Ausgabe 1/2018
Inhalt (158 Artikel)
Economic burden of nosocomial infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Laura Puchter, Iris Freya Chaberny, Frank Schwab, Ralf-Peter Vonberg, Franz-Christoph Bange, Ella Ebadi
Healthcare associated infection and its risk factors among patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia: longitudinal study
Solomon Ali, Melkamu Birhane, Sisay Bekele, Gebre Kibru, Lule Teshager, Yonas Yilma, Yesuf Ahmed, Netsanet Fentahun, Henok Assefa, Mulatu Gashaw, Esayas Kebede Gudina
High prevalence of ESBL-Producing E. coli in private and shared latrines in an informal urban settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Stefan Erb, Lauren D’Mello-Guyett, Hamisi M. Malebo, Robert M. Njee, Fatuma Matwewe, Jeroen Ensink, Vladimira Hinic, Andreas Widmer, Reno Frei
Reducing unnecessary culturing: a systems approach to evaluating urine culture ordering and collection practices among nurses in two acute care settings
Robert Redwood, Mary Jo Knobloch, Daniela C. Pellegrini, Matthew J. Ziegler, Michael Pulia, Nasia Safdar
Endemic carbapenem-nonsusceptible Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex in intensive care units of the national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia
Yulia Rosa Saharman, Anis Karuniawati, Rudyanto Sedono, Dita Aditianingsih, Pratiwi Sudarmono, Wil H. F. Goessens, Corné H. W. Klaassen, Henri A. Verbrugh, Juliëtte A. Severin
Correction to: Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland – the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing
Walter Zingg, Isabelle Soulake, Damien Baud, Benedikt Huttner, Riccardo Pfister, Gesuele Renzi, Didier Pittet, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrice Francois
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals
Awa Aidara-Kane, Frederick J. Angulo, John M. Conly, Yuki Minato, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Scott A. McEwen, Peter J. Collignon, Hanan Balkhy, Peter Collignon, John Conly, Cindy Friedman, Aidan Hollis, Samuel Kariuki, Hyo-Sun Kwak, Scott McEwen, Gérard Moulin, Antoinette Ngandjio, Bernard Rollin, Flávia Rossi, David Wallinga
Efficacy of intravenous plus intrathecal/intracerebral ventricle injection of polymyxin B for post-neurosurgical intracranial infections due to MDR/XDR Acinectobacter baumannii: a retrospective cohort study
Sijun Pan, Xiaofang Huang, Yesong Wang, Li Li, Changyun Zhao, Zhongxiang Yao, Wei Cui, Gensheng Zhang
Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter species: a seven-year experience from a tertiary care center in Lebanon
Zeina A. Kanafani, Nada Zahreddine, Ralph Tayyar, Jad Sfeir, George F. Araj, Ghassan M. Matar, Souha S. Kanj
Antimicrobial effect of copper alloys on Acinetobacter species isolated from infections and hospital environment
Anna Różańska, Agnieszka Chmielarczyk, Dorota Romaniszyn, Grzegorz Majka, Małgorzata Bulanda
Higher third-generation cephalosporin prescription proportion is associated with lower probability of reducing carbapenem use: a nationwide retrospective study
Allison Muller, Xavier Bertrand, Anne-Marie Rogues, Muriel Péfau, Serge Alfandari, Rémy Gauzit, Catherine Dumartin, Houssein Gbaguidi-Haore, Serge Alfandari, Anne Berger-Carbonne, Xavier Bertrand, Sandrine Boussat, Anne-Claude Crémieux, Catherine Dumartin, Pascal Fascia, Rémy Gauzit, Marine Giard, Anne Ingels, François L’Hériteau, Ludivine Lacavé, Patricia Le Gonidec, Anaïs Machut, Sylvie Maugat, Lory Mouchot, Muriel Péfau, Anne-Marie Rogues, Benoît Schlemmer, Hélène Sénéchal, Sophie Touratier
Drug resistant tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia: an analysis of surveillance data 2014–2015
Maha Al Ammari, Abdulrahman Al Turaiki, Mohammed Al Essa, Abdulhameed M. Kashkary, Sara A. Eltigani, Anwar E. Ahmed
The efficacy of ampicillin compared with ceftriaxone on preventing cesarean surgical site infections: an observational prospective cohort study
Srisuda Assawapalanggool, Nongyao Kasatpibal, Supatra Sirichotiyakul, Rajin Arora, Watcharin Suntornlimsiri, Anucha Apisarnthanarak
In vitro studies of the antibacterial activity of Copaifera spp. oleoresins, sodium hypochlorite, and peracetic acid against clinical and environmental isolates recovered from a hemodialysis unit
Rosimara Gonçalves Leite Vieira, Thaís da Silva Moraes, Larissa de Oliveira Silva, Thamires Chiquini Bianchi, Rodrigo Cassio Sola Veneziani, Sérgio Ricardo Ambrósio, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Regina Helena Pires, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins
Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence survey
Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Edmund Tetteh Nartey, Stephanie Bjerrum, Nii Armah Adu-Aryee, Yaw Adjei Ofori-Adjei, Alfred E. Yawson, Mercy J. Newman
Bioaerosol concentrations generated from toilet flushing in a hospital-based patient care setting
Samantha D. Knowlton, Corey L. Boles, Eli N. Perencevich, Daniel J. Diekema, Matthew W. Nonnenmann
Synergistic effect of eugenol with Colistin against clinical isolated Colistin-resistant Escherichia coli strains
Yi-ming Wang, Ling-cong Kong, Jie Liu, Hong-xia Ma
Prevalence and molecular characterization of oqxAB in clinical Escherichia coli isolates from companion animals and humans in Henan Province, China
Baoguang Liu, Hua Wu, Yajun Zhai, Zhipei He, Huarun Sun, Tian Cai, Dandan He, Jianhua Liu, Shanmei Wang, Yushan Pan, Li Yuan, Gongzheng Hu
Leech management before application on patient: a nationwide survey of practices in French university hospitals
Delphine Grau, Raphaël Masson, Maxime Villiet, Brigitte Lamy, Nathalie Pelloquin, Christine Fagnoni, Arnaud Venet, Lucile Safrano, Claudine Hecquard, Christelle Prudent, Gaëlle Dunoyer, Marion Nouvel, Charleric Bornet, Grégory Rondelot, André Giesenfeld, Jacqueline Césari, Jean-François Huon, Ian Soulairol, Morgane Bonnet, Laetitia Grasset, Marie Desplechain, Sébastien Bauer, Voa Ratsimbazafy, Mireille Arfeuille, Aude Coquard, Dominique Paya, Valérie Sautou, Florence Lieutier, Isabelle Hermelin, Ludmilla Tatem, Vincent Gicquel, Delphine Merger
Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of a short term training program on sterile processing knowledge, practice, and attitude in three hospitals in Benin
Olive Fast, Christina Fast, Dan Fast, Suzanne Veltjens, Zouliha Salami, Michelle White
Molecular characteristics and successful management of a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak among pediatric patients with hemato-oncological disease
Claas Baier, Sibylle Haid, Andreas Beilken, Astrid Behnert, Martin Wetzke, Richard J. P. Brown, Corinna Schmitt, Ella Ebadi, Gesine Hansen, Thomas F. Schulz, Thomas Pietschmann, Franz-Christoph Bange
Successful treatment of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis with polymyxin B and tigecycline- a case report
Wei Guo, Shao-Chun Guo, Min Li, Li-Hong Li, Yan Qu
The knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors regarding antibiotic resistance at a tertiary care institution in the Caribbean
Alison Nicholson, Ingrid Tennant, Livingston White, Camille-Ann Thoms-Rodriguez, Loraine Cook, Stephen Johnson, Tamara Thompson, Jasper Barnett, Lundie Richards
Prevalence of Staphylococcus spp. nasal colonization among doctors of podiatric medicine and associated risk factors in Spain
Sheila de Benito, Luis Alou, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, María Luisa Gómez-Lus, Luis Collado, David Sevillano
APSIC guidelines for disinfection and sterilization of instruments in health care facilities
Moi Lin Ling, Patricia Ching, Ammar Widitaputra, Alison Stewart, Nanthipha Sirijindadirat, Le Thi Anh Thu
Prevalence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: first systematic meta-analysis report from Pakistan
Samyyia Abrar, Shahida Hussain, Rehan Ahmad Khan, Noor Ul Ain, Hayat Haider, Saba Riaz
In vitro activity of ivermectin against Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates
Shoaib Ashraf, Umer Chaudhry, Ali Raza, Debasri Ghosh, Xin Zhao
Comparison of governance approaches for the control of antimicrobial resistance: Analysis of three European countries
Gabriel Birgand, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Sonja Hansen, Petra Gastmeier, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Ewan Ferlie, Alison Holmes, Raheelah Ahmad
Comparing and optimizing ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems use for patient room terminal disinfection: an exploratory study using radiometry and commercial test cards
Vincent Masse, Michael J. Hartley, Michael B. Edmond, Daniel J. Diekema
Superbugs in the supermarket? Assessing the rate of contamination with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative bacteria in fresh Australian pork and chicken
Jade E. McLellan, Ashleigh J. Pitcher, Susan A. Ballard, Elizabeth A. Grabsch, Jan M. Bell, Mary Barton, M. Lindsay Grayson
Economic evaluations and their use in infection prevention and control: a narrative review
Elissa Rennert-May, John Conly, Jenine Leal, Stephanie Smith, Braden Manns
VIM-positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a large tertiary care hospital: matched case-control studies and a network analysis
Anne F. Voor in ‘t holt, Juliëtte A. Severin, Margot B. H. Hagenaars, Inge de Goeij, Diederik Gommers, Margreet C. Vos
Colonization of long-term care facility residents in three Italian Provinces by multidrug-resistant bacteria
Elisabetta Nucleo, Mariasofia Caltagirone, Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti, Roberto D’Angelo, Elena Fogato, Massimo Confalonieri, Camilla Reboli, Albert March, Ferisa Sleghel, Gertrud Soelva, Elisabetta Pagani, Richard Aschbacher, Roberta Migliavacca, Laura Pagani, Laura Pagani, Massimo Confalonieri, Richard Aschbacher, Claudio Farina, Paolo Fazii, Francesco Luzzaro, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Roberta Migliavacca
Reducing health care-associated infections by implementing separated environmental cleaning management measures by using disposable wipes of four colors
Swee Siang Wong, Cheng Hua Huang, Chiu Chu Yang, Yi Pei Hsieh, Chen Ni Kuo, Yi Ru Chen, Li Ching Chen
Antimicrobials in small-scale urban pig farming in a lower middle-income country – arbitrary use and high resistance levels
G. Ström, S. Boqvist, A. Albihn, L.-L. Fernström, A. Andersson Djurfeldt, S. Sokerya, T. Sothyra, U. Magnusson
Effectiveness of healthcare worker screening in hospital outbreaks with gram-negative pathogens: a systematic review
Nikos Ulrich, Petra Gastmeier, Ralf-Peter Vonberg
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana
Nicholas Agyepong, Usha Govinden, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Sabiha Yusuf Essack
The infection risk scan (IRIS): standardization and transparency in infection control and antimicrobial use
Ina Willemsen, Jan Kluytmans
Dual infections of two carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains isolated from the same blood culture sample of a patient in Iran
Linda Hadjadj, Saeed Shoja, Seydina M. Diene, Jean-Marc Rolain
Reducing rates of Clostridium difficile infection by switching to a stand-alone NAAT with clear sampling criteria
E. Casari, C. De Luca, M. Calabrò, C. Scuderi, C. Daleno, A. Ferrario
Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of neurosurgical patients at Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Jian-bo Chang, Hao Wu, He Wang, Bai-tao Ma, Ren-zhi Wang, Jun-ji Wei
Prevalence and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from human stool samples
A. E. Kates, D. Thapaliya, T. C. Smith, M. L. Chorazy
Development of a patient-centred intervention to improve knowledge and understanding of antibiotic therapy in secondary care
Timothy M. Rawson, Luke S. P. Moore, Enrique Castro-Sanchez, Esmita Charani, Bernard Hernandez, Vivian Alividza, Fran Husson, Christofer Toumazou, Raheelah Ahmad, Pantelis Georgiou, Alison H. Holmes
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796 - rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone
Andrew A. Mahony, Andrew H. Buultjens, Susan A. Ballard, Elizabeth A. Grabsch, Shirley Xie, Torsten Seemann, Rhonda L. Stuart, Despina Kotsanas, Allen Cheng, Helen Heffernan, Sally A. Roberts, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Narin Bak, John K. Ferguson, Glen C. Carter, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear, Paul D. R. Johnson
Healthcare-associated fungal outbreaks: New and uncommon species, New molecular tools for investigation and prevention
Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Sophie Brun, Jean-Ralph Zahar
Pet owner and vet interactions: exploring the drivers of AMR
Matt Smith, Caroline King, Mark Davis, Adele Dickson, Jeni Park, Fraser Smith, Kay Currie, Paul Flowers
Multiple drug resistance and biocide resistance in Escherichia coli environmental isolates from hospital and household settings
Bothyna Ghanem, Randa Nayef Haddadin
Prospective surveillance of healthcare-associated infections and patterns of antimicrobial resistance of pathogens in an Italian intensive care unit
Aida Bianco, Maria Simona Capano, Valentina Mascaro, Claudia Pileggi, Maria Pavia
Strain, disinfectant, concentration, and contact time quantitatively impact disinfectant efficacy
Alyssa M. West, Peter J. Teska, Caitlinn B. Lineback, Haley F. Oliver
An in vitro comparison of standard cleaning to a continuous passive disinfection cap for the decontamination of needle-free connectors
Anna L. Casey, Tarja J. Karpanen, Peter Nightingale, Tom S. J. Elliott
Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: the case for environmental hygiene
Deborah H. L. Ng, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Jia Jun Lee, Wei Xin Khong, Oon Tek Ng, Wei Zhang, Bee Fong Poh, Pooja Rao, Maya Devi Rajinder Raj, Brenda Ang, Partha Pratim De
Colonization sites in carriers of ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria
Joffrey van Prehn, Anna M. Kaiser, Suzanne D. van der Werff, Rosa van Mansfeld, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Prevalence, identification of virulence factors, O-serogroups and antibiotic resistance properties of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from raw milk and traditional dairy products
Reza Ranjbar, Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi, Mohammad Hossein Sakhaei Shahreza, Ebrahim Rahimi
Continuous increase of vancomycin resistance in enterococci causing nosocomial infections in Germany − 10 years of surveillance
Cornelius Remschmidt, Christin Schröder, Michael Behnke, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers, Tobias Siegfried Kramer
A systematic review of the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United States
Daniel J. Livorsi, Margaret L. Chorazy, Marin L. Schweizer, Erin C. Balkenende, Amy E. Blevins, Rajeshwari Nair, Matthew H. Samore, Richard E. Nelson, Karim Khader, Eli N. Perencevich
Temporal relationship between antibiotic use and respiratory virus activities in the Republic of Korea: a time-series analysis
Sukhyun Ryu, Sojung Kim, Bryan I. Kim, Eili Y. Klein, Young Kyung Yoon, Byung Chul Chun
An observational case study of hospital associated infections in a critical care unit in Astana, Kazakhstan
Dmitriy Viderman, Yekaterina Khamzina, Zhannur Kaligozhin, Makhira Khudaibergenova, Agzam Zhumadilov, Byron Crape, Azliyati Azizan
Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review
Nichola R. Naylor, Rifat Atun, Nina Zhu, Kavian Kulasabanathan, Sachin Silva, Anuja Chatterjee, Gwenan M. Knight, Julie V. Robotham
Dissemination of blaNDM-5 gene via an IncX3-type plasmid among non-clonal Escherichia coli in China
Xi Li, Ying Fu, Mengyuan Shen, Danyan Huang, Xiaoxing Du, Qingfeng Hu, Yonglie Zhou, Dairong Wang, Yunsong Yu
The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India
Abhimanyu Singh Chauhan, Mathew Sunil George, Pranab Chatterjee, Johanna Lindahl, Delia Grace, Manish Kakkar
Prevalence and patterns of drug resistance among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Hangzhou, China
Qingchun Li, Gang Zhao, Limin Wu, Min Lu, Wei Liu, Yifei Wu, Le Wang, Ke Wang, Han-Zhu Qian, Li Xie
Genome-based analysis of Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from German hospital patients, 2008-2014
Laura Becker, Martin Kaase, Yvonne Pfeifer, Stephan Fuchs, Annicka Reuss, Anja von Laer, Muna Abu Sin, Miriam Korte-Berwanger, Sören Gatermann, Guido Werner
Enhancing pharmacists’ role in developing countries to overcome the challenge of antimicrobial resistance: a narrative review
M. H. F. Sakeena, Alexandra A. Bennett, Andrew J. McLachlan
How long is enough? Identification of product dry-time as a primary driver of alcohol-based hand rub efficacy
Miranda Suchomel, Rachel A. Leslie, Albert E. Parker, David R. Macinga
Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections after renal transplantation from donation after cardiac death in a Chinese hospital: a case series analysis
Yuxi Wang, Hong Lei, Yuxiang Zhang, Qiwen Yang, Yu Wang, Jiaxing Wang, Cheng Xu, Jinggang Yu, Lili Zhou, Xiaoni Kang, Lei Cui
Dynamics of colistin and tobramycin resistance among Enterobacter cloacae during prolonged use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract
M. J. D. Dautzenberg, J. R. Bayjanov, M. A. Leverstein-van Hall, A. E. Muller, L. B. S. Gelinck, C. L. Jansen, E. M. S. Leyten, T. Ruys, J. Scharringa, R. E. van der Starre, A. C. Fluit, M. J. M. Bonten
The Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial; assessment of the activity of tigecycline and other selected antibiotics against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens from France collected between 2004 and 2016
Jean-Winoc Decousser, Paul-Louis Woerther, Claude-James Soussy, Marguerite Fines-Guyon, Michael J. Dowzicky
Social media posts and online search behaviour as early-warning system for MRSA outbreaks
Tom H. van de Belt, Pieter T. van Stockum, Lucien J. L. P. G. Engelen, Jules Lancee, Remco Schrijver, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Evelina Tacconelli, Katja Saris, Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder, Andreas Voss
Whole genome sequence revealed the fine transmission map of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia isolates within a nosocomial outbreak
Wenjun Sui, Haijian Zhou, Pengcheng Du, Lijun Wang, Tian Qin, Mei Wang, Hongyu Ren, Yanfei Huang, Jing Hou, Chen Chen, Xinxin Lu
Carbapenem non-susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in hospitals from 2011 to 2016, data from the German Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ARS)
Uwe Koppe, Anja von Laer, Lars E. Kroll, Ines Noll, Marcel Feig, Marc Schneider, Hermann Claus, Tim Eckmanns, Muna Abu Sin
Whole genome sequencing reveals high clonal diversity of Escherichia coli isolated from patients in a tertiary care hospital in Moshi, Tanzania
Tolbert Sonda, Happiness Kumburu, Marco van Zwetselaar, Michael Alifrangis, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Frank M. Aarestrup, Gibson Kibiki, Ole Lund
The prevalence, antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci recovered from non-healthcare settings in London, UK
Zhen Xu, Haroun N. Shah, Raju Misra, Jiazhen Chen, Wenhong Zhang, Yuting Liu, Ronald R. Cutler, Hermine V. Mkrtchyan
Comparing appropriateness of antibiotics for nursing home residents by setting of prescription initiation: a cross-sectional analysis
Michael Pulia, Michael Kern, Rebecca J. Schwei, Manish N. Shah, Emmanuel Sampene, Christopher J. Crnich
Risk factors for poor outcome in community-onset Clostridium difficile infection
Eunyoung Lee, Kyoung-Ho Song, Ji Yun Bae, Doran Yoon, Joo-Hee Hwang, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Ji Hwan Bang, Eu Suk Kim, Sang Won Park, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Hong Bin Kim
Characteristics of the antibiotic regimen that affect antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens
Boudewijn Catry, Katrien Latour, Robin Bruyndonckx, Camellia Diba, Candida Geerdens, Samuel Coenen
Correction to: The knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors regarding antibiotic resistance at a tertiary care institution in the Caribbean
Alison Nicholson, Ingrid Tennant, Livingston White, Camille-Ann Thoms-Rodriguez, Loraine Cook, Stephen Johnson, Tamara Thompson, Jasper Barnett, Lundie Richards
Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolates from fecal samples of food handlers in Qatar
Nahla O. Eltai, Hadi M. Yassine, Asmaa A. Al Thani, Marwan A. Abu Madi, Ahmed Ismail, Emad Ibrahim, Walid Q. Alali
Risk factors for hospitalized patients with resistant or multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Gowri Raman, Esther E. Avendano, Jeffrey Chan, Sanjay Merchant, Laura Puzniak
Alcohol-based surgical hand preparation: translating scientific evidence into clinical practice
Gilberto G. Gaspar, Mayra G. Menegueti, Ana Elisa R. Lopes, Roberto O. C. Santos, Thamiris R. de Araújo, Aline Nassiff, Lécio R. Ferreira, Maria Eulalia L. V. Dallora, Silvia R. M. S. Canini, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues
Variability in contact precautions to control the nosocomial spread of multi-drug resistant organisms in the endemic setting: a multinational cross-sectional survey
Danielle Vuichard Gysin, Barry Cookson, Henri Saenz, Markus Dettenkofer, Andreas F. Widmer
Antibiotic use on paediatric inpatients in a teaching hospital in the Gambia, a retrospective study
Pa Saidou Chaw, Kristin Maria Schlinkmann, Heike Raupach-Rosin, André Karch, Mathias W. Pletz, Johannes Huebner, Ousman Nyan, Rafael Mikolajczyk
Temporal association between antibiotic use and resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care hospital
Sukhyun Ryu, Eili Y. Klein, Byung Chul Chun
Collateral damage of using colistin in hospitalized patients on emergence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization and infection
W. Wangchinda, N. Pati, N. Maknakhon, C. Seenama, S. Tiengrim, V. Thamlikitkul
Neisseria Gonorrhoae and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among symptomatic patients from Gondar town, north West Ethiopia
Addisu Gize Yeshanew, Rozina Ambachew Geremew
Outbreak report: a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin resistant enterococci in a solid organ transplant unit
Peter Kreidl, Astrid Mayr, Guido Hinterberger, Michael Berktold, Ludwig Knabl, Stefan Fuchs, Wilfried Posch, Stephan Eschertzhuber, Alois Obwegeser, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Dorothea Orth-Höller
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase prevalence and virulence factor characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli responsible for acute diarrhea in Nepal from 2001 to 2016
Katie R. Margulieux, Apichai Srijan, Sirigade Ruekit, Panida Nobthai, Kamonporn Poramathikul, Prativa Pandey, Oralak Serichantalergs, Sanjaya K. Shrestha, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Brett E. Swierczewski
Antibiotic resistance in Swiss nursing homes: analysis of National Surveillance Data over an 11-year period between 2007 and 2017
Philipp Kohler, Rosamaria Fulchini, Werner C. Albrich, Adrian Egli, Carlo Balmelli, Stephan Harbarth, Delphine Héquet, Christian R. Kahlert, Stefan P. Kuster, Christiane Petignat, Matthias Schlegel, Andreas Kronenberg
Intra-hospital differences in antibiotic use correlate with antimicrobial resistance rate in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a retrospective observational study
Alexia Cusini, David Herren, Lukas Bütikofer, Catherine Plüss-Suard, Andreas Kronenberg, Jonas Marschall
Molecular characterization of extended spectrum β -lactamases enterobacteriaceae causing lower urinary tract infection among pediatric population
Nahla O. Eltai, Asmaa A. Al Thani, Khalid Al-Ansari, Anand S. Deshmukh, Eman Wehedy, Sara H. Al-Hadidi, Hadi M. Yassine
Letter to the editor in response to estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review
Teresa M. Wozniak
Non-prescribed sale of antibiotics for acute childhood diarrhea and upper respiratory tract infection in community pharmacies: a 2 phase mixed-methods study
Daniel Asfaw Erku, Sisay Yifru Aberra
Risk for subsequent infection and mortality after hospitalization among patients with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria colonization or infection
Wen-Pin Tseng, Yee-Chun Chen, Shang-Yu Chen, Shey-Ying Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang
Implementing an infection control and prevention program decreases the incidence of healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance in a Russian neuro-ICU
Ksenia Ershova, Ivan Savin, Nataliya Kurdyumova, Darren Wong, Gleb Danilov, Michael Shifrin, Irina Alexandrova, Ekaterina Sokolova, Nadezhda Fursova, Vladimir Zelman, Olga Ershova
Myroides odoratimimus urinary tract infection in an immunocompromised patient: an emerging multidrug-resistant micro-organism
Giovanni Lorenzin, Giorgio Piccinelli, Lucrezia Carlassara, Francesco Scolari, Francesca Caccuri, Arnaldo Caruso, Maria Antonia De Francesco
Bacterial contamination of frequently touched objects in a tertiary care hospital of Pokhara, Nepal: how safe are our hands?
Dharm Raj Bhatta, Deependra Hamal, Rajani Shrestha, Supram Hosuru Subramanya, Nisha Baral, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Niranjan Nayak, Shishir Gokhale
Enumerating the economic cost of antimicrobial resistance per antibiotic consumed to inform the evaluation of interventions affecting their use
Poojan Shrestha, Ben S. Cooper, Joanna Coast, Raymond Oppong, Nga Do Thi Thuy, Tuangrat Phodha, Olivier Celhay, Philippe J. Guerin, Heiman Wertheim, Yoel Lubell
A multi-center nested case-control study on hospitalization costs and length of stay due to healthcare-associated infection
Yu Lü, Min Hong Cai, Jian Cheng, Kun Zou, Qian Xiang, Jia Yu Wu, Dao Qiong Wei, Zhong Hua Zhou, Hui Wang, Chen Wang, Jing Chen
Germs of thrones - spontaneous decolonization of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Western Europe: is this myth or reality?
Benjamin Davido, Aurore Moussiegt, Aurélien Dinh, Frédérique Bouchand, Morgan Matt, Olivia Senard, Laurene Deconinck, Florence Espinasse, Christine Lawrence, Nicolas Fortineau, Azzam Saleh-Mghir, Silvia Caballero, Lelia Escaut, Jérome Salomon
Mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Adebayo O. Shittu, Mamadou Kaba, Shima M. Abdulgader, Yewande O. Ajao, Mujibat O. Abiola, Ayodele O. Olatimehin
A prospective surveillance study for multidrug-resistant bacteria colonization in hospitalized patients at a Thai University Hospital
Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, Chatiros Choorat, Kanchanaporn Takonkitsakul, Teerawit Tangkoskul, Chakrapong Seenama, Visanu Thamlikitkul
Hospital acquired vancomycin resistant enterococci in surgical intensive care patients – a prospective longitudinal study
Stefanie Kampmeier, Annelene Kossow, Larissa Monika Clausen, Dennis Knaack, Christian Ertmer, Antje Gottschalk, Hendrik Freise, Alexander Mellmann
Rationale and development of a business case for antimicrobial stewardship programs in acute care hospital settings
A. M. Morris, E. Rennert-May, B. Dalton, N. Daneman, L. Dresser, S. Fanella, J. Grant, Y. Keynan, N. Le Saux, J. McDonald, Y. Shevchuk, D. Thirion, J. M. Conly
Characteristics of glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from inpatients of three teaching hospitals in Warsaw, Poland
Ksenia Szymanek-Majchrzak, Andrzej Mlynarczyk, Grazyna Mlynarczyk
Sick pets as potential reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Singapore
Sri Harminda Pahm Hartantyo, Man Ling Chau, Laurent Fillon, Ahmad Zhafir Bin Mohamad Ariff, Joanne Su Lin Kang, Kyaw Thu Aung, Ramona Alikiiteaga Gutiérrez
Epidemiology and microbiology of Gram-positive bloodstream infections in a tertiary-care hospital in Beijing, China: a 6-year retrospective study
Qiang Zhu, Yan Yue, Lichen Zhu, Jiewei Cui, Minghui Zhu, Liangan Chen, Zhen Yang, Zhixin Liang
Chlorhexidine-coated surgical gloves influence the bacterial flora of hands over a period of 3 hours
Miranda Suchomel, Markus Brillmann, Ojan Assadian, Karen J. Ousey, Elisabeth Presterl
The effect of antibiotic stewardship interventions with stakeholder involvement in hospital settings: a multicentre, cluster randomized controlled intervention study
Jannicke Slettli Wathne, Lars Kåre Selland Kleppe, Stig Harthug, Hege Salvesen Blix, Roy M. Nilsen, Esmita Charani, Dagfinn Lunde Markussen, Andreas Thelle, Marion Iren Neteland, Ottar Hope, Ingrid Smith
Resistance pattern and maternal knowledge, attitude and practices of suspected Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among children under 5 years of age in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: cross sectional study
Yeshwondm Mamuye GebreSilasie, Kassu Desta Tullu, Addisu Gize Yeshanew
Predictive factors for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among hospitalised patients with complicated urinary tract infections
Aina Gomila, Evelyn Shaw, Jordi Carratalà, Leonard Leibovici, Cristian Tebé, Irith Wiegand, Laura Vallejo-Torres, Joan M. Vigo, Stephen Morris, Margaret Stoddart, Sally Grier, Christiane Vank, Nienke Cuperus, Leonard Van den Heuvel, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Cuong Vuong, Alasdair MacGowan, Ibironke Addy, Miquel Pujol
View point: gaps in the current guidelines for the prevention of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections
Kevin T. Kavanagh, Said Abusalem, Lindsay E. Calderon
Migrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis
Mohamed Abbas, Tammam Aloudat, Javier Bartolomei, Manuel Carballo, Sophie Durieux-Paillard, Laure Gabus, Alexandra Jablonka, Yves Jackson, Kanokporn Kaojaroen, Daniel Koch, Esperanza Martinez, Marc Mendelson, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Sotirios Tsiodras, Derek Christie, Mirko Saam, Sally Hargreaves, Didier Pittet
Incidence and outcomes of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria infections in intensive care unit from Nepal- a prospective cohort study
Shraddha Siwakoti, Asish Subedi, Abhilasha Sharma, Ratna Baral, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Basudha Khanal
Phenotypic analysis of antibiotic resistance and genotypic study of the vacA, cagA, iceA, oipA and babA genotypes of the Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from raw milk
Reza Ranjbar, Farid Yadollahi Farsani, Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi
Factors associated with bacteraemia due to multidrug-resistant organisms among bacteraemic patients with multidrug-resistant organism carriage: a case control study
Hélène Mascitti, Clara Duran, Elisabeth-Marie Nemo, Frédérique Bouchand, Ruxandra Câlin, Alexis Descatha, Jean-Louis Gaillard, Christine Lawrence, Benjamin Davido, François Barbier, Aurélien Dinh
Send more data: a systematic review of mathematical models of antimicrobial resistance
Anna Camilla Birkegård, Tariq Halasa, Nils Toft, Anders Folkesson, Kaare Græsbøll
Antibiotic resistance, virulence factors and genotyping of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
Maryam Raeispour, Reza Ranjbar
C-reactive protein point of care testing in the management of acute respiratory infections in the Vietnamese primary healthcare setting – a cost benefit analysis
Yoel Lubell, Nga T. T. Do, Kinh V. Nguyen, Ngan T. D. Ta, Ninh T. H. Tran, Hung M. Than, Long B. Hoang, Poojan Shrestha, Rogier H. van Doorn, Behzad Nadjm, Heiman F. L. Wertheim
Genotyping and distribution of putative virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from raw meat
Marziyeh Tavakol, Hassan Momtaz, Parviz Mohajeri, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Elahe Tajbakhsh
Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, multidrug resistant and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing gram negative bacilli causing wound infections at a tertiary care hospital of Nepal
Narbada Upreti, Binod Rayamajhee, Samendra P. Sherchan, Mahesh Kumar Choudhari, Megha Raj Banjara
Surface area wiped, product type, and target strain impact bactericidal efficacy of ready-to-use disinfectant Towelettes
Alyssa M West, Carine A Nkemngong, Maxwell G Voorn, Tongyu Wu, Xiaobao Li, Peter J Teska, Haley F Oliver
Prevalence of different carbapenemase genes among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii blood isolates in Taiwan
Teng-Ho Wang, Yi-Shing Leu, Nai-Yu Wang, Chang-Pan Liu, Tsong-Rong Yan
Beyond the hospital infection control guidelines: a qualitative study using positive deviance to characterize gray areas and to achieve efficacy and clarity in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Ricky Cohen, Adva Mir Halavi, Mina Zemach, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Sigal Sviri, Shmuel Benenson, Uriel Trahtemberg, Efrat Orenbuch-Harroch, Lior Lowenstein, Dan Shteinberg, Asher Salmon, Allon Moses
Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices: a multicenter qualitative study in South Africa
Laurel Legenza, Susanne Barnett, Warren Rose, Nasia Safdar, Theresa Emmerling, Keng Hee Peh, Renier Coetzee
Optimal timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in laparoscopic surgery: a before-after study
Akane Takamatsu, Yasuaki Tagashira, Kaori Ishii, Yasuhiro Morita, Yasuharu Tokuda, Hitoshi Honda
Spread of the florfenicol resistance floR gene among clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in China
Junwan Lu, Jinfang Zhang, Lei Xu, Yabo Liu, Pingping Li, Tingyuan Zhu, Cong Cheng, Shunfei Lu, Teng Xu, Huiguang Yi, Kewei Li, Wu Zhou, Peizhen Li, Liyan Ni, Qiyu Bao
High frequency and molecular epidemiology of metallo-β-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacilli in a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan
Noor Ul Ain, Anam Iftikhar, Syeda Sadia Bukhari, Samyyia Abrar, Shahida Hussain, Muhammad Hayat Haider, Farhan Rasheed, Saba Riaz
Healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan: recent trends based on national surveillance reports
Cho-Han Chiang, Sung-Ching Pan, Tyan-Shin Yang, Keisuke Matsuda, Hong Bin Kim, Young Hwa Choi, Satoshi Hori, Jann-Tay Wang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen, Feng-Yee Chang, Shan-Chwen Chang
Correction to: Candidemia in a major regional tertiary referral hospital – epidemiology, practice patterns and outcomes
Jocelyn Qi-Min Teo, Samuel Rocky Candra, Shannon Jing-Yi Lee, Shannon Yu-Hng Chia, Hui Leck, Ai-Ling Tan, Hui-Peng Neo, Kenneth Wei-Liang Leow, Yiying Cai, Pui Lai Rachel Ee, Tze-Peng Lim, Winnie Lee, Andrea Lay-Hoon Kwa
Should antibiotic prophylaxis before orthopedic implant surgery depend on the duration of pre-surgical hospital stay?
Marie Davat, Lydia Wuarin, Dimitrios Stafylakis, Mohamed Abbas, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Hannouche, Ilker Uçkay
Keeping hospitals clean and safe without breaking the bank; summary of the Healthcare Cleaning Forum 2018
Alexandra Peters, Jon Otter, Andreea Moldovan, Pierre Parneix, Andreas Voss, Didier Pittet
The importance of adjusting for enterococcus species when assessing the burden of vancomycin resistance: a cohort study including over 1000 cases of enterococcal bloodstream infections
Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Cornelius Remschmidt, Sven Werner, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Guido Werner, Petra Gastmeier, Rasmus Leistner
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase mediated resistance in carriage and clinical gram-negative ESKAPE bacteria: a comparative study between a district and tertiary hospital in South Africa
Raspail Carrel Founou, Luria Leslie Founou, Sabiha Yusuf Essack
Intestinal colonization due to Escherichia coli ST131: risk factors and prevalence
Isabel Morales Barroso, Lorena López-Cerero, María Dolores Navarro, Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Alvaro Pascual, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in Poland; findings and implications
Jadwiga Wojkowska-Mach, Brian Godman, Amanda Glassman, Amanj Kurdi, Andrzej Pilc, Anna Rozanska, Szymon Skoczyński, Marta Wałaszek, Tomasz Bochenek
Association between antibiotic consumption and the rate of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from China based on 153 tertiary hospitals data in 2014
Ping Yang, Yunbo Chen, Saiping Jiang, Ping Shen, Xiaoyang Lu, Yonghong Xiao
Emergence of high drug resistant bacterial isolates from patients with health care associated infections at Jimma University medical center: a cross sectional study
Mulatu Gashaw, Melkamu Berhane, Sisay Bekele, Gebre Kibru, Lule Teshager, Yonas Yilma, Yesuf Ahmed, Netsanet Fentahun, Henok Assefa, Andreas Wieser, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Solomon Ali
Urinary tract infection caused by a small colony variant form of capnophilic Escherichia coli leading to misidentification and non-reactions in antimicrobial susceptibility tests
Yu Jin Park, Nguyen Le Phuong, Naina Adren Pinto, Mi Jeong Kwon, Roshan D’Souza, Jung-Hyun Byun, Heungsup Sung, Dongeun Yong
Investigation of a Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak using whole genome sequencing versus a standard epidemiologic investigation
Chloe Bogaty, Laura Mataseje, Andrew Gray, Brigitte Lefebvre, Simon Lévesque, Michael Mulvey, Yves Longtin
Nudge to better care - blood cultures and catheter-related bloodstream infections in Germany at two points in time (2006, 2015)
Florian Salm, Frank Schwab, Michael Behnke, Frank M. Brunkhorst, André Scherag, Christine Geffers, Petra Gastmeier
In vitro and in vivo bactericidal activity of ceftazidime-avibactam against Carbapenemase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Wenxia Zhang, Yan Guo, Jiayin Li, Yiyuan Zhang, Yang Yang, Dong Dong, Demei Zhu, Ping He, Fupin Hu
Do wearable alcohol-based handrub dispensers increase hand hygiene compliance? - a mixed-methods study
Jonas Keller, Aline Wolfensberger, Lauren Clack, Stefan P. Kuster, Mesida Dunic, Doris Eis, Yvonne Flammer, Dagmar I. Keller, Hugo Sax
The acceptability of screening for Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): cross-sectional survey of nursing staff and the general publics’ perceptions
Kay Currie, Caroline King, Kareena McAloney-Kocaman, Nicola J. Roberts, Jennifer MacDonald, Adele Dickson, Shona Cairns, Nitish Khanna, Paul Flowers, Jacqui Reilly, Lesley Price
One-year molecular surveillance of carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii on a German intensive care unit: diversity or clonality
Andreas F. Wendel, Monika Malecki, Robin Otchwemah, Carlos J. Tellez-Castillo, Samir G. Sakka, Frauke Mattner
Travel to Asia is a strong predictor for carriage of cephalosporin resistant E. coli and Klebsiella spp. but does not explain everything; prevalence study at a Norwegian hospital 2014–2016
Laura Espenhain, Silje Bakken Jørgensen, Truls Michael Leegaard, Michaela Marie Lelek, Siri Haug Hänsgen, Britt Nakstad, Marianne Sunde, Martin Steinbakk
Costs of outpatient and inpatient MRSA screening and treatment strategies for patients at elective hospital admission - a decision tree analysis
Luise Hutzschenreuter, Steffen Flessa, Kathleen Dittmann, Nils-Olaf Hübner
Large variations in the practice patterns of surgical antiseptic preparation solutions in patients with open and closed extremity fractures: a cross-sectional survey
Maria Jurado-Ruiz, Gerard P. Slobogean, Sofia Bzovsky, Alisha Garibaldi, Nathan N. O’Hara, Andrea Howe, Brad Petrisor, Sheila Sprague
Attitude and perception of medical interns about antimicrobial resistance: a multi center cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
Amanual Getnet Mersha
Alarming levels of antimicrobial resistance among sepsis patients admitted to ICU in a tertiary care hospital in India - a case control retrospective study
D. Nagarjuna, Gajanand Mittal, Rakesh Singh Dhanda, Rajni Gaind, Manisha Yadav
The addition of avibactam renders piperacillin an effective treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus infection in an in vivo model
Michal Meir, Pablo Bifani, Daniel Barkan
Antimicrobial susceptibility among gram-positive and gram-negative blood-borne pathogens collected between 2012-2016 as part of the Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial
Zhijie Zhang, Meng Chen, Ying Yu, Sisi Pan, Yong Liu
Worldwide practices on flexible endoscope reprocessing
N. Kenters, E. Tartari, J. Hopman, Rehab H. El-Sokkary, M. Nagao, K. Marimuthu, M. C. Vos, E. G. W. Huijskens, Andreas Voss
Hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite disinfectants are more effective against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms than quaternary ammonium compounds
Caitlinn B. Lineback, Carine A. Nkemngong, Sophie Tongyu Wu, Xiaobao Li, Peter J. Teska, Haley F. Oliver
Wiping out MRSA: effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in a large UK teaching hospital
Mark I. Garvey, Martyn A. C. Wilkinson, Craig W. Bradley, Kerry L. Holden, Elisabeth Holden
Antimicrobial consumption in five adult intensive care units: a 33-month surveillance study
Hanan H. Balkhy, Aiman El-Saed, Ashraf El-Metwally, Yaseen M. Arabi, Sameera M. Aljohany, Muayed Al Zaibag, Salim Baharoon, Adel F. Alothman
Self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers to prevent Ebola transmission
Lorna K. P. Suen, Yue Ping Guo, Danny W. K. Tong, Polly H. M. Leung, David Lung, Mandy S. P. Ng, Timothy K. H. Lai, Kiki Y. K. Lo, Cypher H. Au-Yeung, Winnie Yu
Nosocomial outbreak of multi-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15A in a centre for chronic pulmonary diseases
Guido J. H. Bastiaens, Amelieke J. H. Cremers, Jordy P. M. Coolen, Mayke T. Nillesen, Martin J. Boeree, Joost Hopman, Heiman F. L. Wertheim
Incidence of infections due to third generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae - a prospective multicentre cohort study in six German university hospitals
Anna M. Rohde, Janine Zweigner, Miriam Wiese-Posselt, Frank Schwab, Michael Behnke, Axel Kola, Birgit Obermann, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Susanne Feihl, Christiane Querbach, Friedemann Gebhardt, Alexander Mischnik, Vera Ihle, Wiebke Schröder, Sabina Armean, Silke Peter, Evelina Tacconelli, Axel Hamprecht, Harald Seifert, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Winfried V. Kern, Petra Gastmeier, Michael Buhl, Dirk Busch, Simone Eisenbeis, Gesche Först, Federico Foschi, Meyke Gillis, Dorothea Hansen, Georg Häcker, Markus Heim, Martin Hug, Klaus Kaier, Fabian Küpper, Georg Langebartels, Andrea Liekweg, Hans-Peter Lipp, Nayana Märtin, Mathias Nordmann, Andrea Pelzer, Luis-Alberto Peña-Diaz, Jan Rupp, Christin Schröder, Katrin Spohn, Michaela Steib-Bauert, Jörg J. Vehreschild, Ulrich vor dem Esche, Solvy Wolke