Nation-wide survey of screening practices to detect carriers of multi-drug resistant organisms upon admission to Swiss healthcare institutions.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was officially declared a pandemic in March 2020. Many cases of COVID-19 are nosocomial, but to the best of our knowledge, no nosocomial outbreaks on psychiatric departments of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been reported in Europe. The differe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Rovers JJE,van de Linde LS,Kenters N,Bisseling EM,Nieuwenhuijse DF,Oude Munnink BB,Voss A,Nabuurs-Franssen M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antibiotic resistance, is often conferred by the presence of antibiotic resistance genes. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between tetracycline resistance (Tet-R) and genotype in 31 Lactobacillus isolates from caries-active patients. Methods:The tetracycline susceptibility of Lactobacillus i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang Q

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are available regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) process indicators in these countries. We evaluated hand hygiene (HH) facilities and compliance amongst healthcare workers (HCW...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Onyedibe KI,Shehu NY,Pires D,Isa SE,Okolo MO,Gomerep SS,Ibrahim C,Igbanugo SJ,Odesanya RU,Olayinka A,Egah DZ,Pittet D

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent of the occurrence of the plasmid-encoded colistin resistance genes mcr-1 and mcr-2 among humans is currently sparsely studied in Western Europe. OBJECTIVES:To determine the occurrence of MCR-producing Enterobacteriaceae in fecal samples of healthy humans with high occupational exposure to food an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Zurfluh K,Stephan R,Widmer A,Poirel L,Nordmann P,Nüesch HJ,Hächler H,Nüesch-Inderbinen M

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Gram-positive bacterial bloodstream infections (BSIs) are serious diseases associated with high morbidity and mortality. The following study examines the incidence, clinical characteristics and microbiological features, drug resistance situations and mortality associated with Gram-positive BSIs at a large Ch...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Zhu Q,Yue Y,Zhu L,Cui J,Zhu M,Chen L,Yang Z,Liang Z

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studying temporal changes in resistant pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is crucial in improving local antimicrobial and infection control practices. The objective was to describe ten-year trends of resistance in pathogens causing HAIs in a tertiary care setting in Saudi Arabia and to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Balkhy HH,El-Saed A,Alshamrani MM,Alsaedi A,Al Nasser W,El Gammal A,Aljohany SM,Almunif S,Arabi Y,Alqahtani S,Bonnie HB,Alghoribi M,Alothman A,Almohrij SA

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：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. We established an outbreak investigation team, performed an exploratory epidemiological...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Salm F,Deja M,Gastmeier P,Kola A,Hansen S,Behnke M,Gruhl D,Leistner R

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular and well-organized inspection of infection control is an essential element of an infection control program. The aim of this study was to identify the functional scope of weekly infection control team rounding (ICTR) in an acute care hospital. We conducted weekly ICTR between January 18 and December 26, 2018 to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Jeong YS,Kim JH,Lee S,Lee SY,Oh SM,Lee E,Kim TH,Park SY

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ceftriaxone is one of the most common types of antibiotics used to treat most deadly bacterial infections. One way to alleviate the side effects of medication is to reduce drug consumption by changing the ordinary drug forms into nanostructured forms. In this study, a nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) conta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Ebrahimi S,Farhadian N,Karimi M,Ebrahimi M

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite of the steady decrease of surgical site infection (SSI) over the last two decades, the incidence of SSI after hip and knee arthroplasty has recently surged. This may be explained by technical changes that may result in an increased risk of SSI, such as the broad implementation of fast track programs, and/or ea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Ho J,Meis JF,Nabuurs-Franssen M,Voss A

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is a public health challenge supplemented by inappropriate prescribing, especially for an upper respiratory tract infection in primary care. Patient/carer expectations have been identified as one of the main drivers for inappropriate antibiotics prescribing by primary care physicians...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Gaarslev C,Yee M,Chan G,Fletcher-Lartey S,Khan R

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Acinetobacter baumannii causes frequently nosocomial infections worldwide. Its ability to survive on dry surfaces facilitates its spread and the persistence of endemic situations, especially in the intensive care units (ICUs).The objective of this paper is to describe a multicomponent intervention program de...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Valencia-Martín R,Gonzalez-Galan V,Alvarez-Marín R,Cazalla-Foncueva AM,Aldabó T,Gil-Navarro MV,Alonso-Araujo I,Martin C,Gordon R,García-Nuñez EJ,Perez R,Peñalva G,Aznar J,Conde M,Cisneros JM,In representation of A. baumanni

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasal and extra nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a pre-existing condition that often leads to invasive MRSA infection, as MRSA colonization is associated with a high risk of acquiring MRSA infection during hospital stays. Decolonization may reduce the risk of meticillin-resistant S...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Sai N,Laurent C,Strale H,Denis O,Byl B

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the rate of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and antibiotic consumption intensity in 153 tertiary hospitals from China in 2014. Methods:A retrospective study using national surveillance data from 2014 was conducted. Data on the annual consu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Yang P,Chen Y,Jiang S,Shen P,Lu X,Xiao Y

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) represents a major indication of antibiotic consumption worldwide. The present study aims to report the results of an enabling, long-term AMS intervention conducted between 2013 and 2019 on an Italian University Hospital performing more than 40.000 surgical interventions...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Segala FV,Murri R,Taddei E,Giovannenze F,Del Vecchio P,Birocchi E,Taccari F,Cauda R,Fantoni M

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas endocarditis is exceedingly rare, especially in patients without predisposing risks. We present such a case that included unexpected switches in antibacterial resistance profiles in two Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) strains with the same whole-genome sequence. The case also involved diagnostic and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Lesho E,Snesrud E,Kwak Y,Ong A,Maybank R,Laguio-Vila M,Falsey AR,Hinkle M

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial biofilms persistent on dry environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities play an important role in the occurrence of healthcare associated infections (HAI). Compared to wet surface biofilms and planktonic bacteria, dry surface biofilms (DSB) are more tolerant to disinfection. However, there is no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Nkemngong CA,Voorn MG,Li X,Teska PJ,Oliver HF

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and related presence of mutations in quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) genes and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) among Shigella flexneri isolates obtained from Jiangsu Province, China. METHODS:A total of 400 Shigell...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Qin T,Qian H,Fan W,Ma P,Zhou L,Dong C,Gu B,Huo X

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a trend in some countries to recommend the use of surgical hand disinfectants at volumes as low as 4 ml per application. AIM:To determine whether the volume applied and hand size influence the efficacy of surgical hand disinfection. METHODS:Thirteen experiments, according to EN 12791, resulting in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Kampf G,Ostermeyer C

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The global rise and spread of antibiotic resistance is limiting the usefulness of antibiotics in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The use of antibiotic stewardship programs guided by local data on prescribing practices is a useful strategy to control and reduce antibiotic resistance. Our ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Labi AK,Obeng-Nkrumah N,Nartey ET,Bjerrum S,Adu-Aryee NA,Ofori-Adjei YA,Yawson AE,Newman MJ

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Vancomycin-resistant isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are of special concern and patients at risk of acquiring a VRE colonization/infection include also intensively-cared neonates. We describe here an ongoing high prevalence of VanB type E. faecium in a neonatal ICU hardly to identify by r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Werner G,Klare I,Fleige C,Geringer U,Witte W,Just HM,Ziegler R

更新日期：2012-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The blaNDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1) gene has disseminated around the globe. NDM-1 producers are found to co-harbour resistance genes against many antimicrobials, including fluoroquinolones. The spread of large plasmids, carrying both blaNDM and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance (PMQR) ma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Mitra S,Mukherjee S,Naha S,Chattopadhyay P,Dutta S,Basu S

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of appropriate antimicrobial therapy for A. baumannii bacteremic pneumonia has not been well established due to the inclusion of the three phenotypically indistinguishable Acinetobacter species and confounding factors including underlying diseases and severity of infection. This retrospective stud...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Kang FY,How CK,Wang YC,Cheng A,Yang YS,Kuo SC,Liu CP,Liu YM,Chen TL,Lee YT

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Enteric bacterial pathogens are the major causes of food-borne gastroenteritis in humans and remain important public health problems worldwide. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a global concern, particularly in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of enteric...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Getie M,Abebe W,Tessema B

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A Surgical Unit-based Safety Programme (SUSP) has been shown to improve perioperative prevention practices and to reduce surgical site infections (SSI). It is critical to understand the factors influencing the successful implementation of the SUSP approach in low- and middle-income settings. We undertook a q...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Clack L,Willi U,Berenholtz S,Aiken AM,Allegranzi B,Sax H

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Valuation of the economic cost of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is important for decision making and should be estimated accurately. Highly variable or erroneous estimates may alarm policy makers and hospital administrators to act, but they also create confusion as to what the most reliable estimates are an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Wozniak TM,Barnsbee L,Lee XJ,Pacella RE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although alcohol-based surgical hand preparation offers potential advantages over the traditional surgical scrubbing technique, implementing it may be challenging due to resistance of surgeons in changing their practice. We aimed to implement alcohol-based surgical hand preparation in the hospital setting ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Gaspar GG,Menegueti MG,Lopes AER,Santos ROC,de Araújo TR,Nassiff A,Ferreira LR,Dallora MELV,Canini SRMS,Bellissimo-Rodrigues F

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan African countries are transitioning to dolutegravir-based regimens, even for patients with extensive previous drug exposure, including first-generation integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTI) such as raltegravir. Such exposure might have implications on cross-resistance to dolutegravir-based...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Fokam J,Takou D,Semengue ENJ,Teto G,Beloumou G,Dambaya B,Santoro MM,Mossiang L,Billong SC,Cham F,Sosso SM,Temgoua ES,Nanfack AJ,Moudourou S,Kamgaing N,Kamgaing R,Ngako Pamen JN,Etame MMN,Bissek AZ,Elat JN,Moussi E

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite many preventive measures, outbreaks with multi-drug resistant micro-organisms (MDROs) still occur. Moreover, current alert systems from healthcare organizations have shortcomings due to delayed or incomplete notifications, which may amplify the spread of MDROs by introducing infected patients into a ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： van de Belt TH,van Stockum PT,Engelen LJLPG,Lancee J,Schrijver R,Rodríguez-Baño J,Tacconelli E,Saris K,van Gelder MMHJ,Voss A

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COVID-19 arise global attention since their first public reporting. Infection prevention and control (IPC) is critical to combat COVID-19, especially at the early stage of pandemic outbreak. This study aimed to measure level of healthcare workers' (HCW') self-reported IPC behaviors with the risk of COVID-19 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Lai X,Wang X,Yang Q,Xu X,Tang Y,Liu C,Tan L,Lai R,Wang H,Zhang X,Zhou Q,Chen H

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00