Cross Infection
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Analysis of clonality and antibiotic resistance among early clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium in the United States.

13 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: The Enterococcus faecium genogroup, referred to as clonal complex 17 (CC17), seems to possess multiple determinants that increase its ability to survive and cause disease in nosocomial environments. METHODS: Using 53 clinical and ... Read more...

[Nosocomial infections--ecological niches]

24 Oct 2009 Knowledge of ecological niches of nosocomial pathogens is used in treatment and prevention of nosocomial infections. This article offers an analysis of the ecological niches of three important nosocomial pathogens: Clostridium difficile, ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cross Infection'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Analysis of clonality and antibiotic resistance among early clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium in the United States. 13 Nov 2009
• Potential contamination of side stream capnography systems during regional anaesthesia. 30 Oct 2009
• MRSA, screening and implications for the anaesthetist. 30 Oct 2009
• [Nosocomial infections--ecological niches] 24 Oct 2009
• 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
• Clinical practice. Bacterial diarrhea. 13 Oct 2009
• Statins for the prevention and treatment of infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 10 Oct 2009
• Lactoferrin supplementation to prevent nosocomial infections in preterm infants. 5 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
• Monocytic HLA-DR expression in intensive care patients: interest for prognosis and secondary infection prediction. 29 Sep 2009
• HLA-DR monitoring in the intensive care unit--more than a tool for the scientist in the laboratory? 29 Sep 2009
• Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza among health care workers: a randomized trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Respiratory protection against influenza. 29 Sep 2009
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates. 29 Sep 2009
• Change in the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Taiwan. 29 Sep 2009
• Selection of colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in postneurosurgical meningitis in an intensive care unit with high presence of heteroresistance to colistin. 29 Sep 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