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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Issue 1/2021

Content (169 Articles)

Investigation and control of an outbreak of urinary tract infections caused by Burkholderia cepacian-contaminated anesthetic gel

Mingmei Du, Linjian Song, Yan Wang, Jijiang Suo, Yanling Bai, Yubin Xing, Lijun Xie, Bowei Liu, Lu Li, Yanping Luo, Yunxi Liu

Caretaker knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) and carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli (ESBL-EC) in children in Quito, Ecuador

Rachel Marusinec, Kathleen M. Kurowski, Heather K. Amato, Carlos Saraiva-Garcia, Fernanda Loayza, Liseth Salinas, Gabriel Trueba, Jay P. Graham

Understanding antibiotic use for pig farming in Thailand: a qualitative study

Angkana Lekagul, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Marco Liverani, Anne Mills, Jonathan Rushton, Shunmay Yeung

Impact of environmental cleaning on the colonization and infection rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in patients within the intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Yang Li, Hai Ge, Hui Zhou, Wanqing Zhou, Jie Zheng, Wei Chen, Xiaoli Cao

Economic burden of antibiotic resistance in China: a national level estimate for inpatients

Xuemei Zhen, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Xueshan Sun, Nina Zhu, Shuyan Gu, Hengjin Dong

Impact of replacing powdered gloves with powder-free gloves on hand-hygiene compliance among healthcare workers of an intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Mayra Gonçalves Menegueti, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Marcia A. Ciol, Maria Auxiliadora-Martins, Anibal Basile-Filho, Silvia Rita Marin da Silva Canini, Elucir Gir, Ana Maria Laus

Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers

Mohamed Abbas, Tomás Robalo Nunes, Romain Martischang, Walter Zingg, Anne Iten, Didier Pittet, Stephan Harbarth

The Clean pilot study: evaluation of an environmental hygiene intervention bundle in three Tanzanian hospitals

Giorgia Gon, Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi, Petri Blinkhoff, Simon Cousens, Stephanie J. Dancer, Wendy J. Graham, Joseph Hokororo, Fatuma Manzi, Tanya Marchant, Dickson Mkoka, Emma Morrison, Sarah Mswata, Shefali Oza, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Yovitha Sedekia, Sandra Virgo, Susannah Woodd, Alexander M. Aiken

Characterization of florfenicol resistance genes in the coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) isolates and genomic features of a multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus lentus strain H29

Chongyang Wu, Xueya Zhang, Jialei Liang, Qiaoling Li, Hailong Lin, Chaoqin Lin, Hongmao Liu, Danying Zhou, Wei Lu, Zhewei Sun, Xi Lin, Hailin Zhang, Kewei Li, Teng Xu, Qiyu Bao, Junwan Lu

Contradictions in the promotion of publishing academic and scientific journal articles, and the inability to cope with the new coronavirus (COVID-19)

Rostam Jalali, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Masoud Mohammadi

Bacterial but no SARS-CoV-2 contamination after terminal disinfection of tertiary care intensive care units treating COVID-19 patients

Daniel A. Hofmaenner, Pedro David Wendel Garcia, Branko Duvnjak, Bhavya Chakrakodi, Julian D. Maier, Michael Huber, Jon Huder, Aline Wolfensberger, Peter W. Schreiber, Reto A. Schuepbach, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Philipp K. Buehler, Silvio D. Brugger, Jan Bartussek, Phillip Buehler, Dorothea Monika Heuberger, Matthias Peter Hilty, Daniel Andrea Hofmänner, Martina Maibach, Schuepbach Reto Andreas, Pedro David Wendel Garcia

Compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in caesarean delivery: a retrospective, drug utilization study (indication-prescription type) at an Ecuadorian hospital

Katherine Romero Viamonte, Adrian Salvent Tames, Rosa Sepúlveda Correa, María Victoria Rojo Manteca, Ana Martín-Suárez

Non-prescription dispensing of antibiotic agents among community drug retail outlets in Sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Lisa Hall, Linda A. Selvey

Exploring determinants of hand hygiene compliance in LTCFs: a qualitative study using Flottorps’ integrated checklist of determinants of practice

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Dominique Lescure, Anja Haenen, Sabine de Greeff, Andreas Voss, Anita Huis, Marlies Hulscher

Antibiotic prescribing in inpatient and outpatient settings in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis study

Ehsan Nabovati, Zhila TaherZadeh, Saeid Eslami, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Reza Abbasi

Bloodstream infections caused by ST2 Acinetobacter baumannii: risk factors, antibiotic regimens, and virulence over 6 years period in China

Kaihang Yu, Weiliang Zeng, Ye Xu, Wenli Liao, Wenya Xu, Tieli Zhou, Jianming Cao, Lijiang Chen

Comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of povidone-iodine-alcohol versus chlorhexidine-alcohol for surgical skin preparation on the aerobic and anaerobic skin flora of the shoulder region

  • Open Access
  • Acne
  • Research

Dorothea Dörfel, Matthias Maiwald, Georg Daeschlein, Gerald Müller, Robert Hudek, Ojan Assadian, Günter Kampf, Thomas Kohlmann, Julian Camill Harnoss, Axel Kramer

Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a high-density informal settlement in Kenya is associated with environmental risk-factors

Sylvia Omulo, Eric T. Lofgren, Svetlana Lockwood, Samuel M. Thumbi, Godfrey Bigogo, Alice Ouma, Jennifer R. Verani, Bonventure Juma, M. Kariuki Njenga, Samuel Kariuki, Terry F. McElwain, Guy H. Palmer, Douglas R. Call

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in children: risk factors and mortality rate

Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Alanoud Aljarbou, Sahar Althawadi, Abdulrahman Alsweed, Sami Al-Hajjar

Enhancing engagement beyond the conference walls: analysis of Twitter use at #ICPIC2019 infection prevention and control conference

  • Open Access
  • Research

Romain Martischang, Ermira Tartari, Claire Kilpatrick, Graham Mackenzie, Vanessa Carter, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Jonathan A. Otter, Eli Perencevich, Denise Silber, Julie Storr, Jason Tetro, Andreas Voss, Didier Pittet

Antimicrobial multidrug resistance in the era of COVID-19: a forgotten plight?

Eric Pelfrene, Radu Botgros, Marco Cavaleri

Infections and antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units in lower-middle income countries: a scoping review

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Review

Yulia Rosa Saharman, Anis Karuniawati, Juliëtte A. Severin, Henri A. Verbrugh

Simultaneous detection and ribotyping of Clostridioides difficile, and toxin gene detection directly on fecal samples

Tessel M. van Rossen, Joffrey van Prehn, Alex Koek, Marcel Jonges, Robin van Houdt, Rosa van Mansfeld, Ed J. Kuijper, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Andries E. Budding

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from cerebrospinal fluid among children with bacterial meningitis in China from 2016 to 2018: a multicenter retrospective study

Xiaoshan Peng, Qingxiong Zhu, Jing Liu, Mei Zeng, Yue Qiu, Chunhui Zhu, Yibing Cheng, Yibo Zhou, Yi Xu, Minxia Chen, Zhengwang Wen, Yiping Chen, Rui Li, Jianning Tong, Qingwen Shan, Daojiong Lin, Shouye Wu, Zhiqiang Zhuo, Caihong Wang, Shiyong Zhao, Zhenghong Qi, Xiaofeng Sun, Bieerding Maihebuba, Chunmei Jia, Huiling Gao, Shuangjie Li, Yu Zhu, Chaomin Wan

Emergency ward ultrasound: clinical audit on disinfection practices during routine and sterile examinations

A. Andolfo, R. Maatoug, N. Peiffer-Smadja, C. Fayolle, K. Blanckaert

Bacterial contamination of neonatal intensive care units: How safe are the neonates?

Dharm Raj Bhatta, Supram Hosuru Subramanya, Deependra Hamal, Rajani Shrestha, Eva Gauchan, Sahisnuta Basnet, Niranjan Nayak, Shishir Gokhale

Cutibacterium avidum resists surgical skin antisepsis in the groin—a potential risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection: a quality control study

Steven M. Maurer, Laura Kursawe, Stefan Rahm, Julia Prinz, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Annette Moter, Stefan P. Kuster, Reinhard Zbinden, Patrick O. Zingg, Yvonne Achermann

Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on antimicrobial prevalence and prescribing in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

Tat Ming Ng, Sock Hoon Tan, Shi Thong Heng, Hui Lin Tay, Min Yi Yap, Boon Hou Chua, Christine B. Teng, David C. Lye, Tau Hong Lee

Impact of targeted educational intervention towards public knowledge and perception of antibiotic use and resistance in the state of Perak, Malaysia

Kah Shuen Thong, Chee Tao Chang, Ming Lee, Jason Choong Yin Lee, Hoo Seng Tan, Asrul Akmal Shafie

Efficacy of a coordinated strategy for containment of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria carriage in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the context of an active surveillance program

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Laura Saporito, Giorgio Graziano, Federica Mescolo, Emanuele Amodio, Vincenzo Insinga, Grazia Rinaudo, Aurora Aleo, Celestino Bonura, Marcello Vitaliti, Giovanni Corsello, Francesco Vitale, Carmelo Massimo Maida, Mario Giuffrè

Sustainable neonatal CLABSI surveillance: consensus towards new criteria in the Netherlands

I. E. Heijting, T. A. J. Antonius, A. Tostmann, W. P. de Boode, M. Hogeveen, J. Hopman, R. F. Kornelisse, E. J. d’ Haens, M. A. C. Hemels, J. U. M. Termote, V. Bekker, S. J. Jansen, D. H. Visser, J. P. F. van der Sluijs-Bens, M. C. Hutten, K. A. Bergman

A road-map for addressing antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learnt from the public private participation and co-designed antimicrobial stewardship programme in the State of Kerala, India

Sanjeev Singh, Esmita Charani, Sarada Devi, Anuj Sharma, Fabia Edathadathil, Anil Kumar, Anup Warrier, P. S. Shareek, A. V. Jaykrishnan, K. Ellangovan

Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Magda Diab-El Schahawi, Walter Zingg, Margreet Vos, Hilary Humphreys, Lorena Lopez-Cerero, Astrid Fueszl, Jean Ralph Zahar, Elisabeth Presterl

Systematic review on use, cost and clinical efficacy of automated decontamination devices

Stephanie J. Dancer, Marco-Felipe King

NeoCLEAN: a multimodal strategy to enhance environmental cleaning in a resource-limited neonatal unit

  • Open Access
  • Research

A. Dramowski, M. Aucamp, A. Bekker, S. Pillay, K. Moloto, A. C. Whitelaw, M. F. Cotton, S. Coffin

Emergence of nosocomial associated opportunistic pathogens in the gut microbiome after antibiotic treatment

Isaac Raplee, Lacey Walker, Lei Xu, Anil Surathu, Ashok Chockalingam, Sharron Stewart, Xiaomei Han, Rodney Rouse, Zhihua Li

Vaginal colonization with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among women in labor in central Uganda: prevalence and associated factors

Josephine Tumuhamye, Hans Steinsland, Freddie Bwanga, James K. Tumwine, Grace Ndeezi, David Mukunya, Olive Namugga, Agnes Napyo Kasede, Halvor Sommerfelt, Victoria Nankabirwa

Management of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Dutch general hospital, 2014–2017: successful control using a restrictive screening strategy

Veronica Weterings, Anita van Oosten, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Jolande Nelson, Andreas Voss, Bas Wintermans, Joris van Lieshout, Jan Kluytmans, Jacobien Veenemans

Core components of infection prevention and control programs at the facility level in Georgia: key challenges and opportunities

  • Open Access
  • Research

Anna Deryabina, Meghan Lyman, Daiva Yee, Marika Gelieshvilli, Lia Sanodze, Lali Madzgarashvili, Jamine Weiss, Claire Kilpatrick, Miriam Rabkin, Beth Skaggs, Amy Kolwaite

Foley catheter with noble metal alloy coating for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a large, multi-center clinical trial

Ylva Kai-Larsen, Stefan Grass, Bhaumik Mody, Swati Upadhyay, Hargovind L. Trivedi, Dilip. K. Pal, Santosh Babu, Bikash Bawari, Shrawan. K. Singh

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of nosocomial, healthcare-associated, and community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Guangzhou, China

Tingting Le, Ling Wang, Chaoying Zeng, Leiwen Fu, Zhihua Liu, Jing Hu

A new model for COVID-19 control and its implementation in the city of Honghu, China: a case report

He-ran Wang, Meng-chun Gong, Jing-Yuan Sun, Jian Sun, Yi Guo, Li Liu, Hong Zhu

Taxonomy, virulence determinants and antimicrobial susceptibility of Aeromonas spp. isolated from bacteremia in southeastern China

Yao Sun, Yajie Zhao, Wenya Xu, Renchi Fang, Qing Wu, Haokuang He, Chunquan Xu, Cui Zhou, Jianming Cao, Lijiang Chen, Tieli Zhou

Systematic screening on admission for SARS-CoV-2 to detect asymptomatic infections

Rahel N. Stadler, Laura Maurer, Lisandra Aguilar-Bultet, Fabian Franzeck, Chantal Ruchti, Richard Kühl, Andreas F. Widmer, Ruth Schindler, Roland Bingisser, Katharina M. Rentsch, Hans Pargger, Raoul Sutter, Luzius Steiner, Christoph Meier, Werner Kübler, Hans H. Hirsch, Adrian Egli, Manuel Battegay, Stefano Bassetti, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter

The epidemiology of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii complex in Germany (2014–2018): an analysis of data from the national Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance system

Dunja Said, Niklas Willrich, Olaniyi Ayobami, Ines Noll, Tim Eckmanns, Robby Markwart

Correction to: Impact of environmental cleaning on the colonization and infection rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in patients within the intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Yang Li, Hai Ge, Hui Zhou, Wanqing Zhou, Jie Zheng, Wei Chen, Xiaoli Cao

A nationwide assessment of the burden of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use among surgical patients: results from Serbian point prevalence survey, 2017

Vesna Šuljagić, Milica Bajčetić, Vesna Mioljević, Gorana Dragovac, Biljana Mijović, Ivana Janićijević, Zorana Đorđević, Gordana Krtinić, Violeta Rakić, Ivana Ćirković, Vladimir Nikolić, Ljiljana Marković-Denić

Development of key quality indicators for appropriate antibiotic use in the Republic of Korea: results of a modified Delphi survey

Bongyoung Kim, Myung Jin Lee, Se Yoon Park, Song Mi Moon, Kyoung-Ho Song, Tae Hyong Kim, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim

A large-scale investigation of alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) volume: hand coverage correlations utilizing an innovative quantitative evaluation system

  • Open Access
  • Research

Constantinos Voniatis, Száva Bánsághi, Andrea Ferencz, Tamás Haidegger

Temporal trends, risk factors and outcomes of infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacterales in Swiss solid organ transplant recipients between 2012 and 2018

Philipp Kohler, Aline Wolfensberger, Susanne Stampf, Andreas Brönnimann, Katia Boggian, Christian van Delden, Melody Favre, Cédric Hirzel, Nina Khanna, Stefan P. Kuster, Oriol Manuel, Dionysios Neofytos, Silvio Ragozzino, Peter W. Schreiber, Laura Walti, Nicolas J. Mueller, Patrizia Amico, Andres Axel, John-David Aubert, Vanessa Banz, Beckmann Sonja, Guido Beldi, Christian Benden, Christoph Berger, Isabelle Binet, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Sanda Branca, Heiner Bucher, Thierry Carrel, Emmanuelle Catana, Yves Chalandon, Sabina de Geest, Olivier de Rougemont, Michael Dickenmann, Joëlle Lynn Dreifuss, Michel Duchosal, Thomas Fehr, Sylvie Ferrari-Lacraz, Christian Garzoni, Paola Gasche Soccal, Christophe Gaudet, Emiliano Giostra, Déla Golshayan, Karine Hadaya, Jörg Halter, Dimitri Hauri, Dominik Heim, Christoph Hess, Sven Hillinger, Hans Hirsch, Patricia Hirt, Günther Hofbauer, Uyen Huynh-Do, Franz Immer, Michael Koller, Bettina Laesser, Brian Lang, Roger Lehmann, Alexander Leichtle, Christian Lovis, Oriol Manuel, Hans-Peter Marti, Pierre Yves Martin, Michele Martinelli, Katell Mellac, Aurélia Merçay, Karin Mettler, Pascal Meylan, Nicolas Mueller, Antonia Müller, Thomas Müller, Ulrike Müller-Arndt, Beat Müllhaupt, Mirjam Nägeli, Manuel Pascual, Klara Posfay-Barbe, Juliane Rick, Anne Rosselet, Simona Rossi, Silvia Rothlin, Frank Ruschitzka, Urs Schanz, Stefan Schaub, Aurelia Schnyder, Macé Schuurmans, Federico Simonetta, Katharina Staufer, Susanne Stampf, Jürg Steiger, Guido Stirniman, Christian Toso, Christian Van Delden, Jean-Pierre Venetz, Jean Villard, Madeleine Wick, Markus Wilhelm, Patrick Yerly

Do we cause false positives? An experimental series on droplet or airborne SARS-CoV-2 contamination of sampling tubes during swab collection in a test center

Thomas Scheier, Cyril Shah, Michael Huber, Hugo Sax, Barbara Hasse, Huldrych F. Günthard, Alexandra Trkola, Peter W. Schreiber

Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials aimed at improving antimicrobial stewardship in care homes

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Hoa Q. Nguyen, Declan T. Bradley, Michael M. Tunney, Carmel M. Hughes

Characteristics and diversity of mutations in regulatory genes of resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux pumps in association with drug-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Bahare Salehi, Zohreh Ghalavand, Abbas Yadegar, Gita Eslami

Candida tropicalis distribution and drug resistance is correlated with ERG11 and UPC2 expression

Dan Wang, Na An, Yuwei Yang, Xianggui Yang, Yingzi Fan, Jiafu Feng

“Seconds save lives—clean your hands”: the 5 May 2021 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Letter to the Editor

Benedetta Allegranzi, Ermira Tartari, Didier Pittet

Investigating potential transmission of antimicrobial resistance in an open-plan hospital ward: a cross-sectional metagenomic study of resistome dispersion in a lower middle-income setting

Anushia Ashokan, Josh Hanson, Ne Myo Aung, Mar Mar Kyi, Steven L. Taylor, Jocelyn M. Choo, Erin Flynn, Fredrick Mobegi, Morgyn S. Warner, Steve L. Wesselingh, Mark A. Boyd, Geraint B. Rogers

Prevalence of pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae based on PCR capsular typing harbouring carbapenemases encoding genes in Uganda tertiary hospitals

Kenneth Ssekatawa, Denis K. Byarugaba, Jesca L. Nakavuma, Charles D. Kato, Francis Ejobi, Robert Tweyongyere, Wampande M. Eddie

Genetic relatedness of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from humans, chickens and poultry environments

Mabel Kamweli Aworh, Jacob K. P. Kwaga, Rene S. Hendriksen, Emmanuel C. Okolocha, Siddhartha Thakur

Time for a renewed focus on the role of cleaners in achieving safe health care in low- and middle-income countries

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Commentary

Julie Storr, Claire Kilpatrick, Karen Lee

Barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in three low- and middle-income country tertiary care settings: findings from a multi-site qualitative study

Robert Rolfe Jr, Charles Kwobah, Florida Muro, Anushka Ruwanpathirana, Furaha Lyamuya, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Bhagya Piyasiri, Tianchen Sheng, John Bollinger, Chi Zhang, Truls Ostbye, Shamim Ali, Richard Drew, Peter Kussin, Deverick J. Anderson, Christopher W. Woods, Melissa H. Watt, Blandina T. Mmbaga, L. Gayani Tillekeratne

How do the general population behave with facemasks to prevent COVID-19 in the community? A multi-site observational study

Colin Deschanvres, Thomas Haudebourg, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Karine Blanckaert, David Boutoille, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Gabriel Birgand

There is no dose–response relationship between allogeneic blood transfusion and healthcare-associated infection: a retrospective cohort study

Yu Lv, Qian Xiang, Jia Lin, Ying Z. Jin, Ying Fang, Hong M. Cai, Qiong D. Wei, Hui Wang, Chen Wang, Jing Chen, Jian Ye, Caixia Xie, Ting L. Li, Yu J. Wu

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: a scattered picture

  • Open Access
  • Review

Katia Iskandar, Laurent Molinier, Souheil Hallit, Massimo Sartelli, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Mainul Haque, Halyna Lugova, Sameer Dhingra, Paras Sharma, Salequl Islam, Irfan Mohammed, Isa Naina Mohamed, Pierre Abi Hanna, Said El Hajj, Nurul Adilla Hayat Jamaluddin, Pascale Salameh, Christine Roques

Correction to: Economic burden of antibiotic resistance in China: a national level estimate for inpatients

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Xuemei Zhen, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Xueshan Sun, Nina Zhu, Shuyan Gu, Hengjin Dong

Expert commentary on the challenges and opportunities for surgical site infection prevention through implementation of evidence-based guidelines in the Asia–Pacific Region

K. Morikane, P. L. Russo, K. Y. Lee, M. Chakravarthy, M. L. Ling, E. Saguil, M. Spencer, W. Danker, A. Seno, E. Edmiston Charles Jr

Evaluation of a multimodal intervention to promote rational antibiotic use in primary care

Inga Petruschke, Florian Salm, Michelle Kaufmann, Antje Freytag, Jochen Gensichen, Michael Behnke, Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Regina Hanke, Petra Gastmeier, Sandra Schneider

Determinants of orthopedic physicians’ self-reported compliance with surgical site infection prevention: results of the WACH-trial’s pilot survey on COM-B factors in a German university hospital

Ivonne Tomsic, Ella Ebadi, Frank Gossé, Ina Hartlep, Pamela Schipper, Christian Krauth, Bettina Schock, Iris F. Chaberny, Thomas von Lengerke

Real-world use of ceftolozane/tazobactam: a systematic literature review

Laura Puzniak, Ryan Dillon, Thomas Palmer, Hannah Collings, Ashley Enstone

Risk factors for nosocomial rectal colonization with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in hospital: a matched case–control study

Marianna Meschiari, Shaniko Kaleci, Gabriella Orlando, Silvia Selmi, Antonella Santoro, Erica Bacca, Marianna Menozzi, Erica Franceschini, Cinzia Puzzolante, Andrea Bedini, Mario Sarti, Claudia Venturelli, Elena Vecchi, Cristina Mussini

Genetic mechanisms and correlated risk factors of antimicrobial-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens isolated in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

Soo Tein Ngoi, Chun Wie Chong, Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Soo Nee Tang, Nuryana Idris, Kartini Abdul Jabar, Michael J. Gregory, Tupur Husain, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh

Carriage of two carbapenem-resistance genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital-acquired infections in children from Costa Rica: the importance of local epidemiology

Cristian Pérez-Corrales, Valeria Peralta-Barquero, Christopher Mairena-Acuña

Colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among infants: an observational study in southern Sri Lanka

Hannah R. Meredith, Sarath Kularatna, Kristin Nagaro, Ajith Nagahawatte, Champica Bodinayake, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Nishadhi Wijesingha, Lyndy B. Harden, Bhagya Piyasiri, Amr Hammouda, Brian M. Wiegmann, Bradly P. Nicholson, Maria Joyce, Christopher W. Woods, Arnoud H. M. Van Vliet, Siddhartha Thakur, L. Gayani Tillekeratne

Predictors of antibiotic prescriptions: a knowledge, attitude and practice survey among physicians in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Dimie Ogoina, Garba Iliyasu, Vivian Kwaghe, Akan Otu, Iorhen Ephram Akase, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Dalhat Mahmood, Micheal Iroezindu, Shamsudin Aliyu, Abisoye Sunday Oyeyemi, Stella Rotifa, Mukhtar Abdulmajid Adeiza, Uche Sonny Unigwe, Juliet Ijeoma Mmerem, Farouq Muhammad Dayyab, Zaiyad Garba Habib, Daniel Otokpa, Emmanuel Effa, Abdulrazaq Garba Habib

Development of a Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram (WISCA) to guide the choice of the empiric antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection in paediatric patients: a Bayesian approach

Elisa Barbieri, Daniele Bottigliengo, Matteo Tellini, Chiara Minotti, Mara Marchiori, Paola Cavicchioli, Dario Gregori, Carlo Giaquinto, Liviana Da Dalt, Daniele Donà

The global prevalence of fusidic acid resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bahareh Hajikhani, Mehdi Goudarzi, Sareh Kakavandi, Sana Amini, Samira Zamani, Alex van Belkum, Hossein Goudarzi, Masoud Dadashi

Epidemiological profile of patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: an analysis of the Uganda National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Surveillance Data, 2014–2018

Gloria Bahizi, Robert Kaos Majwala, Stevens Kisaka, Abdunoor Nyombi, Kenneth Musisi, Benon Kwesiga, Lilian Bulage, Alex Riolexus Ario, Stavia Turyahabwe

Outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections linked to water-containing hospital equipment: a literature review

Wing-Kee Yiek, Olga Coenen, Mayke Nillesen, Jakko van Ingen, Edmée Bowles, Alma Tostmann

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing results from 13 hospitals in Viet Nam: VINARES 2016–2017

Tien Viet Dung Vu, Marc Choisy, Thi Thuy Nga Do, Van Minh Hoang Nguyen, James I. Campbell, Thi Hoi Le, Vu Trung Nguyen, Heiman F. L. Wertheim, Ngoc Thach Pham, Van Kinh Nguyen, H. Rogier van Doorn

Novel chromosomal insertions of ISEcp1-blaCTX-M-15 and diverse antimicrobial resistance genes in Zambian clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae and Escherichia coli

Misheck Shawa, Yoshikazu Furuta, Gillan Mulenga, Maron Mubanga, Evans Mulenga, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Christone Kaile, Manyando Simbotwe, Atmika Paudel, Bernard Hang’ombe, Hideaki Higashi

The effect of a hand hygiene intervention on infections in residents of nursing homes: a cluster randomized controlled trial

G. R. Teesing, J. H. Richardus, D. Nieboer, M. Petrignani, V. Erasmus, A. Verduijn-Leenman, J. M. G. A. Schols, M. P. G. Koopmans, M. C. Vos, H. A. C. M. Voeten

The impact of a ‘milking the COW’ campaign in a regional hospital in Singapore

  • Open Access
  • Research

Surinder Kaur M. S. Pada, Poh Lishi, Kim Sim Ng, Sarathamani Rethenam, Lilibeth Silagan Alenton, Poh Ling Chee, Wilma Guo, Yin Maw Hsann, Carmen Wan Rong Cheng, Chiou Horng Ong, Ratnayake Lasantha, Douglas Chan, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol generation during respiratory equipment reprocessing

Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna, Caroline Lopes Ciofi-Silva, Anderson Vicente de Paula, Lucy Santos Villas Boas, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Tania R. Tozetto-Mendoza, Maria Cássia Mendes Correa, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano

The COVID-19 pandemic and N95 masks: reusability and decontamination methods

Alexandra Peters, Rafael Palomo, Hervé Ney, Nasim Lotfinejad, Walter Zingg, Pierre Parneix, Didier Pittet

The use of a UV-C disinfection robot in the routine cleaning process: a field study in an Academic hospital

  • Open Access
  • Research

Füszl Astrid, Zatorska Beata, Van den Nest Miriam, Ebner Julia, Presterl Elisabeth, Diab-Elschahawi Magda

Where to from here? Identifying and prioritising future directions for addressing drug-resistant infection in Australia

Gregory Merlo, Minyon Avent, Trent Yarwood, Bonnie Smith, Mieke van Driel, Lisa Hall

Knowledge of infection prevention and control among healthcare workers and factors influencing compliance: a systematic review

Saad Alhumaid, Abbas Al Mutair, Zainab Al Alawi, Murtadha Alsuliman, Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed, Ali A. Rabaan, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Awad Al-Omari

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections in intensive care unit patients: a retrospective cohort study

V. Baccolini, G. Migliara, C. Isonne, B. Dorelli, L. C. Barone, D. Giannini, D. Marotta, M. Marte, E. Mazzalai, F. Alessandri, F. Pugliese, G. Ceccarelli, C. De Vito, C. Marzuillo, M. De Giusti, P. Villari

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in Thailand, 2016–2018

Wantana Paveenkittiporn, Meghan Lyman, Caitlin Biedron, Nora Chea, Charatdao Bunthi, Amy Kolwaite, Noppavan Janejai

Prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics and its related factors among Chinese residents: a cross-sectional study

Xiaoxv Yin, Ketao Mu, Heping Yang, Jing Wang, Zhenyuan Chen, Nan Jiang, Fengjie Yang, Guopeng Zhang, Jianxiong Wu

Does continuity in nursing staff matter? A pilot study on correlation of central line-associated bloodstream infections and employee turnover

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Thomas Scheier, Stefan P. Kuster, Mesida Dunic, Christian Falk, Hugo Sax, Peter W. Schreiber

Confidence interval methods for antimicrobial resistance surveillance data

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Erta Kalanxhi, Gilbert Osena, Geetanjali Kapoor, Eili Klein

Geographical information system and spatial–temporal statistics for monitoring infectious agents in hospital: a model using Klebsiella pneumoniae complex

Priscila Pinho da Silva, Fabiola A. da Silva, Caio Augusto Santos Rodrigues, Leonardo Passos Souza, Elisangela Martins de Lima, Maria Helena B. Pereira, Claudio Neder Candella, Marcio Zenaide de Oliveira Alves, Newton D. Lourenço, Wagner S. Tassinari, Christovam Barcellos, Marisa Zenaide Ribeiro Gomes, Vitoria Pinson Ruggi Dutra, Maxuel Cassiano da Silva, João Pedro Silva Tonhá, Luciana Sênos de Mello, Murillo Marçal Castro, Yann Rodrigues Mathuiy, Amanda Aparecida da Silva Machado

Handrub dispensers per acute care hospital bed: a study to develop a new minimum standard

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Sabine Kuster, Jan A. Roth, Reno Frei, Christoph A. Meier, Marc Dangel, Andreas F. Widmer

Tanzanian primary healthcare workers’ experiences of antibiotic prescription and understanding of antibiotic resistance in common childhood infections: a qualitative phenomenographic study

Matilda Emgård, Rose Mwangi, Celina Mayo, Ester Mshana, Gertrud Nkini, Rune Andersson, Sia E. Msuya, Margret Lepp, Florida Muro, Susann Skovbjerg

Intensivists’ beliefs about rapid multiplex molecular diagnostic testing and its potential role in improving prescribing decisions and antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study

Alyssa M. Pandolfo, Robert Horne, Yogini Jani, Tom W. Reader, Natalie Bidad, David Brealey, Virve I. Enne, David M. Livermore, Vanya Gant, Stephen J. Brett, Julie Barber, Laura Shallcross, Jeronimo Cuesta, Mark Peters, Nigel Klein, Parvez Moondi, Justin O’Grady, Juliet High, Charlotte Russell, Ann Marie Swart, David Turner, Suveer Singh

Characterisation of mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr-3 and mcr-5) in river and storm water in regions of the Western Cape of South Africa

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Yolandi Snyman, Andrew C. Whitelaw, Jo M. Barnes, Motlatji R. B. Maloba, Mae Newton-Foot

Predictors of physicians’ intentions to use clinical practice guidelines on antimicrobial in tertiary general hospitals of China: a structural equation modeling approach

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Qingwen Deng, Zhichao Zeng, Yuhang Zheng, Junhong Lu, Wenbin Liu

Epidemiology and outcomes of bloodstream infections in severe burn patients: a six-year retrospective study

Yangmin Hu, Danyang Li, Lingcheng Xu, Yuping Hu, Yiwen Sang, Gensheng Zhang, Haibin Dai

Combined antibiotic stewardship and infection control measures to contain the spread of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in an intensive care unit

Cihan Papan, Matthias Schröder, Mathias Hoffmann, Heike Knoll, Katharina Last, Frederic Albrecht, Jürgen Geisel, Tobias Fink, Barbara C. Gärtner, Alexander Mellmann, Thomas Volk, Fabian K. Berger, Sören L. Becker

Small quantities of respiratory syncytial virus RNA only in large droplets around infants hospitalized with acute respiratory infections

Jasmin S. Kutter, Dennis de Meulder, Theo M. Bestebroer, Jeroen J. A. van Kampen, Richard Molenkamp, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Jérôme O. Wishaupt, Pieter L. A. Fraaij, Sander Herfst

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Qianxing Wu, Niloofar Sabokroo, Yujie Wang, Marzieh Hashemian, Somayeh Karamollahi, Ebrahim Kouhsari

Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital

Julian Zirbes, Christian M. Sterr, Marcus Steller, Laura Dapper, Claudia Nonnenmacher-Winter, Frank Günther

A mandatory indication-registration tool in hospital electronic medical records enabling systematic evaluation and benchmarking of the quality of antimicrobial use: a feasibility study

Annemieke K. van den Broek, Berend H. H. Beishuizen, Eric A. F. Haak, Michiel Duyvendak, Jaap ten Oever, Chris Sytsma, Mieke van Triest, Cornelia C. H. Wielders, Jan M. Prins

Not too close! impact of roommate status on MRSA and VRE colonization and contamination in Nursing Homes

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Marco Cassone, Meghan Linder, Cheon Jee Shin, Julia Mantey, Kristen Gibson, Bonnie Lansing, Lona Mody

Antimicrobial stewardship in rural and remote primary health care: a narrative review

Jun Wern Yau, Sze Mun Thor, Danny Tsai, Tobias Speare, Chris Rissel

Reducing the risk of tuberculosis transmission for HCWs in high incidence settings

Ana Paleckyte, Oshani Dissanayake, Stella Mpagama, Marc C. Lipman, Timothy D. McHugh

Risk factors for norovirus infection in healthcare workers during nosocomial outbreaks: a cross-sectional study

Kjell Torén, Linus Schiöler, Nancy P. Nenonen, Charles Hannoun, Anette Roth, Lars-Magnus Andersson, Johan Westin, Tomas Bergström

Sequence type 17 is a predictor of subsequent bacteremia in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium-colonized patients: a retrospective cohort study

Si-Ho Kim, Sun Young Cho, Hye Mee Kim, Kyungmin Huh, Cheol-In Kang, Kyong Ran Peck, Doo Ryeon Chung

Assessment of laparoscopic instrument reprocessing in rural India: a mixed methods study

Daniel Robertson, Jesudian Gnanaraj, Linda Wauben, Jan Huijs, Vasanth Mark Samuel, Jenny Dankelman, Tim Horeman-Franse

Evaluation of GeneXpert PA assay compared to genomic and (semi-)quantitative culture methods for direct detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in endotracheal aspirates

Thomas Ewout van der Schalk, Jasmine Coppens, Leen Timbermont, Agata Turlej-Rogacka, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten , Matilda Berkell, Li Yu, Christine Lammens, Basil Britto Xavier, Veerle Matheeussen, Margareta Ieven, Michael McCarthy, Philippe G. Jorens, Alexey Ruzin, Mark T. Esser, Samir Kumar-Singh, Herman Goossens, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar

Comparison of colistin-induced nephrotoxicity between two different formulations of colistin in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study

Jia-Yih Feng, Yi-Tzu Lee, Sheng-Wei Pan, Kuang-Yao Yang, Yuh-Min Chen, David Hung-Tsang Yen, Szu-Yuan Li, Fu-Der Wang

Impact of a total lockdown for pandemic SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) on deep surgical site infections and other complications after orthopedic surgery: a retrospective analysis

Ines Unterfrauner, Laura A. Hruby, Peter Jans, Ludwig Steinwender, Mazda Farshad, Ilker Uçkay

Infection prevention and control (IPC) implementation in low-resource settings: a qualitative analysis

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Sara Tomczyk, Julie Storr, Claire Kilpatrick, Benedetta Allegranzi

SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial infection acquired in a French university hospital during the 1st wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, a prospective study

A. Landoas, F. Cazzorla, M. Gallouche, S. Larrat, B. Nemoz, C. Giner, M. Le Maréchal, P. Pavese, O. Epaulard, P. Morand, M.-R. Mallaret, C. Landelle

Global status of tetracycline resistance among clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces

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Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Jan Kluytmans

Correlation between antibiotic consumption and the incidence of healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection: a retrospective chart review and analysis

Ji Hyun Yun, Ga Eun Park, Hyun Kyun Ki

Trends in prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with community- and healthcare-associated bacteriuria: results from 2014 to 2020 in an urban safety-net healthcare system

Eva Raphael, M. Maria Glymour, Henry F. Chambers

Nosocomial infections among COVID-19 patients: an analysis of intensive care unit surveillance data

Clara Chong Hui Ong, Sharifah Farhanah, Kyaw Zaw Linn, Ying Wei Tang, Chu Ying Poon, Allie Yin Lim, Hui Ru Tan, Nur Hafizah Binte Hamed, Xiaowei Huan, Ser Hon Puah, Benjamin C. H. Ho, Margaret M. L. Soon, Brenda S. P. Ang, Shawn Vasoo, Monica Chan, Yee Sin Leo, Oon Tek Ng, Kalisvar Marimuthu

Long-term antimicrobial effectiveness of a silver-impregnated foil on high-touch hospital surfaces in patient rooms

Andreas F. Widmer, Sonja Kuster, Marc Dangel, Sammy Jäger, Reno Frei

Pathogens distribution and antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections in twenty-five neonatal intensive care units in China, 2017–2019

Jing Liu, Zengyu Fang, Yonghui Yu, Yanjie Ding, Zhijie Liu, Chengyuan Zhang, Haiying He, Hongli Geng, Weibing Chen, Guoying Zhao, Qiang Liu, Baoying Wang, Xueming Sun, Shaofeng Wang, Rongrong Sun, Delong Fu, Xinjian Liu, Lei Huang, Jing Li, Xuexue Xing, Xiaokang Wang, Yanling Gao, Renxia Zhu, Meiying Han, Fudong Peng, Min Geng, Liping Deng

Genomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from the West African Dwarf (WAD) goat in Nigeria

Adebayo Osagie Shittu, Fadekemi Funmilayo Taiwo, Neele Judith Froböse, Bianca Schwartbeck, Silke Niemann, Alexander Mellmann, Frieder Schaumburg

A five-component infection control bundle to permanently eliminate a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii spreading in an intensive care unit

Marianna Meschiari, José-María Lòpez-Lozano, Vincenzo Di Pilato, Carola Gimenez-Esparza, Elena Vecchi, Erica Bacca, Gabriella Orlando, Erica Franceschini, Mario Sarti, Monica Pecorari, Antonella Grottola, Claudia Venturelli, Stefano Busani, Lucia Serio, Massimo Girardis, Gian Maria Rossolini, Inge C. Gyssens, Dominique L. Monnet, Cristina Mussini

Animal source food eating habits of outpatients with antimicrobial resistance in Bukavu, D.R. Congo

Ghislain Bilamirwa Ngaruka, Brigitte Bora Neema, Theophile Kashosi Mitima, Antoine Sadiki Kishabongo, Olivier Basole Kashongwe

COVID-19 lessons learned: a global perspective

Kevin T. Kavanagh, Christine Pontus, Judith Pare, Lindsay E. Cormier

Prevalence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a Chinese multidrug-resistant TB cohort after redefinition

Cong Yao, Haiping Guo, Qiang Li, Xuxia Zhang, Yuanyuan Shang, Tongxin Li, Yufeng Wang, Zhongtan Xue, Lu Wang, Liang Li, Yu Pang

Investigation of possible transmission of a susceptible microorganism through a contaminated duodenoscope; a case report

Judith A. Kwakman, Arjan W. Rauwers, Corné H. W. Klaassen, Marco J. Bruno, Margreet C. Vos

Admission screening and cohort care decrease carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae in Vietnamese pediatric ICU’s

K. Garpvall, V. Duong, S. Linnros, T. N. Quốc, D. Mucchiano, S. Modeen, L. Lagercrantz, A. Edman, N. K. Le, T. Huong, N. T. B. Hoang, H. T. Le, D. TK. Khu, D. M. Tran, P. H. Phuc, H. Hanberger, L. Olson, M. Larsson

Non-prescriptionxx antibiotic use for people aged 15 years or older for cough in China: a community-based survey

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Yan Luo, Xuewen Tang, Linling Ding, Zhujun Shao, Jianxing Yu, Yangqing Chen, Yang Zhou, Hanqing He, Zhiping Chen

Increasing incidence and antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections: a multinational population-based cohort study

Melissa C. MacKinnon, Scott A. McEwen, David L. Pearl, Outi Lyytikäinen, Gunnar Jacobsson, Peter Collignon, Daniel B. Gregson, Louis Valiquette, Kevin B. Laupland

The epidemiology of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in Thuringia, Germany: a five-year prospective, state-wide surveillance study (AlertsNet)

Franziska Schöneweck, Roland P. H. Schmitz, Florian Rißner, André Scherag, Bettina Löffler, Mathias W. Pletz, Sebastian Weis, Frank M. Brunkhorst, Stefan Hagel

Virus matrix interference on assessment of virucidal activity of high-touch surfaces designed to prevent hospital-acquired infections

Sadru-Dean Walji, Mark R. Bruder, Marc G. Aucoin

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors on antibiotic use and resistance among healthcare workers in Italy, 2019: investigation by a clustering method

Martina Barchitta, Michela Sabbatucci, Francesca Furiozzi, Stefania Iannazzo, Andrea Maugeri, Francesco Maraglino, Rosa Prato, Antonella Agodi, Annalisa Pantosti

Mechanical ventilation-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii in Northeast China region: analysis of genotype and drug resistance of bacteria and patients’ clinical features over 7 years

Tao Zhang, Xiao Xu, Cai-Fang Xu, Salisu Rabiu Bilya, Wei Xu

Effectiveness of topical vancomycin in the prevention of spinal surgical site infections: a retrospective cohort study

Rawan T. Tafish, Ahmed F. Alkhaldi, Anouar Bourghli, Turki A. Althunian

Rapid reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 variant-of-concern Alpha detected in a nurse during an outbreak at a non-covid inpatient ward: lessons learned

Jelle Koopsen, Mireille Dekker, Philip Thung, Marcel Jonges, Harry Vennema, Tjalling Leenstra, Dirk Eggink, Matthijs R. A. Welkers, Peter A. A. Struijs, Chantal Reusken, Rosa van Mansfeld, Menno D. de Jong, Janke Schinkel, Ingrid J. B. Spijkerman

Assessing the impact of the Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (Global-PPS) on hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: results of a worldwide survey

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Ines Pauwels, Ann Versporten, Helene Vermeulen, Erika Vlieghe, Herman Goossens

Beyond the operating room: do hospital characteristics have an impact on surgical site infections after colorectal surgery? A systematic review

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Rui Malheiro, Bárbara Peleteiro, Sofia Correia

Effectiveness of chlorhexidine in preventing infections among patients undergoing cardiac surgeries: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Jianhua Wei, Lingying He, Fengxia Weng, Fangfang Huang, Peng Teng

Case report of the first cured patient with Mycobacterium Chimaera infection following cardiac valve replacement in the mainland of China

Di Lu, Chun-Hong Zhang, Li-Jiang Chen, Pei-Feng Jin, Xia-Fei Feng, Xi Zhou, Wei-Cong Huang, Jue Wang, Ying Dai, Yun Fu

Overuse of antibiotics in maternity and neonatal wards, a descriptive report from public hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mwaka A. Kakolwa, Susannah L. Woodd, Alexander M. Aiken, Fatuma Manzi, Giorgia Gon, Wendy J. Graham, Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi

An outbreak investigation of Burkholderia cepacia infections related with contaminated chlorhexidine mouthwash solution in a tertiary care center in Turkey

Hüseyin Bilgin, Gülşen Altınkanat Gelmez, Fatma Bayrakdar, Elvan Sayın, Fethi Gül, Nazlı Pazar, Gülcan Çulha, Serap Süzük Yıldız, Ismail Cinel, Volkan Korten

Decontaminating N95/FFP2 masks for reuse during the COVID-19 epidemic: a systematic review

Alexandra Peters, Nasim Lotfinejad, Rafael Palomo, Walter Zingg, Pierre Parneix, Hervé Ney, Didier Pittet

Impact of interprofessional service-learning on the effectiveness of knowledge transfer of antimicrobial resistance to Hong Kong elders: a quasi-experiment

Anna C. Y. Lo, Joyce T. S. Li, Janita P. C. Chau, Samuel Y. S. Wong, David S. C. Hui, Vivian W. Y. Lee

Economic impact of a care bundle to prevent surgical site infection after craniotomy: a cost-analysis study

Emilio Jiménez-Martínez, Guillermo Cuervo, Jordi Carratalà, Ana Hornero, Pilar Ciercoles, Andreu Gabarrós, Carmen Cabellos, Ivan Pelegrin, Maria Angeles Domínguez-Luzón, Jordi Càmara, Ramon Moreno-Fuentes, Jordi Adamuz, Miquel Pujol

ESBL/pAmpC-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae carriage among veterinary healthcare workers in the Netherlands

Anouk P. Meijs, Esther F. Gijsbers, Paul D. Hengeveld, Cindy M. Dierikx, Sabine C. de Greeff, Engeline van Duijkeren

Epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli from repeated prevalence studies over 11 years in a long-term-care facility

Romain Martischang, Patrice François, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Nadia Gaïa, Gesuele Renzi, Americo Agostinho, Monica Perez, Christophe E. Graf, Stephan Harbarth

Droplets generated from toilets during urination as a possible vehicle of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Fabio Arena, Anna Rita Daniela Coda, Valentina Meschini, Roberto Verzicco, Arcangelo Liso

A pre-pandemic COVID-19 assessment of the costs of prevention and control interventions for healthcare associated infections in medical and surgical wards in Québec

Eric Tchouaket Nguemeleu, Stephanie Robins, Sandra Boivin, Drissa Sia, Kelley Kilpatrick, Bruno Dubreuil, Catherine Larouche, Natasha Parisien, Josiane Letourneau

Nosocomial cluster of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter cloacae in an intensive care unit dedicated COVID-19

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Guillaume Miltgen, Thomas Garrigos, Pascal Cholley, Marine Deleume, Nicolas Allou, Jérôme Allyn, David A. Wilkinson, Nathalie Lugagne, Olivier Belmonte, Xavier Bertrand, Didier Hocquet, Patrick Mavingui

Drivers of global media attention and representations for antimicrobial resistance risk: an analysis of online English and Chinese news media data, 2015–2018

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Qiuyan Liao, Jiehu Yuan, Meihong Dong, Pauline Paterson, Wendy Wing Tak Lam

Risk factors for colonization with multiple species of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales: a case-case–control study

Isabelle Vock, Lisandra Aguilar-Bultet, Adrian Egli, Pranita D. Tamma, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter

Antibiotic consumption in long-term care facilities in Poland and other European countries in 2017

Jadwiga Wojkowska-Mach, Michał Brudło, Mariusz Topolski, Tomasz Bochenek, Estera Jachowicz, Małgorzata Siewierska, Anna Różańska

Low frequency of community-acquired bacterial co-infection in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 based on clinical, radiological and microbiological criteria: a retrospective cohort study

Sophie Coenen, Jara R. de la Court, David T. P. Buis, Lilian J. Meijboom, Rogier P. Schade, Caroline E. Visser, Reinier van Hest, Marianne Kuijvenhoven, Jan M. Prins, Suzan F. M. Nijman, Elske Sieswerda, Kim C. E. Sigaloff

The effect of eye protection on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a systematic review

Oyungerel Byambasuren, Elaine Beller, Justin Clark, Peter Collignon, Paul Glasziou

Staphylococcus aureus - selective reporting of antibiogram results and its impact on antibiotic use: Interventional study with a reference group on the effect of switching from non-selective to selective antibiotic reporting

Franka Lestin-Bernstein, Ramona Harberg, Ingo Schumacher, Lutz Briedigkeit, Oliver Heese, Kristina Biedermann

Assessing the accuracy of a new hand hygiene monitoring device (SmartRub®): from the laboratory to clinical practice

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Chloé Guitart, Yves-Alain Robert, Nasim Lotfinejad, Simon Fourquier, Yves Martin, Daniela Pires, Julien Sauser, René Beuchat, Didier Pittet

Management of donations of personal protective equipment in response to the massive shortage during the COVID-19 health crisis: providing quality equipment to health care workers

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Guillaume Cambien, Jérémy Guihenneuc, Xavier Fouassin, Olivier Castel, Anne Bousseau, Sarah Ayraud-Thevenot

Real-world experience of how chlorhexidine bathing affects the acquisition and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a medical intensive care unit with VRE endemicity: a prospective interrupted time-series study

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Jin Woong Suh, Nam Hee Kim, Min Jung Lee, Seoung Eun Lee, Byung Chul Chun, Chang Kyu Lee, Juneyoung Lee, Jong Hun Kim, Sun Bean Kim, Young Kyung Yoon, Jang Wook Sohn, Min Ja Kim

Assessment of knowledge and implementation practices of the ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) bundle in the intensive care unit of a private hospital

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Cybele Lara Abad, Cordella P. Formalejo, Dan Meynard L. Mantaring

Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among patients at admission and discharge at a Vietnamese neonatal intensive care unit

Björn Berglund, Ngoc Thi Bich Hoang, Ludwig Lundberg, Ngai Kien Le, Maria Tärnberg, Maud Nilsson, Elin Bornefall, Dung Thi Khanh Khu, Jenny Welander, Hai Thanh Le, Linus Olson, Tran Minh Dien, Lennart E. Nilsson, Mattias Larsson, Håkan Hanberger

Infection prevention strategies are highly protective in COVID-19 units while main risks to healthcare professionals come from coworkers and the community

Shruti K. Gohil, Kathleen A. Quan, Keith M. Madey, Suzanne King-Adelsohn, Tom Tjoa, Delia Tifrea, Bridgit O. Crews, Edwin S. Monuki, Saahir Khan, Sebastian D. Schubl, Cassiana E. Bittencourt, Neil Detweiler, Wayne Chang, Lynn Willis, Usme Khusbu, Antonella Saturno, Sherif A. Rezk, Cesar Figueroa, Aarti Jain, Rafael Assis, Philip Felgner, Robert Edwards, Lanny Hsieh, Donald Forthal, William C. Wilson, Michael J. Stamos, Susan S. Huang

Are coveralls required as personal protective equipment during the management of COVID-19 patients?

Jongtak Jung, Kyoung-Ho Song, Hyeonju Jeong, Sin Young Ham, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim

Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran

Gholamreza Soleimani, Fatemeh Akbarirad, Elham Shafighi Shahri, Seyyed Masoud Sajjadi

A hospital-wide outbreak of IMI-17-producing Enterobacter ludwigii in an Israeli hospital

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Vered Schechner, Katya Levytskyi, Ohad Shalom, Alexander Yalek, Amos Adler

Appropriate number of observations for determining hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers

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Se Yoon Park, Suyeon Park, Beom Seuk Hwang, Eunjung Lee, Tae Hyong Kim, Sungho Won

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and its clinical implications in Ethiopia: a systematic review

Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Getachew Tesfaye Beyene, Berhanu Seyoum, Meseret Gebre, Kassa Haile, Mulugeta Tsegaye, Minyahil Tadesse Boltena, Emawayish Tesema, Taddele Cherinet Kibret, Mulatu Biru, Dawd S. Siraj, Daniel Shirley, Rawleigh Howe, Alemseged Abdissa

Preparing for future waves and pandemics: a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19

Simon Matoori, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Yonggeng Goh, Swee Tian Quek, Liang Wang, Ziyan Sun, Fabiano di Marco, Daniela Borleri, Sabrina Buoro, Stefano Fagiuoli, Tatiana Ferrari, Marco Rizzi, Federico Raimondi, Simonetta Cesa, Dow-Mu Koh, Johannes M. Froehlich, Sonja Janssen, Bettina Lange, Alexander Egle, Stefan Erb, Erik Mossdorf, Andreas Gutzeit

A narrative review on current duodenoscope reprocessing techniques and novel developments

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Maarten Heuvelmans, Herman F. Wunderink, Henny C. van der Mei, Jan F. Monkelbaan

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