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A qualitative, multi-centre approach to the current state of digitalisation and automation of surveillance in infection prevention and control in German hospitals

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background Healthcare associated infections (HAI) pose a major threat to healthcare systems resulting in an increased burden of disease. Surveillance plays a key role in rapidly identifying these infections and preventing further transmissions.
Michael Eisenmann, Cord Spreckelsen, Vera Rauschenberger, Manuel Krone, Stefanie Kampmeier   +4 more
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Presence of urinary symptoms in bacteremic urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study of Escherichia coli bacteremia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background It is important to understand clinical features of bacteremic urinary tract infection (bUTI), because bUTI is a serious infection that requires prompt diagnosis and antibiotic therapy.
Anthony D. Bai, Michael J. Bonares, Samuel Thrall, Chaim M. Bell, Andrew M. Morris   +4 more
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Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Infection surveillance is a vital part of infection prevention and control activities for the aged care sector. In Australia there are two currently available infection and antimicrobial use surveillance programs for residential aged care ...
Eliza Watson, Leslie Dowson, David Dunt, Karin Thursky, Leon J. Worth, Janet K. Sluggett, Amanda Appathurai, Noleen Bennett, for the National Infection Surveillance Program in Aged Care (NISPAC) Advisory Group   +8 more
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Leveraging diagnostic stewardship within antimicrobial stewardship programmes

Drugs in Context, 2023
Novel diagnostic stewardship in infectious disease consists of interventions that modify ordering, processing, and reporting of diagnostic tests to provide the right test for the right patient, prompting the right action.
Kimberly C Claeys, Melissa D Johnson
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Food Contamination and Safety in Nigeria: A Systematic Synthesis of Heavy Metals, Microbial Pathogens, and Health Risk Metrics

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This is an infographic driver of food contaminants and health effects. ABSTRACT Food safety remains a critical challenge in Nigeria due to rapid urbanization and weak regulatory enforcement. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2025 to characterize food contaminant profiles and associated human health risks in Nigeria ...
Cecilia Nwadiuto Obasi, Naomi A. Mogborukor, Baridoo Donatus Dooka, Polycarp Dauda Madaki, Chiara Frazzoli, Mohamed Haddad, Orish Ebere Orisakwe   +6 more
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Antimicrobial Consumption and Appropriateness in Australian Hospitals: a Parallel Analysis of 2023 National Surveillance Data

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: A comprehensive understanding of antimicrobial prescribing practices, requires antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) clinicians to assess both the quantity and quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
Caroline Chen, Erin Connor, Josephine Wen, Karin Thursky, Rodney James   +4 more
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Perioperative Piperacillin/Tazobactam Reduces Early Onset SSI in Preirradiated Patients Undergoing Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Preirradiated patients undergoing microvascular head and neck reconstruction for tumor recurrence or osteoradionecrosis (ORN) face surgical site infection (SSI) rates exceeding 30%. The impact of perioperative extended‐spectrum antibiotic coverage remains unclear. This study hypothesizes that calculated prophylaxis with piperacillin/
Johannes G. Schuderer, Florian Hoferer, Jonas Eichberger, Mathias Fiedler, André Gessner, Stilla Bauernfeind, Maximilian Gottsauner, Felix Nieberle, Michael Maurer, Johannes K. Meier, Torsten E. Reichert, Tobias Ettl   +11 more
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Intravenous Versus Oral Omadacycline or Linezolid for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Infections: A post hoc Analysis of the OASIS Trials

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction Appropriate oral antibiotic therapy for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) is a challenge, as current oral treatment guidelines do not fully cover the most common skin pathogens.
George D. Rodriguez, Nathan Warren, Roman Yashayev, Surya Chitra, Maria Amodio-Groton, Kelly Wright   +5 more
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Country Income Is Only One of the Tiles: The Global Journey of Antimicrobial Resistance among Humans, Animals, and Environment

Antibiotics, 2020
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most complex global health challenges today: decades of overuse and misuse in human medicine, animal health, agriculture, and dispersion into the environment have produced the dire consequence of infections to
Angela Pieri, Richard Aschbacher, Giada Fasani, Jole Mariella, Lorenzo Brusetti, Elisabetta Pagani, Massimo Sartelli, Leonardo Pagani   +7 more
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Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship in a 126-bed community hospital with close communication between pharmacists working on post-prescription audit, ward pharmacists, and the antimicrobial stewardship team

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2021
Background Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is defined as coordinated interventions to improve and measure the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents. However, available resources for AS differ depending on the size of the clinical setting.
Satoshi Nakamura, Takashi Arima, Ryoichi Tashiro, Satomi Yasumizu, Hayato Aikou, Emi Watanabe, Takashi Nakashima, Yuho Nagatomo, Ikuyo Kakimoto, Toshiro Motoya   +9 more
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