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Antibiograms as one-health tools for antimicrobial stewardship: California’s experience with livestock antibiogram development

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2023
Abstract Antibiograms are collections of antimicrobial susceptibility data for a particular bacterial organism and host species. Antibiograms are important tools for antimicrobial stewardship, as they may be used to guide empiric antimicrobial therapy and assess trends in antimicrobial resistance, maximizing treatment success and preserving the ...
Catherine, Lorenz, Marissa, Silva, Erin, Frey, Heather, Fritz, Edith, Marshall   +4 more
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High MRSA Carriage Rate among Nursing Microbiology Students [PDF]

, 2014
Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of disease, particularly in colonized persons. Although methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have become increasingly reported, populationbased studies of students preparing for the health professions ...
Daycock, Whitney O, Gillen, Alan Lee, Serafin, Andrew   +2 more
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Fostering deliberation and action in context: An analysis of implementation research among healthcare professionals in LMICs from a post‐digital perspective

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Strengthening health systems through workforce development is central to combating health crises and inequalities in some of the world's poorest countries and is a key objective for implementation research (IR). Workforce development programmes often include blended and online modalities, offering the means to reach relevant communities at ...
Koula Charitonos, Allison Littlejohn, Saraswati Dawadi, Abhinav Vaidya, Alex Owusu‐Ofori, Fereshte Goshtasbpour, Santosi Giri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The correlation between antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance: a 3-year retrospective study

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
IntroductionMultidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms have increased all over the world, which is considered a public health threat. The emergence of MDR bacterial pathogens correlates with the increased antibiotic usage. This study aimed to determine the
Ann Lisa Arulappen, Ann Lisa Arulappen, Amer Hayat Khan, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Sabariah Noor Harun, Ting Soo Chow, Mahmood Basil A. Al-Rawi, Wajid Syed   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Patient-Specific Antibiograms [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017
BACKGROUND: Generating antibiograms has been standard practice in many hospitals for decades, and many guidelines recommend updating the data on a yearly basis. While effective at summarizing a hospital’s susceptibility data across all patients, likelihoods of susceptibility are not the same for all patients. Traditional antibiograms do not account for
Overly, Shannon, Hayes, Seth, Mehta, Jimish, Hamilton, Keith, Peterson, Dan   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Frequency of MRSA carriers in health care workers in Gorgan, North of Iran [PDF]

, 2011
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important pathogen in hospitals. Healthcare personnel are the main source of nosocomial infections and identification and control of MRSA carriers can reduce incidence of infections ...
Alang, S.R., Amini, A., Cheraghali, F., Tabbaraei, A., Ghaemi, E.A.   +4 more
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Plasma calprotectin to assess susceptibility to bloodstream infections during paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia induction treatment

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Summary Chemotherapy‐induced neutropenia, monitored by peripheral blood absolute neutrophil count (ANC), increases the risk of bloodstream infections (BSIs). However, ANC may not reflect the total neutrophil population, as it omits neutrophils at extravascular sites.
Johanna Vævest Nymann Eriksen, Silvia de Pietri, Mathias Rathe, Henrik Hasle, Christian Enevold, Claus H. Nielsen, Kjeld Schmigelow, Claus Moser, Klaus Müller, Sarah Weischendorff   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective study to compare antibiosis versus the association of N-acetylcysteine, D-mannose and morinda citrifolia fruit extract in preventing urinary tract infections in patients submitted to urodynamic investigation [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The abuse of antimicrobical drugs has increased the resistance of microorganisms to treatments, thus to make urinary tract infections (UTIs) more difficult to eradicate.
Al Rawashdah, S, AL SALHI, Yazan, Carbone, Antonio, Coppola, Gianpietro, Fuschi, Andrea, Leto, Antonino, Maruccia, S, Maurizi, Angela, Mele, Rita, Palleschi, Giovanni, Pastore, ANTONIO LUIGI, Velotti, Gennaro, Zanello, Pp   +12 more
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Aligning Research With Practice: Nursing Home Providers' Priorities for Long‐Term Care Research

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Collaboration between providers and investigators can maximize the impact of research in post‐acute and long‐term care settings, including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Involving SNF providers in research from the inception can help ensure that investigators are answering practical, clinically relevant questions that are ...
Blythe G. Chen, Amy Recker, Rosa R. Baier, Ann Reddy, David R. Gifford, Stephanie M. Kissam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uropathogen antibiogram regional variations—Are Australian antimicrobial guidelines appropriate?

BJUI Compass
Objectives The objectives of this study are as follows: to assess the uropathogen antibiogram at two tertiary hospitals in Victoria to look at the difference in susceptibility patterns, to assess whether national guideline recommendations were applicable
Gavin Wei, James Antony Sidney Sewell, Caroline Bartolo, Amelia Pearce, Owen Harris, Richard Grills   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source