Unusual nosocomial infections

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

An unusual nosocomial pneumonia.

A 34-year-old man presented with symptoms of left flank pain, gross hematuria, chills, and a cough productive of green, blood-streaked sputum. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment with fluids and pain control. On the second day after hospital admission, the patient complained of worsening shortness of breath, chills, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. His medical history was remarka...

Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections

Healthcare-associated urinary infection is one of the most frequent infections and it is responsible for more than 40% of nosocomial or healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and nursing homes for the elderly. The complexity and diversification of health services currently offered has motivated an enlargement in literature about infectious complications that may happen in each one of these sce...

Resistant Nosocomial Enterococcal Infections

Enterococcus faecalis, formerly classified as Streptococcus faecalis, belongs to Lancefield group D and is frequently isolated from nosocomial infections. Of the nosocomial infections reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in its National Nosocomial Infection Survey (NNIS), enterococci were isolated from 11% of cases. Frequently, E. faecalis is recovered as one of several kinds of ba...

Nosocomial Candida infections

The progress in medicine over the last two decades with introduction of new technologies and therapies, which has allowed the survival of more and more patients suffering from serious diseases, has brought about an increase in the number of hospitalised and immunocompromised subjects. These individuals are highly susceptible to nosocomial fungal infections, especially to candidosis. Candida spp...