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Secondary Gains of Strategies to Prevent COVID-19 Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Has the Frequency of Healthcare-Associated Infections Decreased?
ObjectiveTo compare the frequency and distribution of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during...
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Staphylococcus aureus injection drug use-associated bloodstream infections are propagated by community outbreaks of diverse lineages
BackgroundThe ongoing injection drug use (IDU) crisis in the United States has been complicated by an emerging epidemic of Staphylococcus aureus ...
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Cefiderocol Versus Colistin for the Treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective, Propensity-Score Adjusted, Monocentric Cohort Study
IntroductionBloodstream infections (BSI) caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) are associated with high mortality with...
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Bloodstream infections due to multi-drug resistant bacteria in the emergency department: prevalence, risk factors and outcomes—a retrospective observational study
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are prevalent in patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) and increase the risk of inappropriate...
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Bundle care approach to reduce device associated infections in post-living-donor-liver transplantation in a tertiary care hospital, Egypt
BackgroundDevice-associated infections (DAIs) are a significant cause of morbidity following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We aimed to...
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Epidemiology and outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients: the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study
PurposeIn the critically ill, hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSI) are associated with significant mortality. Granular data are required...
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Asymptomatic central line-associated bloodstream infections in children implanted with long term indwelling central venous catheters in a teaching hospital, Sri Lanka
BackgroundIndwelling central venous catheters (CVC) are used to provide long term hemodialysis. The commonest and the severe complication of CVC is...
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Induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: incidence and risk factors for bloodstream infections
Among the treatment-related acute toxic effects, risks for bloodstream infections (BSIs) are associated with several variables. The authors carried...
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Results of the CHlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing implementation intervention to improve evidence-based nursing practices for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections Study (CHanGing BathS): a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
BackgroundCentral line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result in approximately 28,000 deaths and approximately $2.3 billion in added...
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Impact of the insertion site of central venous catheters on central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with cancer: results from a large prospective registry
PurposeOverall, insertion of central venous catheter (CVC) into femoral veins (FV) has been shown to be associated with a higher risk of infection...
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How to minimize central line–associated bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit: a quality improvement intervention based on a retrospective analysis and the adoption of an evidence-based bundle
Central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A...
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The epidemiology of bloodstream infection contributing to mortality: the difference between community-acquired, healthcare-associated, and hospital-acquired infections
BackgroundThe epidemiology of bloodstream infection (BSI) is well-established; however, little is known about the contribution of different pathogens...
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Infections in Critically Ill Children
Health care–associated infections (HAI) directly influence the survival of children in pediatric intensive care units (PICU), the most common being...
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Investigation of colistin utilization in the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative nosocomial bloodstream ınfections in children and literature review
This retrospective study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of colistin used in combination therapy for treating nosocomial bloodstream...
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Early treatment response to piperacillin/tazobactam in patients with bloodstream infections caused by non-ESBL ampicillin/sulbactam-resistant Escherichia coli: a binational cohort study
PurposeThis study aimed to compare treatment outcomes for bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by a piperacillin/tazobactam (PIP/TAZ)-susceptible E....
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Preventing Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Barriers, Controversies, and Best Practices
Purpose of ReviewWe summarize the barriers and controversies with current best practices for HD catheter BSI reduction and propose risk mitigation...
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Clinical Characteristics Associated with Bacterial Bloodstream Coinfection in COVID-19
IntroductionInappropriate antibiotic use in COVID-19 is often due to treatment of presumed bacterial coinfection. Predictive factors to distinguish...
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Development of a knowledge-based healthcare-associated infections surveillance system in China
BackgroundIn the modern era of antibiotics, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have emerged as a prominent and concerning health threat...
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Impact of a strategy based on unique blood culture sampling on contamination rate and detection of bloodstream infections in critically ill patients
BackgroundUnique blood culture (UBC) has been proposed to limit the number of venipuncture and to decrease the risk of BC contaminations (BCC)...
