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Prevention of cross-infection. [PDF]

BMJ, 1977
M Bird, H E Kay, B Jameson
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Selective Change in the Bacteria Cultured and Isolated in Respiratory Sputum from Elderly Patients during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Applied Microbiology, 2023
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected social patterns and consequently the prevalence of infections, such as seasonal influenza. It has been reported that invasive pneumococcal infection has markedly decreased worldwide.
Masayuki Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Kato, Ippei Tanaka, Emi Ono   +3 more
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High prevalence of mgrB-mediated colistin resistance among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with biofilm formation, and can be overcome by colistin-EDTA combination therapy

Scientific Reports, 2022
The global prevalence of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (ColRkp) facilitated by chromosomal and plasmid-mediated Ara4N or PEtN-remodeled LPS alterations has steadily increased with increased colistin usage for treating carbapenem-resistant K ...
Aye Mya Sithu Shein, Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Paul G. Higgins, Cameron Hurst, Shuichi Abe, Parichart Hongsing, Naphat Chantaravisoot, Thammakorn Saethang, Sirirat Luk-in, Tingting Liao, Sumanee Nilgate, Ubolrat Rirerm, Naris Kueakulpattana, Sukrit Srisakul, Apichaya Aryukarn, Matchima Laowansiri, Lee Yin Hao, Manta Yonpiam, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Teerasit Techawiwattanaboon, Natharin Ngamwongsatit, Mohan Amarasiri, Puey Ounjai, Rosalyn Kupwiwat, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Vishnu Nayak Badavath, Asada Leelahavanichkul, Anthony Kicic, Tanittha Chatsuwan   +28 more
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The microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers: a comparison of swab and tissue biopsy wound sampling techniques using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Health-care professionals need to collect wound samples to identify potential pathogens that contribute to wound infection. Obtaining appropriate samples from diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) where there is a suspicion of infection is of high ...
J. Travis, M. Malone, H. Hu, A. Baten, K. Johani, F. Huygens, K. Vickery, K. Benkendorff   +7 more
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Modified A-DROP score and mortality in hemodialysis patients with pneumonia

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2017
Background Pneumonia is common in hemodialysis (HD) patients and has a poor prognosis, but there is little information on an accurate method for evaluating the severity of pneumonia, which is closely associated with prognosis, in HD patients.
Makoto Harada, Takeshi Masubuchi, Kazuaki Fujii, Yukifumi Kurasawa, Tohru Ichikawa, Mamoru Kobayashi   +5 more
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Upper gastrointestinal pathophysiology due to mouse malaria Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background Epigastric pain, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal problems are among the most important symptoms of malaria infection as they suggest the possibility that the condition is serious.
Mizuho Shimada, Yoshie Hirose, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Eri H. Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Matsuoka   +5 more
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Legal liability for health care-associated infections

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2022
As defined by World Health Organization, a nosocomial infection or healthcare-associated infection is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other healthcare facility which was not present or incubating at the ...
Grzegorz Zieliński, Krzysztof Kanecki, Katarzyna Lewtak   +2 more
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Optimisation of COVID‐19 diagnostic pathways in acute hospital admissions to prevent nosocomial transmission

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2022
Introduction In the management of acute hospital admissions during the COVID‐19 pandemic, safe patient cohorting depends on robust admission diagnostic strategies.
Robert Livingstone, Alexander Woodhead, Megha Bhandari, James Dias, Trevor Smith, Tom Havelock, Matthew Stammers   +6 more
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First case of Cutibacterium avidum-infected pelvic lymphocele post-lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer: A case report

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Pelvic lymphocele (lymphocyst) infection after lymphadenectomy is a rare complication that can cause the spread of inflammation to neighboring organs whose microbiology is not well known.
Hirokazu Toyoshima, Motoaki Tanigawa, Kanako Nakamura, Chiaki Ishiguro, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yuki Nakanishi, Shigetoshi Sakabe   +6 more
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Ocorrência de bactérias multiresistentes em um centro de Terapia Intensiva de Hospital brasileiro de emergências Occurrence of multi-resistant bacteria in the Intensive Care unit of a Brazilian hospital of emergencies

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2006
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A infecção hospitalar representa um desafio na prática clínica do paciente hospitalizado. A sua ocorrência determina um aumento considerável no período de hospitalização, da morbimortalidade e, paralelamente contribui na ...
Denise de Andrade, Vanessa Cristina Leopoldo, Vanderlei José Haas   +2 more
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