Ausgabe 1/2016
Inhalt (58 Artikel)
Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and Non-O157 recovered from domestic farm animals in rural communities in Northwestern Mexico
Bianca A. Amézquita-López, Beatriz Quiñones, Marcela Soto-Beltrán, Bertram G. Lee, Jaszemyn C. Yambao, Ofelia Y. Lugo-Melchor, Cristóbal Chaidez
Exploration of over the counter sales of antibiotics in community pharmacies of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: pharmacy professionals’ perspective
Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Mirgissa Kaba Serbessa
Disinfectant-susceptibility of multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Japan
Noriko Shinoda, Satoshi Mitarai, Eri Suzuki, Mineo Watanabe
Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from intensive care units at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Mazen A Sid Ahmed, Devendra Bansal, Anushree Acharya, Asha A. Elmi, Jemal M Hamid, Abuelhassan M Sid Ahmed, Prem Chandra, Emad Ibrahim, Ali A Sultan, Sanjay Doiphode, Naser Eldin Bilal, Anand Deshmukh
Correlation between biofilm formation and resistance toward different commonly used antibiotics along with extended spectrum beta lactamase production in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from the patients suspected of urinary tract infections visiting Shree Birendra Hospital, Chhauni, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sanjeev Neupane, Narayan Dutt Pant, Saroj Khatiwada, Raina Chaudhary, Megha Raj Banjara
New dominant spa type t2741 in livestock-associated MRSA (CC398-MRSA-V) in Finnish fattening pigs at slaughter
Annamari Heikinheimo, Sophia Johler, Laura Karvonen, Jérôme Julmi, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Roger Stephan
Antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities in Belgium: a questionnaire-based survey of nursing homes to evaluate initiatives and future developments
François Kidd, Dominique Dubourg, Francis Heller, Frédéric Frippiat
Prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology of highly resistant gram negative rods in hospitalized patients in the Dutch region Kennemerland
Dennis Souverein, Sjoerd M. Euser, Bjorn L. Herpers, Bram Diederen, Patricia Houtman, Marina van Seventer, Ingeborg van Ess, Jan Kluytmans, John W. A. Rossen, Jeroen W. Den Boer
Quantitative evaluation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains in the wastewater of a French teaching hospital and relation to patient strain
Laurence Drieux, Sophie Haenn, Laurent Moulin, Vincent Jarlier
Modern technologies for improving cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in hospitals
John M. Boyce
Biofilm formation, antimicrobial susceptibility, serogroups and virulence genes of uropathogenic E. coli isolated from clinical samples in Iran
Elahe Tajbakhsh, Parvin Ahmadi, Elham Abedpour-Dehkordi, Nazila Arbab-Soleimani, Faham Khamesipour
Ultrasound transducer disinfection in emergency medicine practice
Riley Hoyer, Srikar Adhikari, Richard Amini
Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae: clinical and economic impact in patients hospitalized in 2 teaching hospitals in Dakar, Senegal
Awa Ndir, Amadou Diop, Roughyatou Ka, Pape Makhtar Faye, Ndeye Mery Dia-Badiane, Babacar Ndoye, Pascal Astagneau
Cross-border comparison of antibiotic prescriptions among children and adolescents between the north of the Netherlands and the north-west of Germany
Jan-Willem H. Dik, Bhanu Sinha, Alex W. Friedrich, Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe, Ron Hendrix, Robin Köck, Bert Bijker, Maarten J. Postma, Michael H. Freitag, Gerd Glaeske, Falk Hoffmann
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Southeast Asia
Nuntra Suwantarat, Karen C. Carroll
APSIC guide for prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Namita Jaggi, Glenys Harrington, Keita Morikane, Le Thi Anh Thu, Patricia Ching, Victoria Villanueva, Zhiyong Zong, Jae Sim Jeong, Chun-Ming Lee
The 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: Hands On
Pauline Vetter, Julie-Anne Dayer, Manuel Schibler, Benedetta Allegranzi, Donal Brown, Alexandra Calmy, Derek Christie, Sergey Eremin, Olivier Hagon, David Henderson, Anne Iten, Edward Kelley, Frederick Marais, Babacar Ndoye, Jérôme Pugin, Hugues Robert-Nicoud, Esther Sterk, Michael Tapper, Claire-Anne Siegrist, Laurent Kaiser, Didier Pittet
Meta-analysis of proportion estimates of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in East Africa hospitals
Tolbert Sonda, Happiness Kumburu, Marco van Zwetselaar, Michael Alifrangis, Ole Lund, Gibson Kibiki, Frank M. Aarestrup
Assessing the magnitude and trends in hospital acquired infections in Canadian hospitals through sequential point prevalence surveys
Geoffrey Taylor, Denise Gravel, Anne Matlow, Joanne Embree, Nicole LeSaux, Lynn Johnston, Kathryn N. Suh, Michael John, John Embil, Elizabeth Henderson, Virginia Roth, Alice Wong
Tackling wicked problems in infection prevention and control: a guideline for co-creation with stakeholders
Anne F. G. van Woezik, Louise M. A. Braakman-Jansen, Olga Kulyk, Liseth Siemons, Julia E. W. C. van Gemert-Pijnen
Lack of transmission among healthcare workers in contact with a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in Thailand
Surasak Wiboonchutikul, Weerawat Manosuthi, Sirirat Likanonsakul, Chariya Sangsajja, Paweena Kongsanan, Ravee Nitiyanontakij, Varaporn Thientong, Hatairat Lerdsamran, Pilaipan Puthavathana
Re-emergence of the susceptibility of the Salmonella spp. isolated from blood samples to conventional first line antibiotics
Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Basudha Shrestha, Binod Lekhak
Cholera outbreak caused by drug resistant Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 biotype ElTor serotype Ogawa in Nepal; a cross-sectional study
Pappu Kumar Gupta, Narayan Dutt Pant, Ramkrishna Bhandari, Padma Shrestha
Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland
Daniela Pires, Virginie Prendki, Gesuele Renzi, Carolina Fankhauser, Valerie Sauvan, Benedikt Huttner, Jacques Schrenzel, Stephan Harbarth
Integrated MRSA-Management (IMM) with prolonged decolonization treatment after hospital discharge is effective: a single centre, non-randomised open-label trial
Bernhard Jahn, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Annemarie Stroh
Erratum to: Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers—a controlled clinical study
Pearl Shuang Ye Tong, Anita Sugam Kale, Kailyn Ng, Amelia Peiwen Loke, Mahesh Arjandas Choolani, Chin Leong Lim, Yiong Huak Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Eu-Leong Yong
Minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal
Arjun Ojha Kshetry, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Shambhu Kumar Upadhaya, Asia Poudel, Binod Lekhak, Bijendra R. Raghubanshi
Carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary university hospital in Albania—a point prevalence survey
Falzon A. Parascandalo, P. Zarb, E. Tartari, D. Lacej, S. Bitincka, O. Manastirliu, D. Nika, M. A. Borg
Drug susceptibility patterns of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from previously treated and new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis at German-Nepal tuberculosis project laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal
Gobinda Thapa, Narayan Dutt Pant, Saroj Khatiwada, Binod lekhak, Bhawana Shrestha
Emergence of linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a department for hematologic stem cell transplantation
M. Krull, I. Klare, B. Ross, R. Trenschel, D. W. Beelen, D. Todt, E. Steinmann, J. Buer, P-M. Rath, J. Steinmann
Identifying conditions for elimination and epidemic potential of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes
Nataliya G. Batina, Christopher J. Crnich, David F. Anderson, Dörte Döpfer
Review on colonization of residents and staff in Italian long-term care facilities by multidrug-resistant bacteria compared with other European countries
Richard Aschbacher, Elisabetta Pagani, Massimo Confalonieri, Claudio Farina, Paolo Fazii, Francesco Luzzaro, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Aurora Piazza, Laura Pagani
Serious electronic games as behavioural change interventions in healthcare-associated infections and infection prevention and control: a scoping review of the literature and future directions
Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Yiannis Kyratsis, Michiyo Iwami, Timothy M. Rawson, Alison H. Holmes
First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital
Silke Schelenz, Ferry Hagen, Johanna L. Rhodes, Alireza Abdolrasouli, Anuradha Chowdhary, Anne Hall, Lisa Ryan, Joanne Shackleton, Richard Trimlett, Jacques F. Meis, Darius Armstrong-James, Matthew C. Fisher
A quasi-experimental study to determine the effects of a multifaceted educational intervention on hand hygiene compliance in a radiography unit
Margaret O’Donoghue, Suk-Hing Ng, Lorna KP Suen, Maureen Boost
E. coli bacteremia in comparison to K. pneumoniae bacteremia: influence of pathogen species and ESBL production on 7-day mortality
R. Leistner, A. Bloch, P. Gastmeier, F. Schwab
Regional variations in fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility among Escherichia coli bloodstream infections within the Veterans Healthcare Administration
Daniel J. Livorsi, Michihiko Goto, Margaret Carrel, Makoto M. Jones, Jennifer McDanel, Rajeshwari Nair, Bruce Alexander, Brice Beck, Kelly K. Richardson, Eli N. Perencevich
A mixed methods study to understand patient expectations for antibiotics for an upper respiratory tract infection
Christina Gaarslev, Melissa Yee, Georgi Chan, Stephanie Fletcher-Lartey, Rabia Khan
A pilot study to assess use of fluorescent lotion in patient care simulations to illustrate pathogen dissemination and train personnel in correct use of personal protective equipment
Heba Alhmidi, Sreelatha Koganti, Myreen E. Tomas, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Annette Jencson, Curtis J. Donskey
Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
H. Isenman, J. Michaels, D. Fisher
Antibiotics: practice and opinions of Cambodian commercial farmers, animal feed retailers and veterinarians
Chhorvoin Om, Mary-Louise McLaws
Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ventilated adult patients: a narrative review
Leonor Pássaro, Stephan Harbarth, Caroline Landelle
Effect of β-Lactamase inhibitors on in vitro activity of β-Lactam antibiotics against Burkholderia cepacia complex species
Annelien Everaert, Tom Coenye
Deliberate exposure of humans to chlorine-the aftermath of Ebola in West Africa
Shaheen Mehtar, Andre N. H. Bulabula, Haurace Nyandemoh, Steve Jambawai
Comparing the disk-diffusion and agar dilution tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Hsi Liu, Thomas H. Taylor Jr, Kevin Pettus, Steve Johnson, John R. Papp, David Trees
Patterns of medication use and factors associated with antibiotic use among adult fever patients at Singapore primary care clinics
Zaw Myo Tun, Mahesh Moorthy, Martin Linster, Yvonne C. F. Su, Richard James Coker, Eng Eong Ooi, Jenny Guek-Hong Low, Gavin J. D. Smith, Clarence C. Tam
Epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in a teaching hospital: factors related to the carbapenem resistance and patient mortality
Lijun Tian, Ruoming Tan, Yang Chen, Jingyong Sun, Jialin Liu, Hongping Qu, Xiaoli Wang
Poor adherence to guidelines for preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI): results of a worldwide survey
Cristina Valencia, Naïma Hammami, Antonella Agodi, Alain Lepape, Eduardo Palencia Herrejon, Stijn Blot, Jean-Louis Vincent, Marie-Laurence Lambert
Emergence of serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 strains co-producing the plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase DHA-1 and an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Korea
Hae Suk Cheong, Doo Ryeon Chung, Chaeyoeng Lee, So Hyun Kim, Cheol-In Kang, Kyong Ran Peck, Jae-Hoon Song
Relationship between hospital ward design and healthcare-associated infection rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Andrea Stiller, Florian Salm, Peter Bischoff, Petra Gastmeier
Assessment of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and integrons among Enterobacteriaceae in device-associated infections: multicenter study in north of Iran
Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Alireza Rafiei, Gohar Eslami, Fatemeh Ahangarkani, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Attieh Nikkhah, Azin Hajalibeig
Prolonged outbreak of clonal MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa on an intensive care unit: contaminated sinks and contamination of ultra-filtrate bags as possible route of transmission?
Florian Salm, Maria Deja, Petra Gastmeier, Axel Kola, Sonja Hansen, Michael Behnke, Désirée Gruhl, Rasmus Leistner
Role of quality control circle in sustained improvement of hand hygiene compliance: an observational study in a stomatology hospital in Shandong, China
Peng Chen, Ting Yuan, Qinfeng Sun, Lili Jiang, Hongmin Jiang, Zhenkun Zhu, Zexin Tao, Haiyan Wang, Aiqiang Xu
Daptomycin-induced eosinophilic pneumonia - a systematic review
Priyasha Uppal, Kerry L. LaPlante, Melissa M. Gaitanis, Matthew D. Jankowich, Kristina E. Ward
Estimating the morbidity and mortality associated with infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB), France, 2012
M. Colomb-Cotinat, J. Lacoste, C. Brun-Buisson, V. Jarlier, B. Coignard, S. Vaux
Carriage of ESBL/AmpC-producing or ciprofloxacin non-susceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in healthy people in Norway
Charlotte R. Ulstad, Margrete Solheim, Sophie Berg, Morten Lindbæk, Ulf R. Dahle, Astrid L. Wester
“If it’s a broad spectrum, it can shoot better”: inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in Cambodia
Chhorvoin Om, Frances Daily, Erika Vlieghe, James C. McLaughlin, Mary-Louise McLaws