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Comparative study among clinical and commensal isolates of Enterococcus faecalis for presence of esp gene and biofilm production

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Introduction: Because of increasing difficulty in treating enterococcal infections, effort is being devoted to understanding factors that are responsible for causing nosocomial infection, with a focus toward targeting these factors with new therapeutics.
Giridhara PM Upadhyaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nosocomial infections in the NICU

open access: yes, 2022
Nosocomial infections, or hospital acquired infections, are specific infections that patients obtain during their stay at hospital. Many factors contribute to their development, but rising antibiotic resistance in the last decades makes them more of a ...
Tomasdottir, Hulda
core  

Ochrobactrum anthropi: An emerging pathogen causing meningitis with sepsis in a neurotrauma patient

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2017
Ochrobactrum anthropi is an unusual emerging pathogen especially in the hospital environment.  Most of the reported cases are nosocomially acquired infections in patients with various indwelling and invasive medical devices, such as central venous ...
Neha Rastogi, Purva Mathur
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial Contamination of Radiology Equipment: A Descriptive Study in Ghana. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Nosocomial infections continue to impose significant clinical and economic burdens on patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Radiology equipment, accessories, and work surfaces can become contaminated with healthcare‐associated pathogens due to frequent handling by healthcare personnel and patients.
Angmorterh SK   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Nosocomial infections

open access: yesVeterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2002
Nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance are topics that have been intensely studied in human medicine because of their significant impact on human health. In recent years, concerns have been raised that the use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, and agriculture may be contributing to the development of resistance in ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Pseudomonas monteilii an Emerging Pathogen in Meningoencephalitis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Pseudomonas monteilii (P. monteilii) is a gram negative, rod shaped, nonsporing, motile, non-fermenting bacterium belonging to family Pseudomonadaceae.
Varsha Gupta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2014–2018

open access: yesCanada Communicable Disease Report, 2020
Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose serious threats to the health of Canadians due to increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs.
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
doaj   +1 more source

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

open access: yesJournal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: An outbreak of nosocomial Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) occurred in a university hospital in May 2014. The index case was hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis of intoxication, liver failure and disseminated intravascular ...
Emine Parlak   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taiwan's Traffic Control Bundle and the Elimination of Nosocomial Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome among Healthcare Workers

open access: yes, 2012
The traffic control bundle consists of procedures designed to help prevent epidemic nosocomial infection. We retrospectively studied the serial infection control measures to determine factors most effective in preventing nosocomial infections of ...
Yen, M.-Y.; Lin, Y.-E.; Lee, C.-H.; Ho, M.-S.; Huang, F.-Y.; Chang, S.-C.; Liu, Y.-C.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

One‐Step Immobilized Phage Depolymerase Coatings for Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Catheter‐related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) caused by drug‐resistant Gram‐negative bacteria remain a major clinical challenge. Here, a polydopamine‐assisted depolymerase coating degrades bacterial capsules and restores serum‐mediated killing, effectively suppressing biofilms and reducing bacterial burden in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo, presenting a
Lingkai Dong   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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