coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns) are a main cause of nosocomial infection. the main purpose of this study was to determination of frequency of cns isolates in in hospitalized patients and their susceptibility pattern to antimicrobial agents. during 11 month study, 65 cns clinical isolates were recovered from hospitalized patients in different wards of hospital. in vitro susceptibility of ...

results the present study indicates that carbapenems and new cephalosporin antibiotics were practically ineffective against the extensive drug resistance (xdr) strains. colistin was observed to be more effective, although in seven cases resistance to colistin observed. ampc β-lactamase and mbl could be an important contributory factor for imipenem resistance among the isolates in our hospital. ...

The present study was planned to investigate the characteristics of nosocomial infection and its effects on the survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Retrospective analysis was performed for the 169 chemotherapy patients with NSCLC and nosocomial infection during hospitalization in Binzhou City Central Hospital from March, 2013 to January, 2015. In addition, 170 pati...

AIMS To identify the extent of nosocomial adenovirus keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) and assess the effect of a new infection-control policy. METHODS Nosocomial AKC was defined as AKC in patients attending the hospital within 3 weeks of a previous visit for an unrelated non-infective condition. An audit of culture-proven nosocomial AKC was carried out from October 1998 to September 1999 to establi...

nearly 15% to 25% of patients in general hospitals have a catheter at some timeduring their stay. up to 97% of nosocomial urinary tract infections (utis) are relatedto catheter. the type of bacteremia is usually polymicrobial which makes the treatmentmore difficult. previous studies showed an increase in mortality from bacteremia in thesepatients. the aim of the present study was to compare the...

aims: nowadays nosocomial infection control is one of the important management issues in neonatal intensive care unit that in this context, the nicu’s physical structure can improve infection control processes or interfere it. the aim of the present study is assessing physical environment of neonatal intensive care unit from the perspective of nosocomial infection control indicators. methods: t...

background and aims: acinetobacter baumannii is regarded as an important nosocomial pathogen around the world, especially in the intensive care unit that today seems to be resistant to the most antibiotics. therefore, this study aimed to trace classes 1, 2, and 3 integrin in the isolates resistant to acinetobacter baumannii. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, acinetobacter bauman...

 Abstract Background: The antibiotic resistance of nosocomial organisms is rapidly increasing. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of bacterial agents isolated from patients with nosocomial infection. Methods: This study was performed in the different wards of teaching hospitals of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (northern Iran). The study population consists ...

OBJECTIVE To study the possibility of lower the nosocomial infection rate among the premature infants by prophylactic use of antibiotics. METHODS Retrospectively collect 409 premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of First Hospital of Jilin University between 1st January in 2009 and 31th December in 2011, who meet inclusion criteria. There were prohylactic group ...

conclusions although nurses are the most involved occupational group in documented ns, surgeons are the most important high risk hcw who need pep. no case of seroconversion has taken place as a result of pi. this means that the current pep may have an effective role in hiv prevention. results from a total of 369 cases, 273 (74%) were hcws, among which nurses (70%) were the most involved employe...