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Impact of a pulsed xenon disinfection system on hospital onset Clostridioides difficile infections in 48 hospitals over a 5-year period

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The role of the environment in hospital acquired infections is well established. We examined the impact on the infection rate for hospital onset Clostridioides difficile (HO-CDI) of an environmental hygiene intervention in 48 hospitals over a ...
Sarah Simmons   +3 more
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Rapid, sensitive, and highly specific detection of monkeypox virus by CRISPR-based diagnostic platform

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundMonkeypox (MPX), caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV), has incurred global attention since it broke out in many countries in recent times, which highlights the need for rapid and reliable diagnosis of MPXV infection.MethodsWe combined ...
Lin Gong   +5 more
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Rapid detection of Mucorales based on recombinase polymerase amplification and real-time PCR

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Mucormycosis, an invasive fungal disease with severe consequences, poses a significant threat to immunocompromised individuals. However, the timely and accurate identification of Mucorales infection continues to present difficulties. In this study, novel
Rui Xu   +11 more
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An evolutionary game study of cockroach control strategies in residential households

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Cockroach control in Beijing's residential households is supported by the local government previously but now it is paid by the residents themselves. Under the new residential household cockroach control strategy, the evolutionary game theory is applied ...
Qiuhong Li   +4 more
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SG-APSIC1128: BHQ instrument management at Bangkok Hospital

open access: yesAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objectives: We evaluated the BHQ instrument management strategies at Bangkok Hospital as well as the general instrument and surgical instrument inventories to develop effective management of general and surgical instruments.
Rome Chomrak
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Application of Machine Learning Classifier to Candida auris Drug Resistance Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Candida auris (C. auris) is an emerging fungus associated with high morbidity. It has a unique transmission ability and is often resistant to multiple drugs.
Dingchen Li   +8 more
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DYNAMICS OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN M. TUBERCULOSIS DURING THE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION PANDEMIC IN DUSHANBE: THE NEED FOR URGENT MEASURES

open access: yesПаёми Сино, 2022
Objective: To study the frequency and structure of primary and secondary drug resistance in M. tuberculosis (MTB) and risk factors for primary multidrug/rifampicin resistance (MDR/RR) in MTB before (Group I: 2018-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Z.KH. TILLOEVA
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The microbiological impact of pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection on resistant bacteria, bacterial spore and fungi and viruses

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Pathogens can persist in the patient care environment and cause the risk of transmission to patients. Pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV) is increasingly being used to disinfect patient rooms, operating rooms and other areas.
Mark Stibich, Julie Stachowiak
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Nonspecific Prophylaxis of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in the Republic of Bashkortostan

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2010
Scientifically based typing of HFRS foci, ecological-epizootiological monitoring and a number of sanitary-and-hygiene, sanitary-and-technical, agrotechnical, forestry as well as deratization and disinfection measures were carried out.
P. A. Mochalkin   +5 more
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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants and epidemiological characteristics of subvariant XBB infections in Pudong New Area, Shanghai during January – June 2023

open access: yesZhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo analyze epidemiological characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant infections in Pudong New Area, Shanghai during January – June 2023 for improving regional containment of coronavirus disease 2019 (
Yilin JIA   +4 more
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