BACKGROUND The number of ambulatory patients seeking treatment for skin and skin structure infections (SSSI) are increasing. The objective of this study is to determine recent trends in hospital admissions and healthcare resource utilization and identify covariates associated with hospital costs and mortality for hospitalized adult patients with a primary SSSI diagnosis in the United States. ...

BACKGROUND The use of white cell (WBC)-reduced blood in elective colorectal surgery appears to reduce the frequency of postoperative infection. The question to be addressed is whether the cost:benefit ratio justifies the recommendation that WBC-reduced blood should be used for all colorectal surgery. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Patients admitted for elective colorectal surgery (n = 197) were ran...

Many problems facing of the infection control team, there was necessary to use asuccessful strategy overcome these problems. Through using functional management canbe decreased faced Infection Control Team (ICT) at Hospital.

The relationship between hospital caseload or volume and the outcome of various surgical procedures has been well documented. However, such hospital caseload-outcome relationship (HCOR) has been seldom addressed in rare medical conditions, such as pleural infection, which is usually associated with pneumonia and may progress to systemic inflammation and severe sepsis. Pleural infection can be t...

Background & Aims: Prevalence of community and hospital acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is increasing. The primary reservoir is the anterior nares; and nasal carriage is a risk factor for infection in a variety of populations. Infection due to hospital-acquired colonization is different from community acquired in clinical manifestations and antibiotics susc...

Infection prevention and control program is important to prevent infectious morbidity. Simple method like hand washing effective sterilization methods are recommended in clinical practice. Immunocompromised state of pregnancy newborn more vulnerable acquire infection; there a real challenge from hospital acquired infection because surgical nature obstetric care.

Abstract One of the main cause of severe respiratory infection in infants and young children is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The disease can also occur in adults and elderly individuals and clinically not to be differentiated from other viral respiratory infection. The disease causes bronchiolitis, and sometimes pneumonia in new born and young children which requires hospital care. To di...