BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections are related to both increased antibiotic use and risk of adverse outcomes. An in-depth understanding of their epidemiology is essential to reduce occurrence and to improve outcomes by targeted prevention strategies. The objectives of the study were to determine the epidemiology, source and concordance of healthcare-associated bloodstream i...

conclusions the diagnostics and management of infections with hepatotropic viruses, particularly hbv, are neglected in hemophilic patients. all patients with coagulation disorders and a history of exposure to non-inactivated blood products should be screened for blood-borne infections. the prevalence of other potentially blood-borne viral infections exhibited a pattern similar to that observed ...

BACKGROUND The objectives of the study were to study the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among health college students (HS) and health care workers (HCWs) in the Najran Region of south-western Saudi Arabia and to study the students' knowledge of occupational exposure to blood-borne viral infections. METHODS A cross-sectional study of a represen...

AIM To detect chronic hepatitis B (CHB), chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in dried blood spot (DBS) and compare these samples to venous blood sampling in real-life. METHODS We included prospective patients with known viral infections from drug treatment centers, a prison and outpatient clinics and included blood donors as negative controls. Five drop...

Background: Bacteremia caused by non-fermenting gram negative bacilli (NFGNB) is a serious infection which associated with high morbidity and mortality. Identification of NFGNB monitoring their susceptibility pattern are important for proper management these infections. Aim: Scope the present study to characterize along antimicrobial sensitivity among patients coming our hospital, tertiary care...

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is one of the most serious blood coccidian parasite infections in veterinary and medical medicine, contributing to ill health financial losses infecting about one-third world’s population. It can produce life-threatening infections, despite fact that are asymptomatic. Several studies Sudan reveal prevalence toxoplasmosis was high especially among pregnant women res...

Experimental infections of anopheline mosquitoes were carried out with Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes from 65 naturally infected patients in Cameroon. A comparison was made between infections with blood containing autologous plasma and blood in which the plasma was replaced with plasma from a donor without previous malaria exposure. A lower infection rate was observed in 50 of 65 autologous ...

background and objective: typhoid fever is still a major health problem for which there are limited options for the diagnosis. current diagnostic methods are time consuming with undesirable sensitivity. among newer diagnostic methods, pcr is attractive and could be potentially very helpful in developing countries where systemic salmonella infections are endemic among children but needs to be in...