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Nursing Home Infection Control Program Characteristics, CMS Citations, and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study. [PDF]

, 2018
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule required that nursing homes (NHs) develop an infection control program that includes an antibiotic stewardship component and employs a trained infection preventionist (IP).
Agarwal, Mansi, Dick, Andrew W., Herzig, Carolyn T.A., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Monika, Stone, Patricia W.   +4 more
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Multicenter surveillance study of surgical site infection and its risk factors in radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Colorectal surgery is associated with high rates of surgical site infection (SSI). We investigated SSI in radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma and its epidemiological distribution in 26 hospitals in China.
Mingmei Du, Bowei Liu, Meng Li, Jingui Cao, Ding Liu, Zhigang Wang, Qiongshu Wang, Pengyun Xiao, Xinling Zhang, Yanxin Gao, Hua Zeng, Jing Yang, Xiaoli Xu, Yi Huang, Qun Zhang, Bo Zhang, Wei Chen, Jieran Shi, Shanhong Fan, Fuxiang Zhang, Jinyan Yang, Huining Yang, Zhaoxia Ding, Haifeng Li, Sha Xiao, Suping Ran, Hongyan Zhai, Fang Wang, Yubin Xing, Jijiang Suo, Yunxi Liu   +30 more
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Implementation of the Infection Risk Scan (IRIS) in nine hospitals in the Belgian-Dutch border region (i-4-1-Health project)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background A tool, the Infection Risk Scan has been developed to measure the quality of infection control and antimicrobial use. This tool measures various patient-, ward- and care-related variables in a standardized way.
Martine Verelst, Ina Willemsen, Veronica Weterings, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Isabelle Leroux-Roels, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Veroniek Saegeman, Lieke van Alphen, Stefanie van Kleef-van Koeveringe, Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Jan Kluytmans, Annette Schuermans, the i-4-1-Health study group   +12 more
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The control of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep flocks : a mathematical model of the impact of vaccination, serological testing, clinical examination and lancing of abscesses [PDF]

, 2010
A mathematical model of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep flocks was used to evaluate strategies for control and elimination of caseous lymphadenitis (CIA).
Green, Laura E., Medley, Graham, O'Reilly, K. M.   +2 more
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Evaluation of rK39 rapid diagnostic tests for canine visceral leishmaniasis : longitudinal study and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2013
Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by the intracellular parasite Leishmania infantum. It is an important veterinary disease, and dogs are also the main animal reservoir for human infection.
A Boarino, A Rhalem, A Scalone, AC Rosypal, Albert Picado, C Carson, C Carson, C Noli, Connor Carson, D Otranto, D Otranto, EM Lemos, EY do Rosario, F Chappuis, F Dapra, G Grimaldi Jr, GAS Romero, H Hajjaran, HDFH Schallig, HT Chu, I Cruz, J-Y Wang, JM Burns, JML dos Santos, L Solano-Gallego, LCC Malaquias, LD Brown, Lourdes M. Garcez, LR Guan, M Boelaert, M Maroli, M Mettler, M Mohebali, M Mohebali, MD Braga, MGPA Ferreira, N Dogan, O Courtenay, O Francino, Orin Courtenay, R Badaro, R Porrozzi, R Reithinger, Richard Reithinger, RJ Quinnell, RJ Quinnell, RJ Quinnell, RT da Costa, Rupert J. Quinnell, S Habibzadeh, S Kalayou, S Rosati, SO Toz, VMF de Lima   +53 more
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment. [PDF]

, 2006
The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African communities. Although the disease is known to be linked to contaminated
Adjei, Amofah, Amofah, Andries, Aujoulat, Bentoucha, Darie, Debacker, Debacker, Debacker, Dega, Dega, Dhople, Dhople, Dhople, Drummond, Eddyani, Eric Comte, Espey, Etuaful, Evans, Evans, Fabienne Nackers, Fehr, Françoise Portaels, Guédénon, Hospers, Huygen, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Kanga, Kanga, Kanga, Klutse, Marsollier, Marsollier, Marsollier, Marsollier, Marsollier, Marston, Meyers, Mve-Obiang, Nakanaga, Noeske, Okenu, Phillips, Phillips, Portaels, Pszolla, Raghunathan, Revill, Rhodes, Scott, Siegmund, Smith, Stienstra, Stienstra, Stragier, Tanghe, Thangaraj, van der Werf, van der Werf, Veitch, Vinciane Sizaire   +64 more
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The Potential Trajectory of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, an Emerging Threat to Health-Care Facilities, and the Impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Toolkit. [PDF]

, 2016
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a group of pathogens resistant to most antibiotics and associated with high mortality, are a rising emerging public health threat.
Bartsch, Sarah M, Cao, Chenghua, Huang, Susan S, Jernigan, John A, Kallen, Alexander J, Kim, Diane S, Lee, Bruce Y, McKinnell, James A, Miller, Loren G, Slayton, Rachel B, Wong, Kim F   +10 more
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Characteristics and outcomes in adult patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia compared to patients with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective study in a 16-year period at the university hospital, Japan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Staphyococcus lugudnensis (S. lugdunensis) is one of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species with a potential to cause invasive infections. Few studies have evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with S.
Satomi Yukawa, Taro Noguchi, Koh Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tsuchido, Masaki Yamamoto, Yasufumi Matsumura, Miki Nagao   +6 more
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The Ly49E receptor inhibits the immune control of acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection [PDF]

, 2016
The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi circulates in the blood upon infection and invades various cells. Parasites intensively multiply during the acute phase of infection and persist lifelong at low levels in tissues and blood during the chronic phase.
Almeida, Andrade, Antunez, Aune, Avilan, Bern, Cardillo, Carlier, Carnaud, Cesari, Collins, Culbertson, Dowling, Duthie, Duthie, Duthie, Filtjens, Fraser, Frosch, Gritz, Hanke, Keating, Lieke, Lieke, Mekkawy, Meyer Zum Buschenfelde, Mondino, Nagata, Nogueira, Pettengill, Pinazo, Rassi, Robertson, Rottenberg, Santana, Sardinha, Stevenaert, Taveirne, Torrico, Truyens, Truyens, Truyens, Une, Van Beneden, Van Beneden, Van Den Broeck, Van Den Broeck, Vassalli, Wen   +48 more
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Experiences with regular testing of students for SARS-CoV-2 in primary and secondary schools: results from a cross-sectional study in two Norwegian counties, autumn 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background To allow for normal school attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, regular testing of students was introduced in the autumn 2021 in Norway to manage COVID-19 transmission.
Léa Franconeri, Sara Stebbings, Petter Heradstveit, Mia Johansen, Ragnhild Løken, Emily MacDonald, Liz Ødeskaug, Umaer Naseer   +7 more
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