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Development of a nosocomial outbreak investigation database

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2005
A pilot web-based database was created to facilitate epidemiological investigation of nosocomial outbreaks. The database provides highly structured abstracts in a case study format to serve as a guide for investigations. Problems encountered in abstracting over 330 published reports included missing information and classification of study methods.
K, Makimoto, N, Ashida, N, Qureshi, T, Tsuchida, A, Sekikawa   +4 more
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Airborne outbreak of nosocomial Scedosporium prolificans infection

The Lancet, 2001
We describe six inpatients with acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia who developed invasive infection with Scedosporium prolificans resistant to amphotericin B, flucytosine, ketoconazole, fluconazole, and itraconazole. All six patients died. Phenotypic and genotypic assessment of samples from clinical material and ambient air from the isolation rooms where ...
A, Guerrero, P, Torres, M T, Duran, B, Ruiz-Díez, M, Rosales, J L, Rodriguez-Tudela   +5 more
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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1997
An outbreak of seven cases (in six patients and one health care worker, all of whom had AIDS) of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis occurred in a hospital in Chicago. The hospital had a respirator-fit testing program but no acid-fast bacilli isolation rooms.To identify risk factors for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Retrospective cohort study.
T A, Kenyon, R, Ridzon, R, Luskin-Hawk, C, Schultz, W S, Paul, S E, Valway, I M, Onorato, K, Castro   +7 more
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Legionnaire's disease: a nosocomial outbreak in Turkey

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006
Six nosocomial cases of Legionella pneumophila occurred over a two-week period, with one further case being diagnosed retrospectively after 30 days. Strains isolated from the hospital water system were clonally related to a single sputum isolate. A sero-epidemiological investigation into legionella exposure amongst staff and inpatients was undertaken ...
Yologlu, S, Durmaz, RIZA, Yildirim, Z, Akbas, E, Cizmeci, Z, Bayraktar, M, Ozerol, IH   +6 more
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Nosocomial staphylococcal outbreaks.

Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases. Supplementum, 1994
Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequently isolated single bacterial species from surgical wounds. During 1954-59, S. aureus phage 80/81 was responsible for more than 20% of staphylococcal epidemics in British hospitals. With the introduction of methicillin came satisfactory treatment of staphylococcal infection, though strains of methicillin ...
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[Nosocomial outbreaks and resistant microorganisms].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2015
To determine the number and duration of nosocomial outbreaks caused by highly resistant microorganisms (HRMO) posing a potential threat to public health, in order to undertake a risk assessment.Descriptive study.Data on nosocomial outbreaks were collected from April 2012 to June 2014.
Akke K, van der Bij, Katina, Kardamanidis, Florine N J, Frakking, Marc J M, Bonten   +3 more
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Nosocomial RSV infection control and outbreak management

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2009
The incidence of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in different areas of the world is not well known. However, it is clear that RSV infection of hospitalized infants with congenital heart disease or following preterm birth is highly relevant. Nosocomial RSV infection in these high-risk group infants often follows a severe course of
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Nosocomial pneumococcal infection: an outbreak.

Hospital practice (1995), 2000
When an outbreak of pneumococcal disease occurs an institution--be it a hospital, nursing home, day care center, or other facility--management includes treatment of affected cases and prevention of new cases. Patients and staff should be tested for nasopharyngeal carriage and their vaccination status ascertained.
R J, Leggiadro, D R, Schaberg
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A nosocomial outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The Journal of family practice, 1994
The national incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is increasing, and hospitals are a site of transmission. We investigated a nosocomial outbreak of TB at a 160-bed community hospital in South Carolina that highlights the central role that primary care physicians must play to control this epidemic.We reviewed medical records to identify potential source cases.
S, Luby, S, Carmichael, G, Shaw, J, Horan, W, Gamble, J, Jones   +5 more
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[Norovirus nosocomial outbreak : an hospital experience].

Revue medicale de Liege, 2019
Human noroviruses (NoV) are the main pathogenic agents worldwide responsible for viral sporadic and epidemic gastroenteritis worldwide. A gastroenteritis outbreak broke out in patients hospitalized in several wards located in two different floors of a hospital in Liege, Belgium. The objective was to determine whether a same NoV strain would be involved
P, Huynen, A, Mauroy, N, Lambert, P, De Mol, E, Thiry, P, Melin   +5 more
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