Slingerland, Bibi C. G. C. Vos, Margreet C. Bras, Willeke Kornelisse, René F. De Coninck, Dieter van Belkum, Alex Reiss, Irwin K. M. Goessens, Wil H. F. Klaassen, Corné H. W. Verkaik, Nelianne J.
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BackgroundNeonatal Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteremia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. In this study, we examined whether methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) transmission and genetic makeup contribute to the occurrence of neonatal S. aureus bacteremia.MethodsA retrospective, single-centre study was performed. All pat...
Lakoh, Sulaiman Li, Letian Sevalie, Stephen Guo, Xuejun Adekanmbi, Olukemi Yang, Guang Adebayo, Oladimeji Yi, Le Coker, Joshua M. Wang, Shuchao
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BackgroundAvailable data on antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa is limited despite its increasing threat to global public health. As there is no previous study on antibiotic resistance in patients with clinical features of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Sierra Leone, research is needed to inform public health policies. Our study...
van den Broek, Annemieke K. van Hest, Reinier M. Lettinga, Kamilla D. Jimmink, Afra Lauw, Fanny N. Visser, Caroline E. Prins, Jan M.
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ObjectivesAntimicrobial Stewardship Programs commonly have an in-hospital focus. Little is known about the quality of antimicrobial use in hospital outpatient clinics. We investigated the extent and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescriptions in the outpatient clinics of three hospitals.MethodsFrom June 2018 to January 2019, we performed ten poi...
Miltgen, Guillaume Cholley, Pascal Martak, Daniel Thouverez, Michelle Seraphin, Paul Leclaire, Alexandre Traversier, Nicolas Roquebert, Bénédicte Jaffar-Bandjee, Marie-Christine Lugagne, Nathalie
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BackgroundThe spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the Southwest Indian Ocean area (SIOA) is poorly documented. Reunion Island is a French overseas territory located close to Madagascar and connected with Southern Africa, Indian sub-continent and Europe, with several weekly flights. Here we report the results of the CPE sur...
Hall, Lisa White, Nicole M. Allen, Michelle Farrington, Alison Mitchell, Brett G. Page, Katie Halton, Kate Riley, Thomas V. Gericke, Christian A. Graves, Nicholas
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BackgroundImplementing sustainable practice change in hospital cleaning has proven to be an ongoing challenge in reducing healthcare associated infections. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable framework-based approach to implement and quantitatively evaluate the implementation of evidence-based practice change in hospital cleaning.De...
Heiden, Stefan E. Kurz, Mathis S. E. Bohnert, Jürgen Bayingana, Claude Ndoli, Jules M. Sendegeya, Augustin Gahutu, Jean Bosco Eger, Elias Mockenhaupt, Frank P. Schaufler, Katharina
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Multidrug-resistant gram-negative (MRGN) bacteria are a serious threat to global health. We used genomics to study MRGN obtained from houseflies in a tertiary Rwandan hospital. Our analysis revealed a high abundance of different MRGN including E. coli pathogenic lineage ST131 suggesting the important role of flies in disseminating highly virulent p...
Birgand, Gabriel Mutters, Nico T. Ahmad, Raheelah Tacconelli, Evelina Lucet, Jean-Christophe Holmes, Alison Asensio, Angel Buke, Cagri Markovic-Denic, Ljiljana da Graca Domingues Rocha, Maria
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BackgroundUsing case-vignettes, we assessed the perception of European infection control (IC) specialists regarding the individual and collective risk associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among inpatients.MethodsIn this study, sixteen case-vignettes were developed to simulate hospitalised patient scenarios in the field of AMR and IC. A to...
Rudnick, Wallis Science, Michelle Thirion, Daniel J. G. Abdesselam, Kahina Choi, Kelly B. Pelude, Linda Amaratunga, Kanchana Comeau, Jeannette L. Dalton, Bruce Delport, Johan
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BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the world’s ability to prevent and treat infections. Links between quantitative antibiotic use and the emergence of bacterial resistance are well documented. This study presents benchmark antimicrobial use (AMU) rates for inpatient adult populations in acute-care hospitals across Canada.Meth...
Onyedibe, Kenneth I. Shehu, Nathan Y. Pires, Daniela Isa, Samson E. Okolo, Mark O. Gomerep, Simji S. Ibrahim, Comfort Igbanugo, Sunday J. Odesanya, Rachel U. Olayinka, Adebola
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BackgroundThe burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are available regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) process indicators in these countries. We evaluated hand hygiene (HH) facilities and compliance amongst healthcare workers (HCW) in a 600-bed healthcare facil...
Chia, Po Ying Sengupta, Sharmila Kukreja, Anjanna S.L. Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Ng, Oon Tek Marimuthu, Kalisvar
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Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative organisms (GN) are associated with a high mortality rate and present an increasing challenge to the healthcare system worldwide. In recent years, increasing evidence supports the association between the healthcare environment and transmission of MDRGN to patients and healthcare workers. To bette...
