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Healthcare-associated infections. [PDF]

GMS Hyg Infect Control
When some HAIs are detected in a healthcare setting, much effort, such as contact tracing or additional testing, is invested in rapidly identifying the infection’s sources. This corresponds to the source detection problem. We formulate the source detection problem for Mload.
Anand G, Lahariya R.
europepmc   +4 more sources

First national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated in-fections and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals in the Republic of Moldova

One Health & Risk Management, 2022
Introduction. HAIs present a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. The objective of the study was to highlight the problem of HAIs and AM use, identification of risk factors and raising awareness of the ...
Ecaterina BUSUIOC, Natalia CATERINCIUC
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Using patients’ observations to evaluate healthcare workers’ alcohol-based hand rub with Pulpe’friction audits: a promising approach?

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2023
Background: Hand hygiene plays an important role in the transmission of nosocomial infections from healthcare workers (HCW) to patients. Patients could play a key role in improving hand hygiene by sharing their experience of the HCW’s practices.
Velardo, Fanny, Péfau, Muriel, Nasso, Raymond, Parneix, Pierre, Venier, Anne-Gaëlle   +4 more
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Biofilms harbour Clostridioides difficile, serving as a reservoir for recurrent infection

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021
C. difficile infection (CDI) is a worldwide healthcare problem with ~30% of cases failing primary therapy, placing a burden on healthcare systems and increasing patient morbidity. We have little understanding of why these therapies fail.
Charmaine Normington, Ines B. Moura, Jessica A. Bryant, Duncan J. Ewin, Emma V. Clark, Morgan J. Kettle, Hannah C. Harris, William Spittal, Georgina Davis, Matthew R. Henn, Christopher B. Ford, Mark H. Wilcox, Anthony M. Buckley   +12 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance in England 2017 to 2021 (ESPAUR Report 2021–22)

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
The English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) chapter reports on bacterial, viral, and fungal AMR trends between 2017 and 2021 in England.
Rebecca Guy, Hannah Higgins, Jamie Rudman, Holly Fountain, Kirsty F. Bennet, Katie L. Hopkins, Alicia Demirjian, Sarah M. Gerver, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Katherine L. Henderson   +9 more
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The epidemiology of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii complex in Germany (2014–2018): an analysis of data from the national Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance system

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex (CRABC) has globally emerged as a serious public health challenge. This study aimed to describe epidemiological trends and risk factors of carbapenem resistance in A.
Dunja Said, Niklas Willrich, Olaniyi Ayobami, Ines Noll, Tim Eckmanns, Robby Markwart   +5 more
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Biofilm-forming capability of highly virulent, multidrug-resistant Candida auris [PDF]

, 2017
The emerging multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen Candida auris has attracted considerable attention as a source of healthcare–associated infections. We report that this highly virulent yeast has the capacity to form antifungal resistant biofilms sensitive
Borman, Andrew, Johnson, Elizabeth M., Kean, Ryan, Ramage, Gordon, Rautemaa-Richardson, Riina, Richardson, Malcolm D., Sherry, Leighann   +6 more
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Investigating the burden of antibiotic resistance in ethnic minority groups in high-income countries: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is an urgent problem globally, with overuse and misuse of antibiotics being one of the main drivers of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Hannah Lishman, Paul Aylin, Vivian Alividza, Enrique Castro-Sanchez, Anuja Chatterjee, Victor Mariano, Alan P. Johnson, Samir Jeraj, Céire Costelloe   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The spread of multi drug resistant infections is leading to an increase in the empirical antibiotic treatment failure in cirrhosis: a prospective survey [PDF]

, 2015
Background The spread of multi-resistant infections represents a continuously growing problem in cirrhosis,particularly in patients in contact with the healthcare environment.
Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Di Gregorio, Vincenza, Falcone, Marco, Farcomeni, Alessio, Giannelli, Valerio, Giusto, Michela, Lattanzi, Barbara, Lucidi, Cristina, Merli, Manuela, Riggio, Oliviero, Venditti, Mario   +10 more
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The epidemiology of carbapenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter species in Europe: analysis of EARS-Net data from 2013 to 2017

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Due to limited therapeutic options and their association with high mortality and morbidity, carbapenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter spp. (CNA) are of significant public health importance.
Olaniyi Ayobami, Niklas Willrich, Beneditta Suwono, Tim Eckmanns, Robby Markwart   +4 more
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