Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: increased hospital stay and direct costs. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To determine increased hospital stay and direct costs attributable to hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (BSI), and to evaluate the matching variable length of stay (LOS).
NOAH N. +4 more
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Laboratory‐Acquired Infections [PDF]
Laboratory-acquired infections due to a wide variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites have been described. Although the precise risk of infection after an exposure remains poorly defined, surveys of laboratory-acquired infections suggest that Brucella species, Shigella species, Salmonella species, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Neisseria ...
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Laboratory-acquired infections with Brucella bacteria in China
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic infectious disease and is an important public health problem that causes serious economic consequences to the livestock industry. Brucella spp.
Langui Song, Jiangmei Gao, Zhongdao Wu
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Imported Melioidosis, Israel, 2008
In 2008, melioidosis was diagnosed in an agricultural worker from Thailand in the southern Jordan Valley in Israel. He had newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, fever, multiple abscesses, and osteomyelitis.
Avivit Cahn +10 more
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The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces
Background The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements and microbial contamination using a standardized method.
Andreas van Arkel +2 more
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Implementation of a National Reference Laboratory for Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo [PDF]
Background: In a previous study PCR analysis of clinical samples from suspected cases of Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) from Togo and external quality assurance (EQA) for local microscopy were conducted at an external reference laboratory in Germany.
Vogel Felix +83 more
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High-risk human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016 [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Biological agents and infectious pathogens have the potential to cause very significant harm, as the natural occurrence of disease and pandemics makes clear.
David Manheim, Gregory Lewis
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Establishing a cohort at high risk of HIV infection in South Africa: challenges and experiences of the CAPRISA 002 acute infection study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To describe the baseline demographic data, clinical characteristics and HIV-incidence rates of a cohort at high risk for HIV infection in South Africa as well as the challenges experienced in establishing and maintaining the cohort ...
Abdool Karim Salim S. +56 more
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Objective. Zika virus (ZIKV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses with sequence homology. ZIKV circulates in some regions where JEV also circulates, or where JE vaccination is used.
Ran Wang +6 more
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Murine cytomegalovirus genomic material in marrow cells; relation to altered leukocyte counts during sublethal infection of mice [PDF]
To investigate infection of hematopoietic cells by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), we used in situ hybridization to detect MCMV genomic material in marrow cells during sublethal infection of three-week-old mice.
S. Perlman +13 more
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