Issue 1/2024
Content (51 Articles)
Investigating environmental transmission to resolve a Bacillus cereus group outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit using core genome multilocus sequence typing
Hauke Tönnies, Axel Heep, Jörg Herrmann, Matthias Lange, Alexander Mellmann, Axel Hamprecht
Exploring factors for antibiotic over-prescription in children with acute upper respiratory tract infections in Assiut, Egypt: a qualitative study
Mahmoud Attia AbdEl-Aty, Mariam Taher Amin, Sabra Mohamed Ahmed, Ghada Omar Elsedfy, Amira Fathy El-Gazzar
On-site evaluation as external quality assessment of microbiology laboratories involved in sentinel laboratory-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance network in Burkina Faso
Emmanuel Zongo, Emilie Dama, Dame Yenyetou, Merci Muhigwa, Abdoulaye Nikiema, Georges Anicet Dahourou, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo
Implementation of the WHO core components of an infection prevention and control programme in two sub-saharan African acute health-care facilities: a mixed methods study
R. Wood, W. Tembele, A. Hema, A. Somé, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, C. Basilubo, R. Lumembe, N. Alama, G. Mbunsu, A. Zongo, S. Ahuka, J. J. Muyembe, F. Leendertz, T. Eckmanns, G. Schubert, T. Kagoné, S. Makiala, S. Tomczyk
Efficacy of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention for early adaptation of antibiotic therapy in high-risk neutropenic patients
Claire Durand, Karine Risso, Michael Loschi, Nicolas Retur, Audrey Emery, Johan Courjon, Thomas Cluzeau, Michel Carles
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards community-acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 among general population: a cross-sectional study
Er Hong, Jia Mao, Zhicheng Ke, Wei Tao
Hand hygiene compliance in a Brazilian COVID-19 unit: the impact of moments and contact precautions
Marília Duarte Valim, Jéssica Regina Rossetto, Juliano Bortolini, Loreen Herwaldt
Barriers, facilitators, perceptions and impact of interventions in implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals of low-middle and middle countries: a scoping review
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Shariful Amin Sumon, Istiaque Hasan, Fairoze Masuda Akther, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Mahabub Ul Anwar
Reported antibiotic use among patients in the multicenter ANDEMIA infectious diseases surveillance study in sub-saharan Africa
Imke Wieters, Siobhan Johnstone, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Armel Poda, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Muna Abu Sin, Tim Eckmanns, Valentina Galeone, Firmin Nongodo Kaboré, François Kahwata, Fabian H. Leendertz, Benoit Mputu, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Nicola Page, Susanne B. Schink, Fidèle Sounan Touré, Adjaratou Traoré, Marietjie Venter, Ann Christin Vietor, Grit Schubert, Sara Tomczyk
Incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by Gram-negative bacilli and their ESBL and carbapenemase production in specialized hospitals of Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia
Zelalem Asmare, Tewachew Awoke, Chalachew Genet, Alemale Admas, Addisu Melese, Wondemagegn Mulu
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals in Greece, 2022; results of the third point prevalence survey
Konstantinos Palaiopanos, Dimitra Krystallaki, Kassiani Mellou, Petros Kotoulas, Christina-Anna Kavakioti, Styliani Vorre, Georgia Vertsioti, Maria Gkova, Antonios Maragkos, Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Sotirios Tsiodras, Theoklis Zaoutis
Health system barriers to the implementation of the national action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam: a scoping review
Giang N. Pham, Tho T. H. Dang, Thu-Anh Nguyen, Shukry Zawahir, Hien T. T. Le, Joel Negin, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Greg J. Fox
Perinatal colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing and carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a hospital-based cohort study
Ashley Styczynski, Mohammed Badrul Amin, Kazi Injamamul Hoque, Shahana Parveen, Abu Faisal Md Pervez, Dilruba Zeba, Akhi Akhter, Helen Pitchik, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Muhammed Iqbal Hossain, Sumita Rani Saha, Emily S. Gurley, Stephen Luby
Clinically relevant sequence types of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae detected in Finnish wastewater in 2021–2022
Viivi Heljanko, Olga Tyni, Venla Johansson, Jussa-Pekka Virtanen, Kati Räisänen, Kirsi-Maarit Lehto, Anssi Lipponen, Sami Oikarinen, Tarja Pitkänen, Ahmad Al-Mustapha, Paula Kurittu, Annika Länsivaara, Rafiqul Hyder, Erja Janhonen, Ananda Tiwari, Anna-Maria Hokajärvi, Aleksi Kolehmainen, Teemu Möttönen, Oskari Luomala, Aapo Juutinen, Soile Blomqvist, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Anniina Sarekoski, Annamari Heikinheimo
The accuracy of fully-automated algorithms for the surveillance of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection in hospitalised patients
Moa Karmefors Idvall, Hideyuki Tanushi, Andreas Berge, Pontus Nauclér, Suzanne Desirée van der Werff
Challenges and success stories of the implementation of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship strategies: proceedings of the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety, 2023
Andrea C. Büchler, Murielle Haddad Galas, Niccolò Buetti, Emine Alp, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Gerald Dziekan, Valeria Fabre, Simon Gottwalt, Kazuaki Jindai, Babacar Ndoye, Hilda Márquez Villareal, Fernando Otaiza, Didier Pittet, Natalie Schellack, Céline Gardiol, Stephan Harbarth
Hip prosthesis and colon surgery, a decade of surveillance on surgical site infections in Italy, a prospective cohort study: rates, trends, and disease burden in DALYs
Valerio Bordino, Costanza Vicentini, Alessandro Roberto Cornio, Maria Michela Gianino, Carla Maria Zotti
On the onset and dispersal of a major MDR TB clone among HIV-negative patients, Tunisia
Naira Dekhil, Helmi Mardassi
Closing the antimicrobial stewardship gap - a call for LMICs to embrace the global antimicrobial stewardship accreditation scheme
Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Mohammed Bashar Danlami, Abdulrakib Abdulrahim
Introduction and spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) at a German tertiary care medical center from 2004 until 2010: a retrospective whole-genome sequencing (WGS) study of the molecular epidemiology of VREfm
Aila Caplunik-Pratsch, Bärbel Kieninger, Veronika A. Donauer, Johanna M. Brauer, Vanessa M. K. Meier, Corinna Seisenberger, Anca Rath, Daniel Loibl, Anja Eichner, Jürgen Fritsch, Wulf Schneider-Brachert
Prevalence, regional distribution, and trends of antimicrobial resistance among female outpatients with urine Klebsiella spp. isolates: a multicenter evaluation in the United States between 2011 and 2019
Keith S. Kaye, Vikas Gupta, Aruni Mulgirigama, Ashish V. Joshi, Gang Ye, Nicole E. Scangarella-Oman, Kalvin Yu, Fanny S. Mitrani-Gold
The prevalence and clinical context of antimicrobial resistance amongst medical inpatients at a referral hospital in Rwanda: a cohort study
Olivier Bizimungu, Peter Crook, Jean Félix Babane, Léopold Bitunguhari
The combined application of hand hygiene and non-sterile gloves by nurses in a tertiary hospital: a multi methods study
Mireille Dekker, Rosa van Mansfeld, Marjon Borgert, Jolanda Maaskant, Frederique Paulus, Annamarike Seller, Irene P. Jongerden
Prevalence of colistin resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Narjess Bostanghadiri, Negar Narimisa, Maryam Mirshekar, Leila Dadgar-Zankbar, Elahe Taki, Tahereh Navidifar, Davood Darban-Sarokhalil
Systematic scoping review of automated systems for the surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections related to intravascular catheters
Nasim Lotfinejad, Jean-Marie Januel, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Peter W Schreiber, Bruno Grandbastien, Lauro Damonti, Elia Lo Priore, Alexandra Scherrer, Stephan Harbarth, Gaud Catho, Niccolò Buetti
Updates and future directions regarding hand hygiene in the healthcare setting: insights from the 3rd ICPIC alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) task force
Ermira Tartari, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Daniela Pires, Carolina Fankhauser, Nasim Lotfinejad, Hiroki Saito, Miranda Suchomel, Axel Kramer, Benedetta Allegranzi, John Boyce, Hugo Sax, Andrew J. Stewardson, Didier Pittet, Aeschbach Rodin, Kumashita Yuichi, Alléard Benjamin, Lee Pamela, Lu Tingxu, Arbogast Jim, Mermel Leonard, Azzouz Chedly, Barrett Emma, Park Ben, Quan Lelyn, Bühler Martina, Capilna Andreea, Serna Jiménez César, Damani Nizam, Eggerstedt Sven, Teska Peter, van Hall Nicole, Hansen Sonja, Vos Margreet, Hennig Thomas, Widmer Andreas, Herwaldt Loreen, Yakata Kazuko, Yokoe Deborah, Bell Mike, Bertho Jean Noel, Borzykowski Tcheun-How, Conly John, Da Silva Carlos, Yakata Kazuko, Geva Ariel, Haidegger Tamas, Herwaldt Loreen, Holland Carolyn, Okeke Bonnie, Ormandy Kevin, Parneix Pierre, Peters Alexandra, Pouget Vanessa, Robert Lionel, Serna Jimenez Cesar, Zingg Walter
Comparison of disease and economic burden between MRSA infection and MRSA colonization in a university hospital: a retrospective data integration study
Aki Hirabayashi, Koji Yahara, Keisuke Oka, Toshiki Kajihara, Teruko Ohkura, Yumiko Hosaka, Keigo Shibayama, Motoyuki Sugai, Tetsuya Yagi
Emergence and clonal expansion of Aeromonas hydrophila ST1172 that simultaneously produces MOX-13 and OXA-724
Xinfei Chen, Minya Lu, Yao Wang, Han Zhang, Xinmiao Jia, Peiyao Jia, Wenhang Yang, Jiawei Chen, Guobin Song, Jianguo Zhang, Yingchun Xu
Resident-, prescriber-, and facility-level factors associated with antibiotic use in long-term care facilities: a systematic review of quantitative studies
Aurélie Bocquier, Berkehan Erkilic, Martin Babinet, Céline Pulcini, Nelly Agrinier
Automated surveillance of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP): a systematic literature review
Aline Wolfensberger, Alexandra U. Scherrer, Hugo Sax
Uncovering the spread of drug-resistant bacteria through next-generation sequencing based surveillance: transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales by a contaminated duodenoscope
Cansu Cimen, Erik Bathoorn, Arjo J. Loeve, Monika Fliss, Matthijs S. Berends, Wouter B. Nagengast, Axel Hamprecht, Andreas Voss, Mariëtte Lokate
Compliance with infection prevention and control standard precautions and factors associated with noncompliance among healthcare workers working in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Feyissa Regassa Senbato, Deneke Wolde, Merga Belina, Kehabtimer Shiferaw Kotiso, Girmay Medhin, Wondwossen Amogne, Tadesse Eguale
Correction: Usefulness of dynamic regression time series models for studying the relationship between antimicrobial consumption and bacterial antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: a systematic review
Paul Laffont-Lozes, Romaric Larcher, Florian Salipante, Geraldine Leguelinel-Blache, Catherine Dunyach-Remy, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Albert Sotto, Paul Loubet
Assessing the potential for improved predictive capacity of antimicrobial resistance in outpatient Staphylococcus aureus isolates using seasonal and spatial antibiograms
Margaret Carrel, Qianyi Shi, Gosia S. Clore, Shinya Hasegawa, Matthew Smith, Eli N. Perencevich, Michihiko Goto
Knowledge and attitude of healthcare prescribers and pharmacists toward antimicrobial stewardship program and the barriers for its implementation
Anan S. Jarab, Tasneem O. AL-Alawneh, Osama Y. Alshogran, Shrouq Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L. Mukattash, Yara A. Naser, Eman Alefishat
Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia
Uduak Okomo, Giorgia Gon, Saffiatou Darboe, Isatou C. M. Sey, Oluwatosin Nkereuwem, Lamin Leigh, Nfamara Camara, Lamin Makalo, Abdoulie Keita, Stephanie J. Dancer, Wendy Graham, Alexander M. Aiken
Prevalence of meropenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta‑analysis
Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie, Minimize Hassen, Nuhamin Alemayehu Tesfaye, Tewodros Solomon, Mulat Belete Demessie, Tesfaye Dessale Kassa, Teklehaimanot Fentie Wendie, Abel Andualem, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Yaschilal Muche Belayneh
Surveillance of catheter-associated bloodstream infections: development and validation of a fully automated algorithm
Gaud Catho, Loïc Fortchantre, Daniel Teixeira, Murielle Galas-Haddad, Filippo Boroli, Marie-Noëlle Chraïti, Mohamed Abbas, Stephan Harbarth, Niccolò Buetti, Carlo Balmelli, Delphine Berthod, Philipp Jent, Jonas Marschall, Hugo Sax, Matthias Schlegel, Alexander Schweiger, Laurence Senn, Rami Sommerstein, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Nicolas Troillet, Danielle Vuichard-Gysin, Andreas F. Widmer, Aline Wolfensberger, Walter Zingg
Level of implementation of multimodal strategies for infection prevention and control interventions and prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in Northern Italy
Costanza Vicentini, Roberta Bussolino, Claudia Gastaldo, Marta Castagnotto, Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona, Carla Maria Zotti, Fabrizio Bert, Cesare Bolla, Roberta Broda, Francesco D’Aloia, Francesco De Gregorio, Francesco Di Nardo, Piero Fenu, Gerolamo Ferrauto, Mauro Franco, Scipione Gatti, Franca Gremo, Agostino Maiello, Domenica Morabito, Aida Muca, Roberta Palladino, Alessandro Paudice, Paolo Pellegrino, Claudio Plazzotta, Simone Porretto, Giorgio Ripamonti, Maurizio Salvatico, Paola Silvaplana, Carlo Silvestre, Domenico Tangolo, Valentina Venturino, Maria Rita Viroletti
Pseudomonas fluorescens CRBSI outbreak: complying with the standardization of invasive procedures is a step ahead in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Patricia Volkow, Tania Guadalupe Chávez-Chávez, Bertha García-Pineda, Consuelo Velázquez-Acosta, Daniel Carpio-Guadarrama, Diana Vilar-Compte, Cyntia Ibanes-Gutiérrez
World Health Organization World Hand Hygiene Day, 5 May 2024. SAVE LIVES: clean your hands campaign: promoting knowledge and capacity building on infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene, among health and care workers
Claire Kilpatrick, Ermira Tartari, Miranda Deeves, Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi
Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program for urinary tract infections in long-term care facilities: a cluster-controlled intervention study
Elisabeth König, Lisa Kriegl, Christian Pux, Michael Uhlmann, Walter Schippinger, Alexander Avian, Robert Krause, Ines Zollner-Schwetz
Knowledge, awareness, and risk practices related to bacterial contamination of antiseptics, disinfectants, and hand hygiene products among healthcare workers in sub-saharan Africa: a cross-sectional survey in three tertiary care hospitals (Benin, Burkina Faso, and DR Congo)
Palpouguini Lompo, Anne-Sophie Heroes, Kadija Ouédraogo, Patient Okitale, Abel Wakpo, Jocelyne Kalema, Octavie Lunguya, Halidou Tinto, Dissou Affolabi, Lassana Sangaré, Jan Jacobs
Ten years of hand hygiene excellence: a summary of outcomes, and a comparison of indicators, from award-winning hospitals worldwide
Ermira Tartari, Jacopo Garlasco, Marcela Hernández-de Mezerville, Moi Lin Ling, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Wing-Hong Seto, Anne Simon, Thomas-Jörg Hennig, Didier Pittet
Development of a risk prediction model for subsequent infection after colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: a retrospective cohort study
Guanhao Zheng, Jiaqi Cai, Han Deng, Haoyu Yang, Wenling Xiong, Erzhen Chen, Hao Bai, Juan He
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of Latin American healthcare workers relating to antibiotic stewardship and antibiotic use: a cross-sectional multi-country study
Valeria Fabre, Sara E. Cosgrove, Fernanda C. Lessa, Twisha S. Patel, Guadalupe Reyes-Morales, Washington R. Aleman, Andrea Alvarado Alvarez, Bowen Aquiles, Ana B. Arauz, Facundo Arguello, Maria Fernanda Barberis, Laura Barcan, Maria P. Bernachea, Marisa L. Bernan, Carlos Buitrago, Maria Del Carmen Bangher, Ximena Castañeda, Angel M. Colque, Alfredo Canton, Rosa Contreras, Silvia Correa, Gustavo Costilla Campero, Lidia Espinola, Clara Esquivel, Cecilia Ezcurra, Leandro A. Falleroni, Johana Fernandez, Sandra Ferrari, Natalia Frassone, Carlos Garcia Cruz, Maria Isabel Garzón, Carlos H. Gomez Quintero, José A. Gonzalez, Lucrecia Guaymas, Fausto Guerrero-Toapanta, Sandra Lambert, Diego Laplume, Paola R. Lazarte, César G. Lemir, Angelica Lopez, Itzel L. Lopez, Herberth Maldonado, Guadalupe Martinez, Diego M. Maurizi, Mario Melgar, Florencia Mesplet, Carlos Morales Pertuz, Cristina Moreno, Gabriela L. Moya, Yanina Nuccetelli, Glendys Núñez, Carolina Osuna, Belén Palacio, Florencia Pellice, Carla Raffo, Fanny Reino Choto, Gerardo Ricoy, Viviana Rodriguez, Federico Romero, Juan J. Romero, Maria Eugenia Russo, Graciela Sadino, Nancy Sandoval, Mirta G. Silva, Alejandra M. Urueña, Ligia Vence Reyes, Hugo Videla, Marisol Valle, Silvia Vera Amate Perez, Hernan Vergara-Samur, Silvina Villamandos, Olmedo Villarreal, Alejandra Viteri, Eduardo Warley, Rodolfo E. Quiros
Impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial stewardship activities in Italy: a region-wide assessment
Costanza Vicentini, Silvia Corcione, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Alessandro Mara, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Carla Maria Zotti, Fabrizio Bert, Cesare Bolla, Valentina Blengini, Roberta Broda, Francesco D’ Aloia, Francesco Di Nardo, Gerolamo Farrauto, Mauro Franco, Scipione Gatti, Franca Gremo, Agostino Maiello, Barbara Mitola, Domenica Morabito, Aida Muca, Orietta Ossola, Alessandro Paudice, Paolo Pellegrino, Claudio Plazzotta, Maurizio Salvatico, Paola Silvaplana, Carlo Silvestre, Pasquale Toscano, Valentina Venturino
Rinse, gel, and foam – is there any evidence for a difference in their effectiveness in preventing infections?
John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet
Teaching prudent antibiotic use on the go: a descriptive report on development, utilization and listener satisfaction of an educational podcast format for medical students and young professionals
Sandra Schneider, Clara Bergmann, Felicia Becker, Lukas Risse, Caroline Isner, Hartmut Stocker, Markus A. Feufel, Alina Röhrig, Oliver Kurzai, Thiên-Trí Lâm, Stefan Hagel, Mathias W. Pletz, Petra Gastmeier, Miriam Wiese-Posselt
Correction: Review and analysis of the overlapping threats of carbapenem and polymyxin resistant E. Coli and Klebsiella in Africa
Danielle M. Venne, David M. Hartley, Marissa D. Malchione, Michala Koch, Anjali Y. Britto, Jesse L. Goodman