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Mupirocin prophylaxis against nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus infections in nonsurgical patients: a randomized study [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a major risk factor for nosocomial S. aureus infection. Studies show that intranasal mupirocin can prevent nosocomial surgical site infections. No data are available on the efficacy of
Keulen, P.H.J. (Peter) van, Kluytmans, J.A.J.W. (Jan), Meester, M.H.M. (Marlene), Ott, A. (Alewijn), Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C.M.J.E. (Christina), Verbrugh, H.A. (Henri), Vos, M.C. (Margreet), Voss, A. (Andreas), Wertheim, H.F.L. (Heiman)   +8 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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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: A case series and review of literatures

Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2013
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare immune mediated and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually affects children. It is a monophasic disorder related with multifocal neurologic symptoms.
Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Mehrdad Taghipour, Fariborz Azizi, Ali Abbaskhanian   +3 more
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Physical Characterization of Ten R Plasmids Obtained from an Outbreak of Nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections

, 1979
Peter L. Sadowski, Bryan C. Peterson, Dale N. Gerding, P. Patrick Cleary   +3 more
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Undergoing Orthopaedic Day Surgery: What Factors Are Associated With patients' Feeling of Safety and Their Recovery?

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The study aimed to examine factors associated with the perceived feeling of safety and postoperative recovery in patients who have undergone orthopaedic day surgery under regional anaesthesia. Design The design was quantitative, descriptive, and cross‐sectional.
Fanny Larsson, Åsa Engström, Ulrica Strömbäck, Silje Rysst   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing Metallo β Lactamases (VIM, SME, AIM) in The Clinical Isolates of Intensive Care Units of Al-Zahra Hospital in Esfahan, Iran

Journal of Medical Bacteriology, 2015
Background:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a severe challenge for antimicrobial therapy, because of chromosomal mutations or exhibition of intrinsic resistance to various antimicrobial agents such as most β-lactams.
Farzin Khorvash, MohammadReza Yazdani, Shiva Shabani, Houri Alizadeh   +3 more
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Does noninvasive ventilation reduce the ICU nosocomial infection risk? A prospective clinical survey [PDF]

, 1999
K. Nourdine, P F Combes, M.-J. Carton, Pascal Beuret, A. Cannamela, J.C. Ducreux   +5 more
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Late Nutrition and Negative Outcomes in a Brazilian Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To analyse the association between late initiation of enteral nutrition and negative outcomes in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Brazil. Method This was a retrospective cohort study with data from the medical records of children hospitalised between 2012 and 2017.
Arnildo Linck Júnior, Flávia Lopes Gabani, Edmarlon Girotto, Ana Maria Rigo Silva, Selma Maffei de Andrade   +4 more
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The burden of clostridium difficile infection in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2019
Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) has registered a dramatically increasing incidence in the general population over the past decades. Nowadays, Clostridium Difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea in Europe and North America ...
Dumitru, Andrada, Emanuela, Popoiag R, Micu, Sergiu I, Moraru, Despina, Musat, Marilena, Preda, Gabriel   +5 more
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Nosocomial Infection: General Principles and the Consequences, Importance of its Control and an Outline of the Control Policy - A Review Article

, 1970
SA Khan
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