Cross Infection - Epidemiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the course of 10 years in a tertiary care hospital.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The molecular epidemiology of endemic and outbreak Clostridium difficile strains across time is not well known. METHODS: HindIII restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) typing was performed on available clinical C. difficile isolates ... Read more...

Change in the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Taiwan.

29 Sep 2009 A multiresistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone (sequence type 59) established itself as a significant cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections soon after emergence in the communities. Multiresistance might ... Read more...

Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection.

29 Sep 2009 Clostridium difficile is the aetiological agent for almost all cases of pseudo membranous colitis and 15-25% of antibiotic associated diarrhoea. In recent years, C. difficile associated disease (CDAD) has been increasing in frequency and severity ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cross Infection - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The A, B, BI, and Cs of Clostridium difficile. 13 Oct 2009
• Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the course of 10 years in a tertiary care hospital. 13 Oct 2009
• Acid-suppressive medication and hospital-acquired pneumonia. 5 Oct 2009
• Acid-suppressive medication and hospital-acquired pneumonia. 5 Oct 2009
• Acid-suppressive medication and hospital-acquired pneumonia. 5 Oct 2009
• [Infection control guidelines for the intensive care unit] 30 Sep 2009
• Change in the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Taiwan. 29 Sep 2009
• Importance of culture for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin from stool samples to report true incidence and mortality related to C. difficile in hospitals. 29 Sep 2009
• Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection. 29 Sep 2009
• [Repeated prevalence investigations of nursing home-associated infections as a tool to assess the hygienic quality of care] 29 Sep 2009
• Rhinovirus infections in children: a retrospective and prospective hospital-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• Administrative coding data and health care-associated infections. 13 Sep 2009
• The inverse groups? 13 Sep 2009
• [Legal basis for the hygienic processing of medicinal products] 9 Sep 2009
• Risk factors of scabies in psychiatric and long-term care hospitals: a nationwide mail-in survey in Japan. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of bacterial colonization at the time of presentation to a combat support hospital in a combat zone with subsequent 30-day colonization or infection. 30 Aug 2009
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia and oral care: a successful quality improvement project. 30 Aug 2009
• Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs: Do we disregard the doctor? 30 Aug 2009
• Pseudo-outbreak of "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" infection and/or colonization in a tertiary care medical center. 30 Aug 2009
• Rotavirus infection in neonates at a university hospital in Korea. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Cross Infection'

Definition: Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.

Descriptor UI: D003428

Alternative terms: Cross Infection; Infection, Cross; Cross Infections; Infections, Cross; Infections, Hospital; Hospital Infection; Infection, Hospital; Infections, Nosocomial; Infection, Nosocomial; Nosocomial Infection; Nosocomial Infections; Hospital Infections;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Isolation; Patient Isolators; Infection Control; Community-Acquired Infections; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Catheter-Related Infections;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.539.248;

Online Note: use CROSS INFECTION to search HOSPITAL INFECTIONS 1966-78

History Note: HOSPITAL INFECTIONS was see under CROSS INFECTION 1971-78, was see CROSS INFECTIONS 1963-70

Technical Notes: note INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL and INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT are also available