molecular Study of Bacteremias Due to Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Changes in the Carbapenemase Gene's Distribution after Introduction of Ceftazidime/Avibactam.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Eleftherios Karachalias, Anastasia Spiliopoulou, Ekaterini Tsiata, Georgios Siakallis, Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Markos Marangos. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Oct 14;11(10):1414. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11101414. PMID: 36290072. View article

External validation of INCREMENT-CPE score in a retrospective cohort of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in critically ill patients.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Virginia Mplani, Iris Spiliopoulou, Myrto Christofidou, Fotini Fligou, Markos Marangos. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jun;27(6):915.e1-915.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 12.PMID: 334444757. View article

Mortality of Pandrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort of 115 Episodes.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Chrisavgi Papamichail, Iris Spiliopoulou, Myrto Christofidou, Fotini Fligou, Markos Marangos. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Jan 15;10(1):76. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10010076.PMID: 33467394. View article

Impact of Tigecycline's MIC in the Outcome of Critically Ill Patients with Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteraemia Treated with Tigecycline Monotherapy-Validation of 2019's EUCAST Proposed Breakpoint Changes.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Alexandra Nikolopoulou, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Virginia Mplani, Iris Spiliopoulou, Myrto Christofidou, Fotini Fligou, Markos Marangos. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Nov 19;9(11):828. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9110828. PMID: 33228012. View article

Risk factors for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with bacteraemia by carbapenem non-susceptible Gram negative bacteria.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Anastasia Solomou, Sophia Vamvakopoulou, Aikaterini Spyropoulou, Vasileios Karamouzos, Evangelos D Anastassiou, Evangelos Papachristou, Iris Spiliopoulou, Myrto Christofidou, Fotini Fligou, Markos Marangos. Infez Med. 2019 Dec 1;27(4):380-392.PMID: 31846987.View article

Fatality of Staphylococcus aureus infections in a Greek university hospital: role of inappropriate empiric treatment, methicillin resistance, and toxin genes' presence.

Ioanna Katsarou, Nefeli-Marina Paraskevopoulou, Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Nikolaos Giormezis, Maria Militsopoulou, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Markos Marangos, Evangelos D Anastassiou, Iris Spiliopoulou. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;39(3):443-450. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03742-5. Epub 2019 Nov 16. PMID: 31734796. View article

Reversal of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemiology from blaKPC- to blaVIM-harbouring isolates in a Greek ICU after introduction of ceftazidime/avibactam.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Anastasia Lambropoulou, Anastasia Solomou, Ekaterini Tsiata, Evangelos D Anastassiou, Fotini Fligou, Markos Marangos, Iris Spiliopoulou, Myrto Christofidou. PMID: 31002313. View article

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80 Induce Lower Cytokine Production by Monocytes as Compared to Other Sequence Types.

Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Anastasia Spiliopoulou, Eleanna Drougka, Eleni Jelastopulu, Evangelos D Anastassiou, Iris Spiliopoulou. Front Microbiol. 2019 Jan 9:9:3310. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03310. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30687287. View article

Molecular epidemiology and risk factors for colistin- or tigecycline-resistant carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection in critically ill patients during a 7-year period.

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Christina Bartzavali, Aikaterini Spyropoulou, Anastasia Lambropoulou, Nektarios Sioulas, Sophia Vamvakopoulou, Georgios Karpetas, Iris Spiliopoulou, Theofanis Vrettos, Evangelos D Anastassiou, Fotini Fligou, Myrto Christofidou, Markos Marangos. PMID: 30076041. View article

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection in critically ill patients: risk factors and predictors of mortality.

M Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, F Fligou, C Bartzavali, A Zotou, A Spyropoulou, K Koutsileou, S Vamvakopoulou, N Sioulas, V Karamouzos, E D Anastassiou, I Spiliopoulou, M Christofidou, M Marangos. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Jul;36(7):1125-1131. doi: 10.1007/s10096-017-2899-6. Epub 2017 Jan 19.PMID: 28102514. View article

Team

Markos Marangos, University of Patras, Greece
Fotini Fligou, University of Patras, Greece
Fevronia Kolonitsiou, University of Patras, Greece
Fotini Paliogianni, University of Patras, Greece

Participation in international studies

Long-term antibiotic therapy in non-surgical prosthetic valve endocarditis (L-TAPE)
Risk factors for Gram-negative infection of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: retrospective multicenter study (CARDINE)

Open positions

No current position available

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Dr. Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris

Antimicrobial resistance