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Demand for care and nosocomial infection rate during the first influenza AH1N1 2009 virus outbreak at a referral hospital in Mexico City Demanda asistencial y tasa de infección nosocomial durante el primer brote de influenza AH1N1 2009 en un hospital de referencia en la Ciudad de México

Salud Pública de México, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Comparison of routine hospital indicators (consults at the Emergency Room (ER) and hospital admissions) during the 2009 pandemic of the influenza AH1N1 virus at the national referral hospital for respiratory diseases in Mexico City.
Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Rosario Fernández, Cecilia García-Sancho, Francisco Franco-Marina, Edgar Mondragón, Patricia Volkow   +5 more
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Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]

, 2008
We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira, Doi, Hiroyuki, Hayakawa, Masahiro, Ibara, Satoshi, Kitajima, Hiroyuki, Nakamura, Tomohiko, Nakayama, Hideki, Nishimaki, Shigeru, Sato, Kazuo, Shiga, Seigo, Tanaka, Tahei, Une, Hiroshi   +11 more
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: current situation and travel-associated concerns [PDF]

, 2016
This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A., Omrani, Ali S.   +2 more
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Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions. [PDF]

, 2008
The filoviruses, Marburg and Ebola, have the dubious distinction of being associated with some of the highest case-fatality rates of any known infectious disease-approaching 90% in many outbreaks.
A.G. Sprecher, Anon., Baize, Basler, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Bausch, Benjamin Jeffs, Bernard, Borchert, Bosio, Bosio, Boumandouki, Bray, Bray, Bray, Bray, Brummel-Ziedins, Bukreyev, Bwaka, CDC and WHO, Colebunders, Daddario-DiCaprio, Daniel G. Bausch, Dowell, Egbring, Emond, Enterlein, Feldmann, Formenty, Fourrier, Gear, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Geisbert, Gibbs, Gupta, Hensley, Hensley, Hensley, Hewlett, Hewlett, Hoenen, Hotchkiss, Huggins, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jahrling, Jeffs, Johnson, Jones, Jones, Khan, Ksiazek, Kudoyarova-Zubavichene, Larkin, Leroy, Leroy, Mahanty, Mahanty, Martin, Martini, Martini, Monath, Mupapa, Mupapa, Nikiforov, Oswald, Parrino, Pattyn, Paul Boumandouki, Peters, Peterson, Peterson, Pourrut, Reid, Rivers, Roberts, Rollin, Sanchez, Schnittler, Schuler, Smith, Spurgers, Stille, Sullivan, Sullivan, Swanepoel, Takada, Todorovitch, Towner, Warfield, Warfield, Warfield, Wilson, Zaki   +105 more
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Nosocomial outbreak of scabies.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi, 1994
Scabies is a common infestation caused by the human itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Small outbreaks in communities or hospitals are not uncommon, but are rarely documented. In this paper, we report on a nosocomial outbreak of scabies originating from a patient with Norwegian scabies at the Intensive Care Unit in Taiwan Provincial Tainan Hospital.
P R, Hsueh, B H, Lin, C C, Hwang, B L, Hsieh, J C, Liu, M, Lin   +5 more
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Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Hospital Setting: Uncovering the Patient–Environment Interplay

Microorganisms, 2020
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are relevant nosocomial pathogens with an increasing incidence in the last decades. Their transmission is optimal in the hospital setting, as it offers two potential, large reservoirs that are closely related ...
Carlos L. Correa-Martinez, Hauke Tönnies, Neele J. Froböse, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier   +4 more
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Factors Associated with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: [PDF]

, 2010
Background. Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history.
Bengi Moco Henrique, Benjamin Jeffs, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Heinz Feldmann, James E. Strong, Luis Villa, Matthias Borchert, Oscar Bernal, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Roddy, Paul, Sara L Thomas, Steven M. Jones   +12 more
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Laboratory Investigation of a Nosocomial Transmission of Tuberculosis at a District General Hospital

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2007
Nosocomial outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) is rarely documented and the transmission is usually difficult to confirm because of the long incubation period of the mycobacterial infection.
Wei-Lun Huang, Ruwen Jou, Pen-Fang Yeh, Angela Huang   +3 more
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Importance of Multifaceted Approaches in Infection Control: A Practical Experience from an Outbreak Investigation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:This study presents the results of a multidisciplinary, nosocomial MRSA outbreak investigation in an 8-bed medical intensive care unit (ICU). The identification of seven MRSA positive patients in the beginning of 2014 led to the closure of the
Nina Katharina Stock, Petr Petráš, Oto Melter, Gabriela Kapounová, Petra Vopalková, Jan Kubele, Václav Vaniš, Jan Tkadlec, Eva Bukáčková, Ivana Machová, Vlastimil Jindrák   +10 more
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Nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Epidemiology and Infection, 2010
SUMMARYWe report a nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) that affected six patients in June 2009 in Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, apparently related to one index case. The last four cases were healthcare workers. Infection was spread by percutaneous exposure to two cases, and probably by direct contact with blood, clothes and ...
Naderi, H. R., Sarvghad, M. R., Bojdy, A., Hadizadeh, M. R., Sadeghi, R., Sheybani, F.   +5 more
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