conclusions this study showed that compared to standard drug treatment, treatment with hydrogel containing peptide had substantial antibacterial effects on s. aureus wound infections in mice. results the highest and lowest numbers of wounds were observed on day 2 in the negative and positive control groups, respectively. during the 8-day period, the positive control and hydrogel containing pept...

Nosocomial infections, also called health-care-associated or hospital-acquired are a subset of infectious diseases acquired in health-care facility. Historically, Staphylococci, Pseudomonas, and Escherichia coli have been the common known as nosocomial infection bacteria. Moreover, pneumonia, surgical wound vascular access-related bacteremia caused most illness death hospitalized patients; inte...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose substantial risk to patients receiving care in hospitals. In Africa, this problem is aggravated by inadequate infection control due to poor hygiene, resource and structural constraints, deficient surveillance data and lack of awareness regarding nosocomial infections. We carried out this study to determine the incidence and spectrum of nosocomial infections...

introduction: the use of radiopharmaceuticals is a powerful tool in the management of patients with infectious or inflammatory diseases in nuclear medicine. in this study ofloxacin as a second-generation fluoroquinolone is used to design a desired infection imaging agent after labeling with 99mtc via direct labeling. methods: ofloxacin was radiolabeled with 99mtc using different concentrations ...

Burn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described. The objective of the present study was to identify the causative bacterial of nosocomial infecti...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most widespread and virulent nosocomial pathogens. The late-stage clinical pipeline includes an array of proposed new treatments aimed at MRSA-related skin infections and pneumonia.

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....

Despite significant advances in burn care, infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. We sought to determine accurate infection rates, risk factors for infection, and the percentage of infections caused by resistant organisms. In addition, we attempted to identify interventions to decrease the use of antimicrobial drugs. Data were collected prospectively from 1...

Outbreaks of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection within families are unusual. We investigated 2 family clusters of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, including 1 in which a young mother died of fulminant pneumonia. Although surveillance via culture of family contacts of patients with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus inf...