Issue 1/2015
Content (58 Articles)
A review of 40 years of enteric antimicrobial resistance research in Eastern Africa: what can be done better?
Sylvia Omulo, Samuel M Thumbi, M Kariuki Njenga, Douglas R Call
Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Thai hospital: a molecular epidemiologic analysis and identification of bactericidal Polymyxin B-based combinations
Jocelyn Teo, Tze-Peng Lim, Li-Yang Hsu, Thean-Yen Tan, Suranthran Sasikala, Pei-Yun Hon, Andrea L Kwa, Anucha Apisarnthanarak
The costs of nosocomial resistant gram negative intensive care unit infections among patients with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome- a propensity matched case control study
Anupama Vasudevan, Babar Irfan Memon, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Jialiang Li, Paul Ananth Tambyah
Viewpoint: a response to “Screening and isolation to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: sense, nonsense, and evidence”
Kevin T Kavanagh, Lindsay E Calderon, Daniel M Saman
Hand hygiene and aseptic techniques during routine anesthetic care - observations in the operating room
Veronika Megeus, Kerstin Nilsson, Jon Karlsson, Bengt I Eriksson, Annette Erichsen Andersson
Cross-border comparison of the Dutch and German guidelines on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms
Jan Müller, Andreas Voss, Robin Köck, Bhanu Sinha, John W Rossen, Martin Kaase, Martin Mielke, Inka Daniels-Haardt, Annette Jurke, Ron Hendrix, Jan A Kluytmans, Marjolein F Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Matthias Pulz, Jörg Herrmann, Winfried V Kern, Constanze Wendt, Alex W Friedrich
An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant OXA-48 – producing Klebsiella pneumonia associated to duodenoscopy
Axel Kola, Brar Piening, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Martin Kaase, Christine Geffers, Bertram Wiedenmann, Petra Gastmeier
Emergence of Escherichia coli producing OXA-48 β-lactamase in the community in Switzerland
Katrin Zurfluh, Magdalena T Nüesch-Inderbinen, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann, Herbert Hächler, Roger Stephan
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization and infection isolates in a Veterans Affairs hospital
Kalyani E Eko, Brett M Forshey, Margaret Carrel, Marin L Schweizer, Eli N Perencevich, Tara C Smith
Impact of livestock-associated MRSA in a hospital setting
Nienke van de Sande-Bruinsma, Maurine A Leverstein van Hall, Maria Janssen, Nynke Nagtzaam, Sander Leenders, Sabine C de Greeff, Peter M Schneeberger
Multidrug resistant and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients with urinary tract infection at referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Setegn Eshetie, Chandrashekhar Unakal, Aschalew Gelaw, Birhanu Ayelign, Mengistu Endris, Feleke Moges
Staphylococcus aureus infections following knee and hip prosthesis insertion procedures
Jean Marie Arduino, Keith S Kaye, Shelby D Reed, Senaka A Peter, Daniel J Sexton, Luke F Chen, N Chantelle Hardy, Steven YC Tong, Steven S Smugar, Vance G Fowler Jr, Deverick J Anderson
Comparable outcomes for β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations and carbapenems in definitive treatment of bloodstream infections caused by cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae
Patrick N A Harris, Mo Yin, Roland Jureen, Jonathan Chew, Jaminah Ali, Stuart Paynter, David L Paterson, Paul A Tambyah
Community acquired multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli in a tertiary care center of Nepal
Shamshul Ansari, Hari Prasad Nepal, Rajendra Gautam, Sony Shrestha, Puja Neopane, Ganga Gurung, Moti Lal Chapagain
China, what antibiotics and what volumes are used in food production animals?
Peter Collignon, Andreas Voss
Antimicrobial use in Chinese swine and broiler poultry production
Vikram Krishnasamy, Joachim Otte, Ellen Silbergeld
Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of an alcohol-based hand rub – real-life experience with the WHO protocol
Aline Wolfensberger, Nina Durisch, Juliane Mertin, Evelyne Ajdler-Schaeffler, Hugo Sax
Hip and knee arthroplasty: quo vadis?
Jeffery Ho, Jacques F Meis, Marrigje Nabuurs-Franssen, Andreas Voss
Ebola in West Africa – ICAN meeting November 2014 - ICPIC Outstanding seminar series
Didier Pittet, Andreas Voss
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella isolates in association with hygienic status from butcher shops in Gondar town, Ethiopia
Legesse Garedew, Zenabu Hagos, Zelalem Addis, Reta Tesfaye, Bidir Zegeye
Preparedness of institutions around the world for managing patients with Ebola virus disease: an infection control readiness checklist
Ermira Tartari, Benedetta Allegranzi, Brenda Ang, Neville Calleja, Peter Collignon, Joost Hopman, Lily Lang, Lai Chee Lee, Moi Lin Ling, Shaheen Mehtar, Paul A. Tambyah, Andreas Widmer, Andreas Voss
The impact of antimicrobial allergy labels on antimicrobial usage in cancer patients
Jason A. Trubiano, Vivian K. Leung, Man Y. Chu, Leon J. Worth, Monica A. Slavin, Karin A. Thursky
An antimicrobial stewardship program initiative: a qualitative study on prescribing practices among hospital doctors
Brita Skodvin, Karina Aase, Esmita Charani, Alison Holmes, Ingrid Smith
Non-linear significant relationship between use of glycopeptides and isolation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species in a university hospital setting
Christina Forstner, Magda Diab-Elschahawi, Danijel Kivaranovic, Wolfgang Graninger, Dieter Mitteregger, Maria Macher, Thomas Wrba, Elisabeth Presterl
Risk factors for acquisition of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in an acute tertiary care hospital in Singapore
Moi Lin Ling, Yong Ming Tee, Soong Geck Tan, Ismawati M. Amin, Kue Bien How, Kwee Yuen Tan, Lai Chee Lee
Epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Eastern Algeria
Samah Meradji, Abouddihaj Barguigua, Khalid Zerouali, Dekhil Mazouz, Houria Chettibi, Naima Elmdaghri, Mohammed Timinouni
Six years of a national antimicrobial stewardship programme in Scotland: where are we now?
Clare Colligan, Jacqueline Sneddon, Gwen Bayne, William Malcolm, Gill Walker, Dilip Nathwani
Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the influence of respondent characteristics: a cross-sectional survey of Australian infection prevention staff
Philip L. Russo, Adrian G. Barnett, Allen C. Cheng, Michael Richards, Nicholas Graves, Lisa Hall
What motivates antibiotic dispensing in accredited drug dispensing outlets in Tanzania? A qualitative study
Angel Dillip, Martha Embrey, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Suleiman Kimatta, Jafary Liana, Edmund Rutta, Richard Valimba, John Chalker
Colonization with resistant microorganisms in patients transferred from abroad: who needs to be screened?
T. Kaspar, A. Schweiger, S. Droz, J. Marschall
Use of hand hygiene agents as a surrogate marker of compliance in Hungarian long-term care facilities: first nationwide survey
Rita Szabó, Júlia Morvai, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Didier Pittet
What roles do accredited drug dispensing outlets in Tanzania play in facilitating access to antimicrobials? Results of a multi-method analysis
John C Chalker, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Jafary Liana, Romuald Mbwasi, Innocent A Semali, Bernard Kihiyo, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Angel Dillip, Suleiman Kimatta, Richard Valimba, Martha Embrey, Rachel Lieber, Edmund Rutta, Keith Johnson, Dennis Ross-Degnan
The first six years of surveillance in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in Turkey
Emine Alp, Tülay Orhan, Cemile Atalay Kürkcü, Safiye Ersoy, Mary-Louise McLaws
The molecular epidemiology of incident methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases among hospitalized patients in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Kathryn Bush, Jenine Leal, Sumana Fathima, Vincent Li, David Vickers, Linda Chui, Marie Louie, Geoffrey Taylor, Elizabeth Henderson
Utilization of paediatric isolation facilities in a TB-endemic setting
Angela Dramowski, Mark F. Cotton, Andrew Whitelaw
Safety and tolerability of virucidal hand rubs: a randomized, double-blind, cross-over trial with healthy volunteers
Andreas Conrad, Birgit Grotejohann, Claudia Schmoor, Drago Cosic, Markus Dettenkofer
First detection of Klebsiella variicola producing OXA-181 carbapenemase in fresh vegetable imported from Asia to Switzerland
K. Zurfluh, L. Poirel, P. Nordmann, J. Klumpp, R. Stephan
Nasal carriage of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care workers at a tertiary care hospital in Western Nepal
Rita Khanal, Prakash Sah, Pramila Lamichhane, Apsana Lamsal, Sweety Upadhaya, Vijay Kumar Pahwa
Risk factors for hospital-acquired antimicrobial-resistant infection caused by Acinetobacter baumannii
Darcy Ellis, Bevin Cohen, Jianfang Liu, Elaine Larson
Evaluating risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in adult and pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant recipients
Nicole M. Boyle, Amalia Magaret, Zach Stednick, Alex Morrison, Susan Butler-Wu, Danielle Zerr, Karin Rogers, Sara Podczervinski, Anqi Cheng, Anna Wald, Steven A. Pergam
Multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli: a cross-sectional study in National Kidney Center, Nepal
Kamlesh Kumar Yadav, Nabaraj Adhikari, Rama Khadka, Anil Dev Pant, Bibha Shah
Antibiotic trends of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii resistance indicators in an intensive care unit of Southern Italy, 2008–2013
Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Andrea Maugeri, Eugenia Aldisio, Anna Elisa Marchese, Anna Rita Mattaliano, Athanassios Tsakris
The effect of preheated versus room-temperature skin disinfection on bacterial colonization during pacemaker device implantation: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
Camilla Wistrand, Bo Söderquist, Anders Magnusson, Ulrica Nilsson
In vitro antimicrobial activity of a novel compound, Mul-1867, against clinically important bacteria
George Tetz, Victor Tetz
Risk factors for Candida colonization and Co-colonization with multi-drug resistant organisms at admission
Danielle M. Schulte, Ajay Sethi, Ronald Gangnon, Megan Duster, Dennis G. Maki, Nasia Safdar
Perspectives of clinical microbiologists on antimicrobial stewardship programmes within NHS trusts in England
Chantelle Bailey, Mary Tully, Jonathan Cooke
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
Antimicrobial resistance: one world, one fight!
Stephan Harbarth, Hanan H. Balkhy, Herman Goossens, Vincent Jarlier, Jan Kluytmans, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mirko Saam, Alex Van Belkum, Didier Pittet
Impact of different diagnostic technologies for MRSA admission screening in hospitals – a decision tree analysis
Claudia Hübner, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Christian Wegner, Steffen Flessa
Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study
Jennifer S. McDanel, Eli N. Perencevich, Daniel J. Diekema, Patricia L. Winokur, J. Kristie Johnson, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Tara C. Smith, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Marin L. Schweizer
National observational study to evaluate the “cleanyourhands” campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation
Christopher Fuller, Joanne Savage, Barry Cookson, Andrew Hayward, Ben Cooper, Georgia Duckworth, Susan Michie, Annette Jeanes, Louise Teare, Andre Charlett, Sheldon Paul Stone
A cross-sectional observational study about media and infection control practices: are photographic portrayals of healthcare workers setting a bad example?
E. J. W. Spierings, P. T. J. Spierings, M. Nabuurs-Franssen, J. Hopman, E. Perencevich, A. Voss
Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program targeting residents with urinary tract infections in three community long-term care facilities: a quasi-experimental study using time-series analysis
Sarah B. Doernberg, Victoria Dudas, Kavita K. Trivedi
Pharmacy-based dispensing of antimicrobial agents without prescription in India: appropriateness and cost burden in the private sector
Anita Shet, Suba Sundaresan, Birger C. Forsberg
Efficacy of the decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in clinical practice
N. Sai, C. Laurent, H. Strale, O. Denis, B. Byl
Mortality related to hospital-associated infections in a tertiary hospital; repeated cross-sectional studies between 2004-2011
Anne Mette Koch, Roy Miodini Nilsen, Hanne Merete Eriksen, Rebecca Jane Cox, Stig Harthug
APSIC Guidelines for environmental cleaning and decontamination
Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Le Thi Anh Thu, Victoria Villanueva, Costy Pandjaitan, Mohamad Yasim Yusof