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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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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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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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Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections may not be shortened by acquired immunity [PDF]

, 2015
The duration of untreated Plasmodium falciparum infections is a defining characteristic of the parasite's biology. It is not clear whether naturally acquired immunity (NAI) can shorten infections, despite the potential implications for malaria control ...
Maire, Nicolas, Ingrid Felger, Michael T Bretscher, Tom Smith, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Nicolas Maire, Felger, Ingrid, Bretscher, Michael T, Smith, Tom, Bretscher, Michael T.   +10 more
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Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia: a rare case in Brazil [PDF]

, 2022
Acinetobacter baumannii, a common pathogen in nosocomial infections, is a rare cause of community-acquired pneumonia. This report highlights the difficulties in its early diagnosis and effective treatment, as it is a multidrug-resistant microorganism ...
Rodrigo Juliano Molina (7475981), Izadora Raduan Brigo (14156068), Leandro de Resende Yamamoto (14156071)   +2 more
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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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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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The dynamics of natural Plasmodium falciparum infections. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Natural immunity to Plasmodium falciparum has been widely studied, but its effects on parasite dynamics are poorly understood. Acquisition and clearance rates of untreated infections are key elements of the dynamics of malaria, but estimating
Ingrid Felger (92160), Beck, Hans-Peter, Sama, W., Beck, H. P., Tiaden, A., Hans-Peter Beck, Bretscher, M., Nicole Falk (134915), Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Beck Hans-Peter, Felger Ingrid, Felger, Ingrid, Sama, Wilson, Sama Wilson, Maire, Martin, Tiaden, André, Ingrid Felger, Falk, Nicole, Wilson Sama (134920), Thomas A. Smith (95630), Wilson Sama, Bretscher, Michael T, André Tiaden, Seth Owusu-Agyei (80063), Tiaden André, Bretscher Michael T., Owusu-Agyei, S., Felger, I., Seth Owusu-Agyei, Owusu-Agyei Seth, Smith, T. A., Hans-Peter Beck (129757), Maire Martin, Martin Maire (134910), André Tiaden (134918), Michael T Bretscher, Michael T. Bretscher (134912), Falk Nicole, Martin Maire, Smith, Thomas A, Thomas A Smith, Falk, N., Maire, N., Nicole Falk, Smith Thomas A.   +44 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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