Challenges regarding the control of environmental sources of contamination in healthcare settings in low-and middle-income countries - a narrative review.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the containment of a widespread silent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE-fm) in the Tel-Aviv Medical Center (TASMC) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). METHODS:Setting - an NICU, participants - 49 cases of VRE-fm-colonized neonatal inpatients. RESULTS:A newborn was tran...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Marom R,Mandel D,Haham A,Berger I,Ovental A,Raskind C,Grisaru-Soen G,Adler A,Lellouche J,Schwartz D,Carmeli Y,Schechner V

更新日期：2020-06-16 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: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：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), including methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), is an eminent human pathogen that can colonize the human host and cause severe life-threatening infections. The development of a reliable, simple and rapid assay for detecting S. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Chen X,Ma K,Yi X,Xiong L,Wang Y,Li S

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of exposure to remnants of a phagemid-containing E. coli, killed by treatment with a propanol-based hand rub, on antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolates. METHODS:An in vitro model was developed in which a clinical E. coli isolate (EUR1) was exposed to remnants of an E. coli K-12 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Stohr JJJM,Kluytmans-van den Bergh MFQ,Verhulst CJMM,Rossen JWA,Kluytmans JAJW

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficulties to medical professionals. One of them is the need to use personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to protect themselves and their families, while not compromising their care. Physical examination is one of the cornerstones of medical assessment but parts of it...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Seidel E,Luski S,Ribak Y,Nama A,Saraya T,Nishiyama T,Oster Y,Nir-Paz R

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians often prescribe antimicrobials for outpatient wound infections before culture results are known. Local or national MRSA rates may be considered when prescribing antimicrobials. If clinicians prescribe in response to national rather than local MRSA trends, prescribing may be improved by making loca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Schweizer ML,Perencevich EN,Eber MR,Cai X,Shardell MD,Braykov N,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses five resuscitation-promoting factors, Rpf A to E, which are required for the resuscitation of dormancy in mycobacteria. This study explores the transcriptional profile of all five rpfs of M. tuberculosis, in response to sub-MIC concentration of rifampin, in multidrug and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Pourazar Dizaji S,Taala A,Masoumi M,Ebrahimzadeh N,Fateh A,Siadat SD,Vaziri F

更新日期：2017-11-14 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：BACKGROUND:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) remains a health problem for many countries in the world. The share of MDRTB is 10-30% among newly diagnosed cases and 20-70% among relapses and treatment failure. The aim of the study is to define the side effects of second line drugs used in the treatment of MDRTB o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Matveyeva SL,Shevchenko OS,Pogorelova OO

更新日期：2017-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate knowledge and safe practice of infection prevention among healthcare providers are vital to prevent nosocomial infections. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and practices of healthcare providers towards infection prevention and its associated factors in the health facilities of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Assefa J,Diress G,Adane S

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potentials of audit and feedback (AF) to improve healthcare are currently not exploited. To unlock the potentials of AF, this study focused on the process of making sense of audit data and translating data into actionable feedback by studying a specific AF-case: limiting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Keizer J,Beerlage-De Jong N,Al Naiemi N,van Gemert-Pijnen JEWC

更新日期：2020-08-05 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：: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：:The WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands global hand hygiene campaign, launched in 2009 and celebrated annually on the 5th of May, features specific calls to action seeking to increase engagement from stakeholders' collaborations in hand hygiene improvement. WHO calls on everyone to be inspired by the global movement towa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Tartari E,Fankhauser C,Peters A,Sithole BL,Timurkaynak F,Masson-Roy S,Allegranzi B,Pires D,Pittet D

更新日期：2019-03-28 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:Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common healthcare associated infections in the low-middle income countries. Data on incidence and risk factors for SSI following surgeries in general and Obstetric and Gynecological surgeries in particular are scare. This study set out to identify risk facto...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Pathak A,Mahadik K,Swami MB,Roy PK,Sharma M,Mahadik VK,Lundborg CS

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antibiotics are useful but increasing resistance is a major problem. Our objectives were to assess antibiotic use and microbiology testing in hospitalized children in the Gambia. Methods:We conducted a retrospective analysis of paediatric inpatient data at The Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banju...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Chaw PS,Schlinkmann KM,Raupach-Rosin H,Karch A,Pletz MW,Huebner J,Nyan O,Mikolajczyk R

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:We describe an outbreak of Bullous Impetigo (BI), caused by a (methicillin susceptible, fusidic acid resistant) Staphylococcus aureus (SA) strain, spa-type t408, at the neonatal and gynaecology ward of the Jeroen Bosch hospital in the Netherlands, from March-November 2011. METHODS:We performed ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Koningstein M,Groen L,Geraats-Peters K,Lutgens S,Rietveld A,Jira P,Kluytmans J,de Greeff SC,Hermans M,Schneeberger PM

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) requires a standardized preventive approach, we aimed to evaluate current MDRO admission screening practices in Swiss hospitals and to identify potential barriers impeding their implementation. In early 2018, all Swiss public and private healthcare insti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Martischang R,Buetti N,Balmelli C,Saam M,Widmer A,Harbarth S

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Dispensary and use of antibiotics without prescriptions from qualified providers is a common practice in countries with poor pharmaceutical regulations and where due focus is not given to rational use. This practice is a main factor for the spread of antimicrobial resistance due to its non-reliance on pre-tr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Koji EM,Gebretekle GB,Tekle TA

更新日期：2019-07-16 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

abstract：Objective:Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are one of the major opportunistic pathogens and the incidence of CoNS bacteraemia is increasing. However, most of the CoNS-positive blood cultures are contaminants rather than true CoNS bacteraemia. In order to minimize contamination, we defined true CoNS bacteraemia a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Cui J,Liang Z,Mo Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Egyptian hospitals reporting to the national HAI surveillance system. Methods:Design: Descriptive analysis of CRE HAIs and retrospective observational cohort study using national HAI survei...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Kotb S,Lyman M,Ismail G,Abd El Fattah M,Girgis SA,Etman A,Hafez S,El-Kholy J,Zaki MES,Rashed HG,Khalil GM,Sayyouh O,Talaat M

更新日期：2020-01-03 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：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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0315-3.]. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Nicholson A,Tennant I,White L,Thoms-Rodriguez CA,Cook L,Johnson S,Thompson T,Barnett J,Richards L

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antibiotics require more prudent prescribing, dispensing and administration than other medicines because these medicines are at a greater risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Studying the current medicine use practices and factors affecting the prescribing of an antibiotic would help decision makers to dr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Amaha ND,Weldemariam DG,Abdu N,Tesfamariam EH

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linezolid has been increasingly used in tertiary NICUs. The objectives of this study were to explore the indications of these linezolid prescriptions, to analyze a possible misuse and to provide solutions to avoid such misuse. METHODS:A monocentric retrospective cohort study included all neonates hospitaliz...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Matrat L,Plaisant F,Barreto C,Claris O,Butin M

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Cockroaches have been described as potential vectors for various pathogens for decades; although studies from neonatal intensive care units are scarce. This study assessed the vector potential of cockroaches (identified as Blatella germanica) in a neonatal intensive care unit setup in Tikur Anbe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Tilahun B,Worku B,Tachbele E,Terefe S,Kloos H,Legesse W

更新日期：2012-03-16 00:00:00