background: blood stream infection is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of aerobic and anaerobic-bacteremia in hospital inpatients with cancer and to determine the antibiotic resistance profile in isolated organisms in kerman, southeast iran.   methods: total of 240 blood cultures from 136 patients...

OBJECTIVE To determine epidemiology, microbiology, outcome, and factor influencing mortality in nosocomial bloodstream infection in Songklanagarind Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective study in adult patients who were hospitalized at Songklanagarind Hospital with positive blood culture after 48 hours of admission was conducted. The present study duration was between 1 August and 30 Nov...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute leukemia is the most common pediatric malignancy. Despite the significant progress in the treatment of infectious complications, infection-related morbidity and mortality continue to be of great importance. Prompt initiation of the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment has improved infection outcome. The aim of the present study is to assess the type, frequency, ...

UNLABELLED The objectives of the current study are to define how many and what kind of nosocomial infections are occurring, what are the causative microbes and what kind of drugs can be used in treatment of infection at Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia during the year 2004. A prospective study was implemented for all cases admitted at Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital during the pe...

Background: Blood transfusion plays a great role in public health and the blood safety still has remained a main concern. HBV has been considered as one of the most prevalent blood borne infections. It is estimated that chronic HBV affects 350-400 million people worldwide. Comprehensive knowledge about HBV has high importance in Iran due to high number of blood dependent patients. Material ...

Candida spp is associated to almost 80% of all nosocomial fungal infections and is considered a major cause of blood stream infections. Candida spp is the fourth most common cause of blood stream infections in the United States, where this agent is responsible for 8% of all invasive infections documented in this site. At the present, non-albicans species are related to at least 50% of all invas...

INTRODUCTION Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is known to cause severe invasive disease in pregnant women and in newborns. Fortunately, despite the wide natural distribution of this pathogen, clinically overt neonatal infections occurs rarely. As a consequence, listeriosis is not always considered for early onset neonatal infection, especially when blood culture is negative. Indeed, identification o...

Background: Infection with two agents might cause overlapping symptoms, confusing the treating physician. This study aims to determine current coinfections rates in dengue patients a tertiary care Govt. General Hospital, Anathapuramu. Method: From July 2021 November 2021, an observational was conducted at Government Medical College & Hospital Ananthapuramu. A total of 100 clinically suspect...