Lemierre's syndrome is caused by acute oropharyngeal infection with septic secondary thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic infection. Fusobacterium necrophorum is the most commonly implicated aetiological agent. The authors present the case of a healthy young man presenting with a history of general malaise and sore throat who developed septic metastatic complications in ...

background: schistosomiasis is one of the major communicable diseases of public health and socioeconomic importance in developing countries. this study assessed the situation of schistosomiasis among villagers of the new halfa agricultural scheme, sudan. methods: an epidemiological survey was carried out in three randomly selected residential sites: village 19, village 26 and talat shagrat camp...

In support of Canada’s Hand Hygiene Campaign, The Southwest Community Care Access Centre (SWCCAC) and its contracted service providers, in collaboration with the South Western Ontario Infection Control Network (SWOICN), is launching a community-care hand hygiene campaign. The campaign is entitled “Infection Control... it’s in your hands.” It is designed to create increased awareness about the i...

CONTEXT Surgical site infections prolong hospital stays, are among the leading nosocomial causes of morbidity, and a source of excess medical costs. Clinical studies comparing the risk of nosocomial infection after different hand antisepsis protocols are scarce. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of hand-cleansing protocols in preventing surgical site infections during routine surgical pr...

<p class="paragraph">Hand hygiene is very important for health workers to reduce infection rates in services area. Five Moments Hand Hygiene one of strategy keep safe from infections. Knowledge and attitudes by nurses about hand can influence nurse behavior have an impact improving patient reducing the spread infection. To describe level knowledge applying a Private Hospital Wester part I...

the study were grouped according to their length of stay in the unit. The prevalence of the outbreak strain among patients who spent less than three days in the unit was 085% (2/235 patients), compared with 54% (32/59) among those who stayed in the unit for more than three days. Among this second group, the 27 patients who never carried the outbreak strain spent an average of 8-6 days in the un...

BACKGROUND The WHO regards hand hygiene as an essential tool for the prevention of nosocomial infection, but compliance in clinical practice is often low. METHODS The relevant scientific literature and national and international evidence-based recommendations (Robert Koch Institute [Germany], WHO) were evaluated. RESULTS Hygienic hand disinfection has better antimicrobial efficacy than hand...