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Differences in Microbiological Profile between Community-Acquired, Healthcare-Associated and Hospital-Acquired Infections

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2013
Introduction: Microbiological profiles were analysed and compared for intra-abdominal, urinary, respiratory and bloodstream infections according to place of acquisition: community-acquired, with a separate analysis of healthcare-associated, and hospital-
Teresa Cardoso, Orquídea Ribeiro, Irene Aragão, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, António Sarmento   +4 more
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Individuals [PDF]

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2014
Community-acquired pneumonia continues to be an important complication of HIV infection. Rates of pneumonia decrease with the use of antiretroviral therapy but continue to be higher than in HIV uninfected individuals. Risk factors for pneumonia include low blood CD4+ count, unsuppressed plasma HIV load, smoking, injection drug use and renal impairment.
Brown, James, Lipman, Marc
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Using Jigsaw Learning Methodology to Foster Active Learning About Pulmonary Infections

MedEdPORTAL, 2015
Introduction Clinical concepts may be difficult to integrate in the preclinical years but are necessary for the development of clinical reasoning skills.
Ricardo Gonzalez-Rothi, Irene Alexandraki   +1 more
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Community Acquired Infections in the Geriatric Trauma Population

Shock, 2000
The incidence of community-acquired infections (CAs) and their relationship to the incidence of nosocomial infections (NI), to our knowledge, is unknown in elderly trauma patients. We prospectively collected data on 380 patients > or =65 years of age who were admitted >48 h to our trauma center over a 2-year period.
G V, Bochicchio, M, Joshi, T, Scalea
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Canadian Hepatitis C Look-Back Investigation to Detect Transmission from an Infected General Surgeon

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2010
BACKGROUND: In February 2007, a general surgeon in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, tested positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The surgeon’s infection onset date could not be determined; however, episodic hepatic enzyme elevations were first ...
Meenakshi Dawar, Tammy L Stuart, Lamont E Sweet, Anne M Neatby, Lewis P Abbott, Anton P Andonov, Tom Wong, Robert Gervais, Rob Stirling   +8 more
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Detection of CTX-M-15 beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae causing hospital- and community-acquired urinary tract infections as early as 2004, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The spread of Extended Spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-Negative pathogens in the community and hospitals represents a major challenge to combat infections. We conducted a study to assess the prevalence and
Joel Manyahi, Sabrina J. Moyo, Marit Gjerde Tellevik, Faustine Ndugulile, Willy Urassa, Bjørn Blomberg, Nina Langeland   +6 more
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Proportion of Aspiration Pneumonia Cases Among Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Single-Center Study in Korea [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019
Objective To investigate the proportion of aspiration pneumonia cases among patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Korea. Methods This retrospective study included patients with community-acquired pneumonia who had been admitted to the emergency ...
Inpyo Jeon, Gwang Pyo Jung, Han Gil Seo, Ju Seok Ryu, Tai Ryoon Han, Byung-Mo Oh   +5 more
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Community- versus nosocomial-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock in patients admitted to a tertiary intensive care in Saudi Arabia, etiology and outcome

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015
Summary: Background: Sepsis syndrome is a major worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality. While community-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock constitutes a major cause of admission to the intensive care unit, hospital-acquired severe sepsis and ...
Salim Baharoon, Ayman Telmesani, Hani Tamim, Eiman Alsafi, Sameerah Aljohani, Ebrahim Mahmoud, Hamdan Al-Jahdali   +6 more
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Community-acquired infections and their association with myeloid malignancies. [PDF]

Cancer Epidemiol, 2014
Antigenic stimulation is a proposed aetiologic mechanism for many haematological malignancies. Limited evidence suggests that community-acquired infections may increase the risk of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
Titmarsh GJ, McMullin MF, McShane CM, Clarke M, Engels EA, Anderson LA.   +5 more
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Viral Infections in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2013
Viral pathogens are commonly isolated from children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Viruses like respiratory syncytial virus, human rhinovirus, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza viruses, and influenza may act as sole pathogens or may predispose to bacterial pneumonia by a variety of mechanisms.
Woods, Charles R., Bryant, Kristina A.
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