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Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units of Argentina

, 2004
Nosocomial infections are an important public health problem in many developing countries, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. No previous data are available on the incidence of device-associated nosocomial infections in different ...
Crnich, Christopher, Guzmán, Sandra, Rosenthal, Victor Daniel   +2 more
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The effects of nosocomial rotavirus gastroenteritis on the length of hospital stay and cost [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: In this study, the goal was to evaluate the impact of nosocomial rotavirus gastroenteritis in pediatric patients by determining the incidence of nosocomial rotavirus gastroenteritis, the resulting duration of hospital stay, and direct cost.
Özlem O Gundeslioglu, Saliha Cevik, Atilla Yazıcıoglu, Recep Tekin, Yılmaz Palancı, Tekin, Recep, Cevik, Saliha, Yazicioglu, Atilla, Palanci, Yilmaz, Gundeslioglu, Ozlem O.   +9 more
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Device associated nosocomial infection in children

Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2013
Device-associated nosocomial infection is a significant part of nosocomial infection and can cause the majority of its mortality, morbidity, extra lengths of hospital stay and cost. In a 13-year review, the online database was searched for full articles
Mohammad Reza Navaeifar, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai   +1 more
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Urban ants as potential mechanical vectors of pathogenic and antibiotic‐resistant bacteria in a Brazilian hospital

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Nine ant taxa were identified in a Brazilian hospital, with Tapinoma melanocephalum and Dorymyrmex brunneus being the most abundant. Eighty‐five percent of collected ants yielded detectable bacterial growth, including clinically relevant genera such as Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli and Pluralibacter.
Luana Biggi Souza, Anny Karoliny de Lima Dionisio, Mayara Acioli Cedrim, Luiz Carlos Silva Dias Neto, Ellymaira Freitas Pontes, Yáskara Veruska Ribeiro Barros, Renato Júnior Cavalcante da Silva, Ênio Jose Bassi, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Ana Lucia Biggi Souza, Leticia Anderson   +10 more
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Factors related to hospital stay among patients with nosocomial infection acquired in the intensive care unit

, 2003
Objectives: To assess the influence of nosocomial infection on length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to determine the relative effect of other factors on extra length of hospitalization associated with nosocomial infection.
Zabala, Elisabeth, Lobo, Joaquín, Rodríguez, Alberto, Ruiz-Santana, Sergio, Olaechea, Pedro M., Chirosa, M. A., Carrillo, Andrés, Pascual, Pedro, Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Bru, M., Victoria de la Torre, M., Sánchez, Bernabélvarez, Palomar, Mercedes, Jesús Huertas, M., Alonso, Ricardo, Homar, Javier, Ucio, Pablo, Paniagua, M. J., Herranz, Miguel, Flores, Juan M., Blanco, Armando, Barcenilla, Fernando, Ruíz-Ferrón, Francisco, Fernández-Renedo, Carlos, Moreno, A., Zabalegui, Arturo, Trinidad Fuentes, María, Panadero de Manuel, J. A., Camacho, Pedro, Ruíz-Valverde, Andrés, Jesús López-Cambra, M., Jordá, Ricard, Valverdú, M., Martín, José L., Mendía, Angel, Ramón Iruretagoyena, J., Rodríguez-Colomo, Oscar, Villar, Jesús, Antón, Carlos, Esquinas, Antonio, De Miguel, Eva, Insausti, Jesús, Maraví, Enrique, Torres, Antonio, Tejada, Antonio, Rello, Jordi, Ulibarrena, Miguel Angel, Carrasco, Nieves, Sierra, Rafael, Espeleta, Ana, Arroyo, L., García-Córdoba, Francisco, Martínez-Pellús, Antonio, Quintana, Manuel, Homs, Carlos, Mateu, Antonio, Arnau, Elena, Valdovinos, M. C., Luque, Pilar, Lopez-Camps, Vincent, Angel Alcalá, M., Jesús López-Pueyo, M., Quiroga, Juan, Cebrián, Javier, Sancho, Heliodoro, Labayen, Fermín, González, Victor, Felices, Francisco, Martínez-Coronel, J. F., De la Cal, Miguel Angel, Castillo, Fernando, Álvarez-Rocha, Luis, Gudín, José   +72 more
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Association Between Periodontitis and Respiratory Diseases: A Systematic Umbrella Meta‐Analysis

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to evaluate the association between periodontitis and respiratory diseases using an umbrella meta‐analysis. Methods Meta‐analyses (MAs) reporting odds ratios (OR) and mean differences (MD) for the association between periodontitis and respiratory diseases of COVID‐19, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma ...
Shahen Hiwa Omer, Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Sarhang Sarwat Gul, Yad Mariwan Mohammed Amin, Romain Lan   +4 more
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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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Oral health and systemic health outcomes: A call for interdisciplinary action

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives To make the case, from periodontology and dental public health, for interdisciplinary action on oral and systemic health, and to set out recommendations for practice, policy, education, and research. Materials and Methods A joint working group of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and the European Association of Dental ...
Moritz Kebschull, Ryan T. Demmer, Nigel Pitts, Huda Yusuf, Gitana Rederiene, Nikolaos Donos, Wim Teughels, Raman Bedi, Orsolya Nemeth, Mia Rakic, Stéphanie Tubert‐Jeannin, Raimondo Ascione, Francesco D'Aiuto, James Deschner, Thomas Dietrich, Mili Doshi, Julian Fisher, Ramón Juanatey, Phoebus Madianos, Katalin Nagy, Barry Quinn, Saulė Skinkytė, Lina Stangvaltaite‐Mouhat, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Josep Vilaseca, Nicola West, Anton Sculean, Andreas Stavropoulos, Kenneth Eaton, Joint EFP/EADPH Working Group   +29 more
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Implementing change in infection control practice : an action research study in two intensive care units. [PDF]

, 1999
The increased emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics means that primary prevention of all hospital-acquired infections is essential, but ensuring that infection control practice is evidence-based requires reliable measurement of endemic ...
Sproat, L.J., Sproat, Louise Jane
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Challenges of Dengue in Hematological Disease Patients: Descriptive Analysis From the DANGO Registry During the 2023–2024 Outbreak in Argentina

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
During the 2023–2024 Argentine dengue outbreak, 33 patients with hematological disease showed high complication rates, frequent hospitalization (64%), severe thrombocytopenia (90%), and 6% dengue‐attributable mortality. Transfusion‐associated cases were documented.
Gustavo Adolfo Méndez, Carla Niveyro, Pedro Andrés Villalba Apestegui, Victoria Isabel Martin, Lucila María Compañy Kec, María Cynthia Tomasino, Mariana del Carmen del Marull, Haydee Ingrid Bernard, Claudia Patricia Lorena Fernández, Flavia Marcela Pelech, Maria Fernanda Tosin, María Fernanda González‐Hobecker, Karen Beatrice Duranona, Angela Daiana Jara, Justus Cornely, Oliver A. Cornely, Jon Salmanton‐García   +16 more
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