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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 ...
J, Hong, J M, Davis
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Occult Nosocomial Infections [PDF]

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1998
Abstract Even with a good surveillance program, nosocomial infections may be not recognized because of several reasons: absence of symptoms or prolonged incubation period (eg, viral bloodborne infections, tuberculosis); problems with the microbiological diagnosis, because adequate specimens may be difficult to obtain or special ...
Petignat C, Blanc DS, Francioli P
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Results from the Scottish national HAI prevalence survey [PDF]

, 2008
A national point prevalence survey was undertaken over the period of one calendar year in Scotland from October 2005 to October 2006. The prevalence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) was 9.5% in acute hospitals and 7.3% in non-acute hospitals. The
Reilly, J., Robertson, C., Allardice, G., The Scottish Executive Health Department HAI Task Force (Funder), Coubrough, S., Reilly, Jacqui; id_orcid, Walker, A., Allardice, G.A., Stewart, S., Allardice, G.M., , The Scottish Executive Health Department HAI Task Force (Funder), Noone, A.   +11 more
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Diagnostic and prognostic performance of urinary neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin in patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney injury

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino, Salvatore Piano, Matteo Stenico, Marta Tonon, Alessandra Brocca, Valeria Calvino, Simone Incicco, Nicola Zeni, Roberta Gagliardi, Chiara Cosma, Martina Zaninotto, Patrizia Burra, Umberto Cillo, Daniela Basso, Paolo Angeli   +14 more
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The transmission of nosocomial pathogens in an intensive care unit: a space–time clustering and structural equation modelling approach [PDF]

, 2010
We investigated the incidence of cases of nosocomial pathogens and risk factors in an intensive treatment unit ward to determine if the number of cases is dependent on location of patients and the colonization/infection history of the ward.
Sheridan, E. A., Rushton, Steven, Lanyon, Clare, O'Donnell, Anthony, Shirley, Mark   +4 more
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Nosocomial hepatitis C virus infection in a renal transplantation center [PDF]

, 2002
Nosocomial hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were recorded in the renal transplantation unit of the university hospital. There were cases of acute HCV infection with aggressive clinical courses diagnosed from a positive HCV RNA test in the early post ...
Erensoy, S, Saymer, AA, Saymer, AYÇA ARZU, Kaplan, H., Ozacar, T, Abacioğlu, H., Baßçi, A., Başçi, A, Abacioğlu, H, Sayiner, A A, Sayiner, A.A., Kaplan, H, Bilgiç, A, Özacar, T., Zeytinoğlu, A, Erensoy, S., Bilgiç, A., Zeytinoğlu, A., Simmonds, P., Simmonds, P   +19 more
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Nosocomial Infection in MICU: An Observational Study

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Nosocomial infections are infections; patients acquire while admitted to a health-care facility and generally develop 48 h or later after admission. These infections can lead to serious problems such as sepsis and even death.
Chennakesavulu Dara, Surendra Babu Darivemula, Triven Sagar Sandepogu, M. Saranya, N. Vijayalakshmi, S. Swetha   +5 more
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Prolonged outbreak of clonal MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa on an intensive care unit: contaminated sinks and contamination of ultra-filtrate bags as possible route of transmission?

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016
Background We report on an outbreak in a surgical, interdisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital. We detected a cluster of ICU patients colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Florian Salm, Maria Deja, Petra Gastmeier, Axel Kola, Sonja Hansen, Michael Behnke, Désirée Gruhl, Rasmus Leistner   +7 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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Relationship between hospital ward design and healthcare-associated infection rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016
Background The influence of the hospital’s infrastructure on healthcare-associated colonization and infection rates has thus far infrequently been examined.
Andrea Stiller, Florian Salm, Peter Bischoff, Petra Gastmeier   +3 more
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