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Community-acquired and healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in a pediatric hospital in southern Brazil over 8 years: how common is MRSA?

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundsBoth healthcare-associated and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are relevant in children.
Derrick Alexandre Fassbind, Raíssa Queiroz Rezende, Cícero Armídio Gomes Dias, Fabrizio Motta   +3 more
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The Negative Predictive Ability of Immature Neutrophils for Bacteremia in Children With Community-Acquired Infections [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Background: Bacteremia is a serious condition. We aimed to assess the role of immature neutrophils in peripheral blood smears for prediction of bacteremia in children.Methods: In this cross-sectional study conducted in Salvador, Brazil, blood cultures ...
Alexandre M. Pimentel, Caroline C. Vilas-Boas, Ticiana S. Vilar, Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho, Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho   +4 more
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Epidemiology and microbiological profile comparison between community and hospital acquired infections: A multicenter retrospective study in Lebanon

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Background: The objective of this study is to identify and characterize the species resistance of different pathogens between community acquired and hospital acquired infections pointing at patients’ related independent co-morbidities and socio ...
Roula Matta, Souheil Hallit, Rabih Hallit, Wafaa Bawab, Anne-Marie Rogues, Pascale Salameh   +5 more
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eGFR and the Risk of Community-Acquired Infections. [PDF]

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2017
Background and objectives Community-acquired infections are common, contributing to adverse outcomes and increased health care costs. We hypothesized that, with lower eGFR, the incidence of community-acquired infections increases, whereas the pattern of site-specific infections varies.
Xu H, Gasparini A, Ishigami J, Mzayen K, Su G, Barany P, Ärnlöv J, Lindholm B, Elinder CG, Matsushita K, Carrero JJ.   +10 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Incidence of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia among older adults in the United Kingdom: a population-based study. [PDF]

, 2013
Community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and pneumonia (CAP) are common causes of morbidity and mortality among those aged ≥65 years; a growing population in many countries.
A Sliedrecht, British, C Ashton, C Jokinen, C Joseph, CC Winchester, E Hak, E Sapey, Elizabeth R. C. Millett, Eurostat, F Begum, F Gutiérrez, I Petersen, J Almirall, J Bont, J Hippisley-Cox, J Macfarlane, JD Lewis, Jennifer K. Quint, K Noakes, Liam Smeeth, M Ashworth, M Ashworth, M Ashworth, M Gulliford, M Schnoor, M Woodhead, Markus M. Heimesaat, O Ochoa-Gondar, P Giorgi Rossi, PR Myles, Rhian M. Daniel, S Ewig, Sara L. Thomas, SC Davies, V Kaplan, WF Holmes, WS Lim   +37 more
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Gram negative organisms in community acquired respiratory tract infections [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2013
Objective: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are amongst the most common conditions encountered in our hospitals.The objectives of the study were to determine the frequency and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of various Gram negativebacteria (GNB ...
Muhammad Usman Shah, Mobasser Mahmood, Javaid Usman, Fatima Kaleem, Ali Khalid   +4 more
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Characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamases produced by Escherichia coli isolated from hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients : emergence of CTX-M-15-producing strains causing urinary tract infections [PDF]

, 2010
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates were obtained from hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients in Belgium between August 2006 and November 2007.
Butaye, Patrick, Claeys, Geert, Dewulf, Jeroen, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Herman, Lieve, Heyndrickx, Marc, Lontie, Marc, Martel, An, Persoons, Davy, Smet, Annemieke, Van Meensel, Britt   +10 more
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Clinical Significance of Community- and Healthcare-Acquired Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Isolates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
This study was conducted to investigate the clinical significance, manifestations, microbiological characteristics and outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates, and compare the clinical features of community- and healthcare ...
Hung-Jen Tang, Cheng-Fang Hsieh, Ping-Chin Chang, Jyh-Jou Chen, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Chih-Cheng Lai, Chien-Ming Chao, Yin-Ching Chuang   +7 more
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SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN: NOSOCOMIAL VERSUS COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2013
Sphingomonas paucimobilis is a causative agent of infection in immunocompromised patients, and healthcare-associated infections. Although the infections associated with S.paucimobilis occurs rarely, it has been encountered with increasing frequency in ...
Nuri Bayram, İlker Devrim, Hurşit Apa, Gamze Gülfidan, Hande Namal Türkyılmaz, İlker Günay   +5 more
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Prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae isolates in nosocomial and community-acquired urinary tract infections [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a family member of Enterobacteriaceae. Isolates of K. pneumoniae produce enzymes that cause decomposition of third generation cephalosporins.
Damavandi, M.S., Gholipour, A., Latifpour, M.   +2 more
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