BACKGROUND Nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. METHODS Data from a nationwide, concurrent surveillance study (Surveillance and Control of Pathogens of Epidemiological Importance [SCOPE]) were used to examine the secular trends in the epidemiology and microbiology of nosocomial BSIs. RESULTS Our study detected 24,179 ...

The German nosocomial infections surveillance system KISS was established in 1996 using a surveillance protocol based on the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System. Meanwhile data from a total of 274 intensive care units (ICU) are available, among them 134 interdisciplinary, 71 surgical, 55 medical, 9 neurosurgical and 5 paediatric ICUs. The data comprise about 6,966 surveill...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus is recognized as a major cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus isolates and the possible changes of the resistance patterns after the implementation of norms of hospital infection control. METHODOLOGY During the period of 2001 to 2004, antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus (n =...

The aim of our study was to determine the etiology of nosocomial infections, their changes over a period of five years (2007-2011), and the measures for control of infections and antimicrobial resistance in the Burns Clinic of the N.I. Pirogov University Multi-Profile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria. The medical records for all the patients and the database...

New prophylactic approaches are needed to control infection with the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which is a major cause of nosocomial and community-acquired infections. To develop these, greater understanding of protective immunity against S. aureus infection is needed. Human immunity to extracellular Gram-positive bacterial pathogens is primarily mediated by opsonic killing ...

INTRODUCTION Staphylococcus aureus is the cause of 11-33% of nosocomial bloodstream infections and has a complication rate close to 50%. S. aureus accounts for 31% of isolates in the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INC), in Bogotá, Colombia, and is the main etiological agent of bacteremia. This study describes the risk factors for mortality caused by S. aureus bacteremia in cancer patients....

background surgical site infections (ssis) are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients. depending on the source of a traumatic wound, particular pathogens are expected to be present while their prevalence varies in different conditions. this study focused on determination of microorganisms in traumatic wound infection and the frequency of staphylococcus aureus and other organ...

BACKGROUND The importance of Staphylococcus aureus as a persistent nosocomial and community acquired pathogen has become a global health concern. It has a remarkable capability of evolving different mechanisms of resistance to most antimicrobial agents. The aim of the present study is to establish the incidence of S. aureus in clinical specimens and its antibiotic sensitivity pattern to various...

Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a major public health problem worldwide. The main aim of this study was evaluate the inhibitory potential lactic acid bacteria (LAB) against MRSA. Six strains LAB isolated from camel milk, were identified by phenotypic method, which revealed their belonging species “Lc.lactis […]

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the occurrence of nosocomial infections (NIs), including infection rates, main infection sites, and common microorganisms. Patients included in the study were taken from a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), in a hospital in South Korea. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed by reviewing chart. The subjects were 489 neonates who were admit...