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Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection After Combined Cystoscopy and Urodynamic Testing: A Prospective Cohort Study

Neurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) after combined cystoscopy and urodynamic testing. Methods A prospective analytical cohort study was conducted including adult patients undergoing cystoscopy, urodynamic testing, or both procedures during the same session at a quaternary referral center between May 1, 2023 ...
Camilo Andres Torres Sandoval, María Juliana Arcila, Andrés Duarte Osorio, Juan Guillermo Cataño, Sebastian Peña Rodriguez   +4 more
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A Hospital Infection Management Department-Led Intervention to Improve the Pathogen Submission Rate Before Antimicrobial Therapy Using a FOCUS-PDCA Model

Infection and Drug Resistance
Lizhen Xu, Qiufang Tang, Yuxiang Guo, Dan Liu Department of Hospital Infection Management, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lizhen Xu, Department of Hospital ...
Xu L, Tang Q, Guo Y, Liu D
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Prediction model, risk factor score and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A two-stage case-control study

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most important hospital acquired infections in patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) in the intensive care unit, but the effective and robust predictable tools for VAP prevention ...
Hua Meng, Yuxin Shi, Kaming Xue, Di Liu, Xiongjing Cao, Yanyan Wu, Yunzhou Fan, Fang Gao, Ming Zhu, Lijuan Xiong   +9 more
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The Effectiveness of Audit Guideline Using Directive Discourse for Control and Prevention of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection [PDF]

, 2016
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is one of the major problems in the hospital, due to its increasing of prevalence. The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of the Audit Guideline for control and prevention of ...
Kuntaman, K. (K), Kusbaryanto, K. (Kusbaryanto), Pudjirahardjo, W. (WJ)   +2 more
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The Role of Surveillance in the Association Between the Nurse Work Environment and Patient Safety Culture

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nursing surveillance has been identified as a core clinical process through which organizational conditions may influence patient safety; however, its explanatory role in the relationship between the nurse work environment and patient safety culture is not well established. This study examined whether nursing surveillance practices account for
Kathryn A. Connell, Hyunmin Yu, Domenique Villani, Matthew D. McHugh, Clint Douglas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nosocomial cardiac infections

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2002
The most important nosocomial cardiac infections include nosocomial infective endocarditis on native and prosthetic valves, and nosocomial infections related to transvenous permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and left ventricular assist devices.
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Modifying Antibiotic Activity of Synthetic Thiadiazine Analogs Against MDR Bacteria and ADMET Analysis

ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.
The study demonstrated that thidiazine compounds potentiated the action of antibiotics. The compounds associated with norfloxacin against S. aureus showed greater significance in relation to the other medications. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to the selection of resistant bacterial strains, significantly reducing the effectiveness of ...
João Arthur de Oliveira Borges, Priscilla Ramos Freitas, Isaac Moura Araújo, Ray Silva de Almeida, Igor José dos Santos Nascimento, João Xavier de Araújo‐Júnior, Edeildo Ferreira da Silva‐Júnior, Thiago Mendonça de Aquino, Francisco Jaime Bezerra Mendonça Junior, Emmanuel Silva Marinho, Hélcio Silva dos Santos, Radosław Kowalski, Grażyna Kowalska, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Saulo Relison Tintino, Ana Carolina Justino de Araújo   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conjugate and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide booster vaccination in asplenic patients with thalassemia major: A randomized clinical trial study

Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017
Background: Pneumococcal vaccine provides protection against invasive pneumococcal disease in population at risk. This study was conducted to compare the antibody response to 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal ...
Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Javad Ghaffari, Mohammadreza Mahdavi, Amir Bahari, Shahram Ala   +4 more
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Dynamic shifts in pathogen ecology of catheter-related bloodstream infections: temporal trends and ward-specific risk landscapes

Frontiers in Medicine
Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) represent a severe clinical complication with high mortality and pose a significant public health challenge due to increasing multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
Shanfeng Li, Jia Zuo, Yu Xie, Weifen Liu, Hanjie Yi   +4 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus: Clinical and epidemiological pattern in pediatric patients admitted to a children’s hospital between 2000 and 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major causative organism associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children.The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological pattern of RSV and identify ...
Bakir, Julia, Castellano, Verónica, Gentile, Ángela, Grobaporto, Marcela, Juárez, María del Valle, Lucion, María Florencia, Mistchenko, Alicia Susana, Romanin, Viviana Sandra, Viegas, Mariana   +8 more
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