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The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ...
A. Gonzalez, A. R. Escombe, Balasubramanian, Beggs, Bhatia, C. A. Evans, C. Martinez, C. Noakes, C. Oeser, Caviedes, Cohn, Curtis, D. A. J. Moore, E. Ticona, Edlin, Elliott, Escombe, Gangadharam, Ikeda, J. S. Friedland, Katz, L. Caviedes, Luna-Herrera, M. Navincopa, Markowitz, Mastorides, Mills, Mitchison, Mitchison, Nardell, Nardell, Nunn, P. Sheen, Prabhakar, R. H. Gilman, Riley, RILEY, Riley, Schafer, Sultan, Xu   +40 more
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Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]

, 2004
Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Kinuani, L, Libande, M, Mustin, J P, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Olinda, L A, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, Tshioko, F, Tshomba, A   +10 more
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Clonal replacement of epidemic KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent nosocomial pathogen causing difficult-to-treat infections worldwide. The prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KP) is increasing in China.
Yuying Liang, Xiuyun Yin, Lijun Zeng, Shuiping Chen   +3 more
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A five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit [PDF]

, 2000
We identified a 5-year outbreak of a methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) strain, affecting 202 babies on a neonatal unit, by routine weekly phage typing all S. aureus isolates.
Denton, M., Fitzgerald, P., Freeman, J., Gill, A.B., Haspinall, L., Hawkey, P., Hoy, C., Parnell, P., Porter, C., Wilcox, M.H.   +9 more
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Nosocomial Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endophthalmitis

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2006
We describe an outbreak of nosocomial endophthalmitis due to a common source, which was determined to be trypan blue solution prepared in the hospital's pharmacy service. We assume that viable bacteria probably gained access to the trypan blue stock solution during cooling after autoclaving.
Mateos, I., Valencia, R., Torres Sánchez, María José, Cantos, A., Conde Herrera, Manuel, Aznar Martín, Javier   +5 more
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Massive Increase, Spread, and Exchange of Extended Spectrum {beta}-Lactamase-Encoding Genes Among Intestinal Enterobacteriaceae in Hospitalized Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger. [PDF]

, 2011
Background. From the time of CTX-M emergence, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteria (ESBL-E) have spread worldwide in community settings as well as in hospitals, particularly in developing countries.
Andremont, A, Angebault, C, Armand-Lefèvre, L, Barbier, F, de Rekeneire, N, El Mniai, A, Hugede, H-C, Jacquier, H, Janssens, A-C, Page, A-L, Raskine, L, Ruppé, E, Sayadi, S, Woerther, P-L   +13 more
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Agrobacterium species bacteraemia, Switzerland, 2008 to 2019: a molecular epidemiological study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background Agrobacterium spp. are infrequent agents of bloodstream infections linked to healthcare-associated outbreaks. However, it is unclear if outbreaks also occur across larger geographic areas.
Lisa Balmer, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Adrian Egli, Carlo Casanova, Andreas Kronenberg, Jacques Schrenzel, Jonas Marschall, Rami Sommerstein   +7 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of Acinetobacter spp. plasmids originating from clinical settings and environmental habitats [PDF]

, 2018
Bacteria belonging to the genus Acinetobacter have become of clinical importance over the last decade due to the development of a multi-resistant phenotype and their ability to survive under multiple environmental conditions.
Pistorio, Mariano, Pühler, Alfred, Salto, Ileana Paula, Schlüter, Andreas, Torres Tejerizo, Gonzalo Arturo, Wibberg, Daniel   +5 more
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Characterization of a possible nosocomial aspergillosis outbreak [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2000
To study the epidemiologic aspects of a suspected outbreak of nosocomial invasive aspergillosis.Sixteen Aspergillus fumigatus strains were isolated from bronchoalveolar washings or sputa of 10 patients during a 9-month period. Furthermore, two environmental samples, isolated in a microbiological screening of the hospital, were also available for ...
Mellado, E., Diaz-Guerra, T.M., Cuenca-Estrella, M., Buendia, V., Aspa, J., Prieto, E., Villagrasa, J.R., Rodriguez-Tudela, J. -L.   +7 more
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Outbreak of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-lactamase Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales on a bone marrow transplant unit: Role of the environment

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
Background: Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are a global health concern. Nosocomial outbreaks have been reported globally with patient-to-patient transmission felt to be the most frequent route of cross-transmission.
Katherine Prescott, Harriet Billam, Carl Yates, Mitch Clarke, Ros Montgomery, Karren Staniforth, Natalie Vaughan, Tim Boswell, Nikunj Mahida   +8 more
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