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Positive Postoperative Blood Cultures in Major Abdominal Surgery Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Durban, South Africa

Althea Medical Journal, 2021
Background: Evidence from high-income countries suggests that bloodstream infection is an essential complication following major surgery. However, studies of bloodstream infections following major surgery in lower-income settings, particularly in Africa,
Irfaan Adam, Yoshan Moodley
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Changing epidemiology and prognosis of nosocomial bloodstream infection: A single-center retrospective study in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2022
Background: Nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI) remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. We evaluate the trend of the pathogens of nosocomial BSI and investigate the distribution of the pathogens to demonstrate the risk factors of ...
Wei-Chih Liao, Wei-Sheng Chung, Ying-Chieh Lo, Wen-Hsin Shih, Chia-Hui Chou, Chih-Yu Chen, Chih-Yen Tu, Mao-Wang Ho   +7 more
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Early warning of bloodstream infection in elderly patients with circulating microparticles

Annals of Intensive Care, 2021
Background The difficulty of early diagnosis of bloodstream infection in the elderly patients leads to high mortality. Therefore, it is essential to determine some new methods of early warning of bloodstream infection in the elderly patients for timely ...
Tingting Liu, Jiang Wang, Yaping Yuan, Jionghe Wu, Chao Wang, Yueqin Gu, Hongxia Li   +6 more
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APPLICATIONS ON INTRAVENOUS THERAPY AND CATHETER-ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION PREVENTION: TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTION*

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2023
Objective: to identify mobile applications on intravenous therapy and prevention of catheter-associated bloodstream infection. Method: technological prospection, with data search in Patent Bases and Virtual Stores, data collection occurred from May to ...
Thiago Lopes Silva, Sabrina de Souza, Patrícia Fernandes Albeirice da Rocha, Francis Solange Vieira Tourinho, Bruna Figueiredo Manzo, Patrícia Kuerten Rocha   +5 more
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Bloodstream Infections

Microbiology Spectrum, 2016
ABSTRACTBacteremia and sepsis are conditions associated with high mortality and are of great impact to health care operations. Among the top causes of mortality in the United States, these conditions cause over 600 fatalities each day. Empiric, broad-spectrum treatment is a common but often a costly approach that may fail to effectively target the ...
Raquel M, Martinez, Donna M, Wolk
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Clinical Characteristics of Bloodstream Infection in Immunosuppressed Patients: A 5-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
IntroductionImmunosuppressed patients with bloodstream infection are at risk of mortality. Our objective was to assess the independent risk factors of bloodstream infection with mortality in immunosuppressive states.MethodsThe medical data of a total of ...
Hongxia Lin, Hongxia Lin, Lili Yang, Jie Fang, Yulian Gao, Yulian Gao, Haixing Zhu, Haixing Zhu, Shengxiong Zhang, Shengxiong Zhang, Hanssa Dwarka Summah, Guochao Shi, Guochao Shi, Jingyong Sun, Lei Ni, Lei Ni, Yun Feng, Yun Feng   +17 more
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Influencing factors of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection in patients with emergency hemorrhagic shock

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objective: To investigate and analyze the influencing factors of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection in patients with emergency hemorrhagic shock.
Jianping zhu, Yanxin Xu, Shaohong Wu, Feiyao Wang, Weixing Zhang, Ruilan Wang   +5 more
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Salmonella Bloodstream Infections

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen of both animals and humans. This bacterium is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality world-wide. Different serovars of this genus cause diseases ranging from self-limiting gastroenteritis to a potentially fatal systemic disease known as enteric fever. Gastrointestinal infections with Salmonella are
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Impact estimates of nosocomial bloodstream infection : looking from a different angle [PDF]

, 2011
Mortality associated with nosocomial bloodstream infection is multifactorial. Source of infection, etiology, age, underlying disease, acute illness, and appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy all contribute to the final outcome.
Vogelaers, Dirk, Lambert, Marie-Laurence, Blot, Stijn   +2 more
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Modeling Pneumonia-Induced Bloodstream Infection Using Graph Theory to Estimate Hospital Mortality

Technologies, 2020
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) bloodstream infections comprise a major cause of crude hospital mortality. This is a cross-sectional study that used claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (N = 565,875).
Dimitrios Zikos, Maria Athanasopoulou
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