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Community-acquired Acinetobacter infections
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2007Acinetobacter infections have been attracting increasing attention during recent years because they have become common in hospitalized patients, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. However, the available literature suggests that the pathogen has another fearful potential; it can cause community-acquired infections.
M E, Falagas +3 more
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Community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection
Journal of Infection, 1998Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is primarily a nosocomial condition. Community-acquired disease has been reported but the incidence is felt to be low and the rate of disease resulting in hospitalization is reported as negligible. We recently experienced a 6-month outbreak of CDAD (January to June 1995): 139 patients were involved and ...
L, Kyne +4 more
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A comparison of hospital and community-acquired infective endocarditis
The American Journal of Cardiology, 1992The epidemiology, clinical features, microbiology and outcome of 30 episodes of nosocomial endocarditis occurring over a 13-year period were reviewed and compared with 148 cases of community-acquired endocarditis. Twenty-eight patients (93%) had been in hospital for > 1 week and 10 patients (33%) for > 1 month when they developed endocarditis.
S C, Chen, D E, Dwyer, T C, Sorrell
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Community-acquired enterococcal urinary tract infections
Pediatric Nephrology, 2005Enterococcal urinary tract infection (UTI) is usually hospital-acquired and affects individuals with predisposing conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the community-acquired enterococcal UTIs in otherwise well children. We reviewed all the 257 first UTI episodes in children hospitalized in a General Hospital during a 5-year period ...
Maria, Bitsori +4 more
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Classification of nosocomial and community-acquired infections in the neonate
American Journal of Infection Control, 1980The concept of nosocomial versus community-acquired infection is an important one in terms of hospital surveillance and infection control. Risk factors, time of onset, and type of organism are presented in tabular form to assist in classifying infection in the newborn.
S K, Gottschalk, J B, Pitre, C R, Schuth
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Anti-infective Guidelines for Community-Acquired Infections
2023Therapeutics Letter 5 discusses the Ontario Anti-infective Review Panel's Anti-infective Guidelines for Community-acquired Infections. The guidelines were designed to be an educational tool to help promote appropriate use of anti-infective medications, how ever they are not intended to replace a physician’s judgment.
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Emerging trends of community acquired infective endocarditis
International Journal of Cardiology, 2007To obtain epidemiological information and to evaluate the emerging trend of incidence and clinical features of community acquired infective endocarditis (IE) in Hong Kong.Population-based survey in a regional hospital in Hong Kong which served 0.55 million population over an 11-year period was conducted.
Lau, CP +7 more
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Gatifloxacin in community-acquired respiratory tract infection
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2003Gatifloxacin (Tequin, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd) is a new fluoroquinolone with a broad spectrum of activity for pathogens implicated in community-acquired respiratory tract infections, including Gram-positive, -negative and atypical bacteria. Excellent oral bioavailability, a half-life allowing once-daily administration and excellent penetration ...
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[Community-acquired respiratory infections].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica, 1997Respiratory infections are the most frequent reason for primary health care consultation. Although generally not severe, they are responsible for a large number of days of laboral and scholar absenteeism and an excessive use of antibiotics.The clinical and epidemiologic data of extrahospitalary infections in primary health care centers throughout Spain
J, Romero Vivas +5 more
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Community-Acquired Viral Infections
2009Viral infections encountered in the outpatient setting incur substantial morbidity and mortality. Commonly encountered viruses causing clinically significant infections in this setting include two herpes viruses: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and Varicella zoster virus (VZV), and two viruses causing respiratory infections: Influ-enza and Respiratory ...
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