nosocomial infections: the definition criteria

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

In 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published two articles on nosocomial infections (NIs) and certain types of NIs’ criteria for surveillance purposes. Nosocomial infections refer to any systemic or localized conditions that result from the reaction by an infectious agent or toxin.1 The infection is developing in all high, middle and low income countries. The CDC estim...

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...

Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections

• Objective: To review the literature on the management of nosocomial urinary tract infections (UTIs) and propose guidelines for their treatment. • Methods: MEDLINE search for English-language articles published between 1966 and August 2004 using the medical subject heading “urinary tract infections” or “urinary catheterization” combined with the term “nosocomial infection” or “hospital-acquired