BACKGROUND Bacterial infections complicate the course of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. The purpose of this study was to describe the bacterial pathogens causing blood stream infection, identify the risk factors for the development of blood stream infection and determine the impact of blood stream infection on the outcome of patients infected with human immunodeficiency v...

AIM To report the epidemiology of nosocomial bloodstream infections in Auckland Healthcare Hospitals. METHODS From January 1995 to December 1997 every positive blood culture result was followed up by an infection control nurse who recorded relevant clinical, laboratory and treatment information on a data collection sheet. The clinical significance of each isolate was determined and the most l...

background the major challenge for a burn team is nosocomial infection, which is known to be responsible for over 50% of burn-related deaths. most studies on infection in burn patients focus on burn wound infection, whereas other nosocomial infections among these patients have not been addressed well. this study attempts to determine three types of nosocomial infections: burn wound, urinary tra...

background: the main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of the main bacteria which are responsible forurinary tract, blood stream, cerebrospinal fluid, lower respiratory tract, and wound infections in hamadan province in the west of iran. materials and methods:in this study,a total of 773 urinary tract, 273 blood stream, 13 cerebrospina...

BACKGROUND Infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. Infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. The mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....