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Longitudinal evaluation of a multimodal hand hygiene intervention in improving healthcare worker compliance: a three-year quasi-experimental study at a cardiac specialty hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background Healthcare-associated infections pose a major challenge in developing countries, with hand hygiene (HH) compliance being the most critical preventive measure.
Shaheen Asif, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Victor Basheer, Margaret Palous, Nassim Sheraz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Invasive Procedures in the Treatment of Complicated Gastrointestinal Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease in Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal graft‐versus‐host disease (GI GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant is typically managed with medical therapy, but surgery and angioembolization may be warranted in selected cases with life‐threatening complications.
Gaia Brunetti, Giorgio Persano, Chiara Grimaldi, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Carmen Malaspina, Francesco Quagliarella, Valerio Balassone, Anna Chiara Iolanda Contini, Gian Luigi Natali, Rita Alaggio, Ivan Pietro Aloi, Tamara Caldaro, Alessandro Crocoli   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota Composition Associated With Clostridium difficile-Positive Diarrhea and C. difficile Type in ICU Patients

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
The gut microbiota composition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffering from Clostridium difficile-positive diarrhea (CDpD) is poorly understood.
Juping Duan, Juping Duan, Xiujuan Meng, Sidi Liu, Pengcheng Zhou, Cui Zeng, Chenchao Fu, Qingya Dou, Anhua Wu, Chunhui Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preferential Selection of Low-Frequency, Lipopolysaccharide-Modified, Colistin-Resistant Mutants with a Combination of Antimicrobials in Acinetobacter baumannii

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Colistin, which targets lipopolysaccharide (LPS), is used as a last-resort drug against severe infections caused by drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. However, A. baumannii possesses two colistin-resistance mechanisms.
Go Kamoshida, Noriteru Yamada, Tomoka Nakamura, Daiki Yamaguchi, Daichi Kai, Maho Yamashita, Chiaki Hayashi, Nana Kanda, Moe Sakaguchi, Hitoshi Morimoto, Teppei Sawada, Tomoko Okada, Yuki Kaya, Norihiko Takemoto, Kinnosuke Yahiro   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional diversity of chemokines and chemokine receptors in response to viral infection of the central nervous system. [PDF]

, 2006
Encounters with neurotropic viruses result in varied outcomes ranging from encephalitis, paralytic poliomyelitis or other serious consequences to relatively benign infection.
A. Meyer, A.A. Dandekar, A.D. Luster, B. Mehrad, B. Parra, B. Parra, B.D. Pearce, B.P. Chen, B.T. Fife, C. Gerard, C. Ramakrishna, C. Ramakrishna, C.A. Biron, C.E. Patterson, C.J. Raport, C.M. Hogaboam, D. Franciotta, D. Galimberti, D. Whiting, D.D. Taub, D.J. Mahad, D.M. Muller, D.N. Cook, D.P. Widney, E. Lazzeri, E.J. McMahon, F.R. Fischer, F.S. Cheever, G. Penna, G. Penna, G.B. Huffnagle, G.C. Hildebrandt, G.F. Wu, H. Bartosik-Psujek, H.G. Fischer, H.G. Fischer, I. Banisor, I. Clark-Lewis, I. Salomon, I. Tsunoda, I.E. Flesch, J. Gosling, J.B. Domachowske, J.C. Houck, J.F. Bazan, J.H. Dufour, J.H. Xie, J.J. Phillips, J.M. Farber, J.S. Haring, J.S. Haring, J.S. Williamson, J.S. Williamson, K. Holmes, K. McIntosh, K.E. Balashov, K.S. Held, K.S. Warmington, K.V. Holmes, L. Boring, L. Boring, L. Cartier, L. Gu, L. Gu, L. Pewe, L. Pewe, M. Baggiolini, M. Greter, M. Matsui, M.A. Olszewski, M.J. Buchmeier, M.J. Trifilo, M.J. Trifilo, M.J. Trifilo, M.M. Lai, M.T. Lin, M.T. Lin, M.T. Liu, M.T. Liu, M.T. Liu, N. Sato, N.J. Megjugorac, N.W. Marten, R. Gade-Andavolu, R. Watanabe, R.F. Castro, R.S. Klein, S. Narumi, S. Qin, S. Xue, S.A. Stohlman, S.A. Stohlman, S.D. Miller, S.M. Stamatovic, S.R. Perlman, T.E. Lane, T.E. Lane, T.E. Lane, T.L. Sorensen, T.L. Sorensen, T.S. Kim, T.S. Kim, W.G. Glass, W.G. Glass, W.G. Glass, W.G. Glass, W.J. Karpus, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhou   +108 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semi-automated surveillance of surgical site infections using machine learning and rule-based classification models

npj Digital Medicine
Surgical site infections (SSIs), among the most frequent healthcare-associated infections, require surveillance, but traditional methods are labour-intensive.
Américo Agostinho, Etienne Chalot, Daniel Teixeira, Davide Bosetti, Niccolò Buetti, Gaud Catho, Stephan Harbarth, Mohamed Abbas   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of amoxicillin resistance in Escherichia coli after exposure to remnants of a non-related phagemid-containing E. coli: an exploratory study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Objective To determine the effect of exposure to remnants of a phagemid-containing E. coli, killed by treatment with a propanol-based hand rub, on antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolates. Methods An in vitro model was developed in which a clinical E.
Joep J. J. M. Stohr, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Carlo J. M. M. Verhulst, John W. A. Rossen, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Duration of rectal colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: results of an open, dynamic cohort study in Dutch nursing home residents (2013–2019)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background In 2016, a study in a Dutch nursing home showed prolonged colonization duration of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL)-ST131 compared to ESBL-non-ST131. In this study, we assessed the duration of rectal ESBL-producing E.
Veronica Weterings, Wouter van den Bijllaardt, Martin Bootsma, Yvonne Hendriks, Linda Kilsdonk, Ans Mulders, Jan Kluytmans   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source