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Concordance between European and US case definitions of healthcare-associated infections

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2012
Background Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is a valuable measure to decrease infection rates. Across Europe, inter-country comparisons of HAI rates seem limited because some countries use US definitions from the US Centers for ...
Hansen Sonja, Sohr Dorit, Geffers Christine, Astagneau Pascal, Blacky Alexander, Koller Walter, Morales Ingrid, Moro Maria, Palomar Mercedes, Szilagyi Emese, Suetens Carl, Gastmeier Petra   +11 more
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Characterization and Comparison of 2 Distinct Epidemic Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones of ST59 Lineage. [PDF]

, 2013
Sequence type (ST) 59 is an epidemic lineage of community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates. Taiwanese CA-MRSA isolates belong to ST59 and can be grouped into 2 distinct clones, a virulent Taiwan clone and a ...
Götz, F, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Yhu-Chering Huang, Clemens Unger (454672), Wolfgang Hoffmann (30039), Huang Yhu-Chering, Unger, C, Chen Chih-Jung, Jodi A. Lindsay (119622), Lindsay, JA, Huang, YC, Clemens Unger, Yhu-Chering Huang (110834), Hoffmann Wolfgang, Jodi A Lindsay, Friedrich Götz (33134), Unger Clemens, Chih-Jung Chen (207116), Chih-Jung Chen, Lindsay Jodi A., Chen, CJ, Hoffmann, W, Götz Friedrich, Friedrich Götz   +23 more
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Predictors of hospital mortality and multidrug-resistant pathogens in hospitalized pneumonia patients residing in the community

Heliyon, 2023
Background and objective: The 2019 ATS/ADSA guidelines for adult community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) eliminated healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) and considered it to be a form of CAP. This concept, however, was based on studies with relatively small
Tomohiko Ukai, Takaya Maruyama, Shinichi Tomioka, Takumi Fukui, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hiroyasu Iso   +6 more
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Clinically defined aspiration pneumonia is an independent risk factor associated with long-term hospital stay: a prospective cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Long-term hospital stay is associated with functional decline in patients with pneumonia, especially in the elderly. Among elderly patients with pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia is a major category.
Takao Wakabayashi, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Konosuke Morimoto, on behalf of the Adult Pneumonia Study Group – Japan   +3 more
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Incidence and severity of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in rural Kenyan children identified through hospital surveillance [PDF]

, 2009
Background.Although necessary for developing a rationale for vaccination, the burden of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in children in resource‐poor settings remains poorly defined.
Medley, GF, Cane, Patricia A, Bett, A, Munywoki, P, Nokes, D. James, English, M. (Mike), Nokes, DJ, Scott, JA, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Ngama, M, Scott, J Anthony G, Medley, Graham F, Scott, John, Medley, Graham, English, M, Cane, Patricia, English, Mike, Munywoki, Patrick, Bett, Anne, Scott, J. Anthony G., Nokes, D James, Abwao, J, Abwao, John, Cane, PA   +23 more
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Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological and vaccine studies.
Nimerta Rajwans, Philipina Hongoa (795097), Kevin C Kain, Kyla Hayford (795094), Mary Kilowoko (795095), Hongoa, P., Laura K. Erdman (355452), Nimerta Rajwans (202154), Kyungu, Esther, Kyla Hayford, David L. Streiner (355456), Hayford, Kyla, Leonor Alamo, Laura K Erdman, Mary Kilowoko, Blaise Genton, Rajwans, Nimerta, Alamo, Leonor, Valérie D’Acremont (729622), Hayford, K., Esther Kyungu, Erdman, L.K., Genton, Blaise, Streiner, David L., Leonor Alamo (795098), Alamo, L., Valérie D'Acremont, Kevin C. Kain (63269), David L Streiner, Kyungu, E., Kain, Kevin C., Kain, K.C., Hongoa, Philipina, D'Acremont, Valérie, Erdman, Laura K., Rajwans, N., D'Acremont, V., Kilowoko, M., Philipina Hongoa, Blaise Genton (67109), Kilowoko, Mary, Genton, B., Esther Kyungu (795096), Streiner, D.L.   +43 more
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[Healthcare associated pneumonia].

Medicina, 2014
Healthcare associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a different entity from community-acquired pneumonia and nosocomial pneumonia. There exist several risk factors that lead to it. Different features, severity and pathogens are described and there is controversy about the initial empirical treatment.
Adrián, Ceccato, Alejandra, González, Marcela, Heres, Graciela, Peluffo, Alfredo, Monteverde   +4 more
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The rapid detection of respiratory pathogens in critically ill children

Critical Care, 2023
Purpose Respiratory infections are the most common reason for admission to paediatric intensive care units (PICU). Most patients with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) receive broad-spectrum antimicrobials, despite low rates of bacterial culture ...
John A. Clark, Andrew Conway Morris, Martin D. Curran, Deborah White, Esther Daubney, Iain R. L. Kean, Vilas Navapurkar, Josefin Bartholdson Scott, Mailis Maes, Rachel Bousfield, M. Estée Török, David Inwald, Zhenguang Zhang, Shruti Agrawal, Constantinos Kanaris, Fahad Khokhar, Theodore Gouliouris, Stephen Baker, Nazima Pathan   +18 more
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Avaliação da conformidade de cuidados que integram um bundle de prevenção da pneumonia associada à ventilação mecânica em unidade de terapia intensiva [PDF]

, 2013
Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação Multidisciplinar em Saúde, Florianópolis, 2013.A Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica (PAV) é uma das infecções ...
Silva, Sabrina Guterres de
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Recommendations and guidelines for the treatment of pneumonia in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
Executive Summary: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death worldwide, ranking third both globally and in Taiwan. This guideline was prepared by the 2017 Guidelines Recommendations for Evidence-based Antimicrobial agents use in Taiwan (GREAT) working group,
Chih-Chen Chou, Ching-Fen Shen, Su-Jung Chen, Hsien-Meng Chen, Yung-Chih Wang, Wei-Shuo Chang, Ya-Ting Chang, Wei-Yu Chen, Ching-Ying Huang, Ching-Chia Kuo, Ming-Chi Li, Jung-Fu Lin, Shih-Ping Lin, Shih-Wen Ting, Tzu-Chieh Weng, Ping-Sheng Wu, Un-In Wu, Pei-Chin Lin, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yao-Shen Chen, Yung-Ching Liu, Yin-Ching Chuang, Chong-Jen Yu, Li-Ming Huang, Meng-Chih Lin   +24 more
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