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Clinical characteristics of post-vaccination COVID-19 infection in health care workers exposed to Delta and Omicron variants in a COVID-19 dedicated facility from Qatar [PDF]

Microbes and Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background: Evidence suggests that vaccines efficacy lies on the prevention of severe symptomatic disease. We aim to describe the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection among healthcare professionals (HCPs) after vaccination, during periods of ...
Humberto Guanche Garcell, Angel M Felipe Garmendia, Sandra Ibis Gonzalez Perez, Ariadna Villanueva Arias, Yelenis Rosello Alvarez, Miguel A Paulino Basulto   +5 more
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COVID-19 pneumonia: infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites

Japanese Journal of Radiology, 2020
A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) causes a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. It spread rapidly and globally. CT imaging is helpful for the evaluation of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
K. Nakajima, H. Kato, Tsuneo Yamashiro, T. Izumi, I. Takeuchi, H. Nakajima, D. Utsunomiya   +6 more
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Association between the introduction of a national targeted intervention program and the incidence of surgical site infections in Swiss acute care hospitals

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023
Background In Switzerland, the national surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance program showed a modest decrease in SSI rates for different procedures over the last decade.
Marcus Eder, Rami Sommerstein, Arlette Szelecsenyi, Alexander Schweiger, Matthias Schlegel, Andrew Atkinson, Stefan P. Kuster, Danielle Vuichard-Gysin, Nicolas Troillet, Andreas F. Widmer, for Swissnoso   +10 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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Characteristics and Mitigation Measures of Candida auris Infection: Descriptive Analysis from a Quaternary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia, 2021–2022

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Objective To analyze the characteristics of C. auris cases, and to describe the interventions applied for improving the diagnosis and controlling the transmission. Method Medical records of C.
Hala A. Amer, Sarah AlFaraj, Kholoud Alboqami, Faleh Alshakarh, Mona Alsalam, Deva Kumar, Juhaina Altayieb, Antisar Alsunid, Nazia Khanum, Nadeem Gul Dar, Muhammad Badawi, Hassan Abdallah, Ziad A. Memish   +12 more
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Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Objectives To compile current published reports on nosocomial outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), evaluate the role of healthcare workers (HCWs) in transmission, and evaluate outbreak management practices.
Mohamed Abbas, Tomás Robalo Nunes, Romain Martischang, Walter Zingg, Anne Iten, Didier Pittet, Stephan Harbarth   +6 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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Derivation and validation of a nomogram for predicting nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia among older hospitalized patients

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Currently, there is no effective tool for predicting the risk of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) in older hospitalized patients.
Zhihui Chen, Ziqin Xu, Hongmei Wu, Shengchun Gao, Haihong Wang, Jiaru Jiang, Xiuyang Li, Le Chen   +7 more
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Are emojis ready to promote the WHO 5 moments for hand hygiene in healthcare?

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background Hand hygiene is universally recognized as a cornerstone measure for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Although the WHO “My five Moments for hand hygiene” poster has been used for more than a decade to delineate hand hygiene ...
Nasim Lotfinejad, Ermira Tartari, Julien Sauser, Carolina Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet   +5 more
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Patient safety in medical education: Tunisian students’ attitudes

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2022
Health care delivery continues to be unsafe despite major patient safety (PS) improvement efforts over the past decade. Medical school education plays an important role in promoting this culture during initial training. To determine undergraduate medical
Olfa Ezzi, Mohamed Mahjoub, Nihel Omri, Asma Ammar, Dorra Loghmari, Souhir Chelly, Abir Mtira, Sana Rhimi, Mansour Njah   +8 more
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