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Nosocomial infections and nosocomial pneumonia
The American Journal of Surgery, 1996 Nosocomial infections are a major source of revenue loss, morbidity, and even mortality to surgical patients. This review presents current issues regarding nosocomial infections and nosocomial pneumonias. This study is a literature review that presents material on nosocomial infections in general and details regarding Clostridium difficile and ...
John J. Hong, John Mihran Davis
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Waterborne nosocomial infections [PDF]
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2000 Waterborne pathogens cause infections in health-care facilities. Despite guidelines addressing these pathogens, outbreaks and pseudo-outbreaks continue to occur. We reviewed recent reports of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Chryseobacterium species, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and Legionella species ...
Cheryl Squier +2 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 We assessed the prevalence of polymyxin B (PMB)- and tigecycline (TGC)-heteroresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and investigated the combined effect of PMB and TGC against dual-heteroresistant K. pneumoniae.
Yuan Tian +3 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background The purpose of this study was to demonstrate both the four-year prevalence trend of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in a large tertiary hospital and the trend regarding the prevalence of HAIs following the outbreak of coronavirus ...
Rong Rong +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Hand hygiene (HH) is the cornerstone of infection control, and the promotion of HH is the focus of the world. The study aims to compare the role of two different types of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems (EHHMSs) in promoting HH of ...
Xiao Zhong +6 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021 Background Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common pathogen associated with hospital and community-onset infections. This study aimed to compare the clinical and microbiological characteristics of nosocomial, healthcare-associated (HCA), and ...
Tingting Le +5 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Nosocomial infections (NIs) are an important cause of mortality, and increasing evidence reveals that the prevalence of NIs can be reduced through effective prevention and control measures.
Chunmei Su +9 more
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Nosocomial infections surveillance [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2006 Epidemioloski nadzor podrazumeva sistematsko prikupljanje, analizu i tumacenje podataka o određenoj bolesti, kao i povratnu informaciju onima koji ucestvuju u prikupljanju podataka ili njihovom koriscenju, a radi sprecavanja i suzbijanja poremecaja zdravlja .
Ljiljana Markovic-Denic +1 more
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