Acquired Infections.
The Influence of Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Compliance on Implementation of Standard Precautions in Hospital-Acquired Infections Prevention at X Hospital Bantul
... hospital-acquired infections of 50%, consisting of 29% wound infections, 26% gastrointestinal infections, 19% pneumonia, 16% urinary tract infection and 4% sepsis ...nosocomial ...
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Update on the emerging role of telavancin in hospital-acquired infections
... Abstract: Telavancin is a lipoglycopeptide that has activity against gram-positive aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. It has activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus ...
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Original Article The epidemiology of pathogen microorganisms in hospital acquired infections
... Abstract: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and type of hospital acquired infections (HAIs), distribution of predominant pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibilities of nosocomial isolates. ...
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A Study on Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), Control and Management
... hospital acquired infections (HAI), commonly called as nosocomial infection in medical terms still exists in major well developed hospitals in many ...hospital acquired infection and their level, ...
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Hospital Acquired Infections - A Review
... hospital acquired infections in the hospital and the major related risk factors for acquiring ...patients acquired 77 hospital acquired ...tract infections (RTI- ...
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Antibiotic control of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: a simulation study
... hospital- acquired infections and the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria considered by [5], giving primary consideration to the use of second-line antibiotics for which there is no ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus epidermidis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over a Three Year Period
... epidermidis infections in NICUs remained infrequent until the early ...nosocomial infections at Children’s Hospital in Boston from 1974 to 1978, ...NICU- acquired infections caused by ...
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Childhood nosocomial viral acute respiratory tract infections in teaching hospital Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
... Respiratory viruses are important pathogens caus- ing hospital-acquired infections [15, 16]. Several hypo- thetical explanations were specifically described as the nosocomial extinction of RSV in previous ...
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Characterizing the transitioning epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the USA: model-based predictions
... The intriguing growth but then saturation of genital herpes was found to reflect the subtle dynamics of the oral-to-genital mode of acquisition. This mode of acqui- sition, occurring through oral sex between an orally ...
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Clinical and microbiological profile of nosocomial infection in intramural neonatal intensive care unit
... nosocomial infections (Hospital Acquired Infections) in intramural Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Sri Sayajirao General Hospital& Medical College, Baroda and objectives were to study the ...
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Incidence, pathogens and resistance patterns of nosocomial infections at a rural hospital in Gabon
... comial infections as defined by the CDC ...nosocomial infections at the Albert Schweitzer hospital excluding the pediatric department was 46 cases in 12870 hospital days corresponding to an incidence ...
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Microbiology of healthcare associated infections and the definition accuracy to predict infection by potentially drug resistant pathogens: a systematic review
... Patients with HCAI can represent up to 50 % of all infected patients admitted from the community setting [1, 4–10] and are clearly a growing class due to the increasing age of patients, as this means they have more ...
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The distinct category of healthcare associated bloodstream infections
... Hospital acquired BSI was defined as a first positive blood culture ≥ 48 hours after hospital admission or within 48 hours of discharge from ...Community-acquired infections are those with first ...
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Changing epidemiology of infections due to extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria
... ESBL infections found the majority contained CTX-M genes ...community-acquired infections may have been outpatient treatment failures owing to initial empiric therapy with either ciprofloxacin or ...
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“Comparison of Virulence Factors in Clinical Isolates and Standard Strain of Staphylococcus aureus” by Ramadevi Mohan, Subhashree Venugopal, India.
... Staphylococcus aureus is an important human bacterial pathogen causing wide range of diseases both by nosocomial and community-acquired infections. The organism produces a number of virulent toxins and ...
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ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN OF PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM MOBILE PHONE AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SAUDI ARABIA
... hospital acquired infections isolated from the mobile phones of patients, their companion, visitors Health care workers (HCWs) at tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi ...
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A review of nosocomial infections: epidemiology, transmission and control measures
... on infections acquired in healthcare facilities in both developing and developed countries has highlighted the importance of improving infection ...These infections are referred to as nosocomial ...
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Characterization of antibodies to sporozoites in Plasmodium falciparum malaria and correlation with protection
... Furthermore, characterization of the antibody response to sporozoites in naturally acquired infections, particularly secondary or boosting responses, provides an essential view of T- and[r] ...
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in gastrointestinal surgery patients: a Retrospective Analysis of Our Experience
... postoperative infections as remote infection or surgical site infection ...hospital acquired infections and happens in 10%–30% of all patients undertaking gastrointestinal ...
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Cefditoren in upper and lower community-acquired respiratory tract infections
... The high in vitro activity of cefditoren against the most prevalent respiratory isolates in the community, together with its pharmacokinetics (allowing a twice daily regimen) leading to adequate pharmacodynamic indexes ...
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