bloodstream infection
Risk Factors for Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection Caused by Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in Pediatrics
... nosocomial bloodstream infections by multidrug resistant Gram-negative ...nosocomial bloodstream infection caused by Gram-negative ...an infection that did not meet the criteria for multidrug ...
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Klebsiella variicola is a frequent cause of bloodstream infection in the stockholm area, and associated with higher mortality compared to K. pneumoniae.
... bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Isolates from all adult patients with BSI caused by K. pneumoniae admitted to Karolinska University Hospital, Solna between 2007 and 2009 (n5139) ...
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Risk factors for catheter-related bloodstream infection: a prospective multicenter study in Brazilian intensive care units
... In the multivariate analysis, we observed that the like- lihood of acquiring a bloodstream infection was approxi- mately two and half-fold greater when a patient had used a multiple-lumen CVC compared to a ...
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Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
... understanding of the infectious process, as well as gaining knowledge of a patient's prognosis. BSIs should not be seen as static phenomena, but rather as a continuum of alterations with changes in the patients' ...
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Bloodstream infection (BSI) is the most relevant infections in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with high morbidity and mortality
... 235 bloodstream infection (BSI) episodes in 146 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) outpatients and evaluated risk factors for hospitalization and ...
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Incidence of bloodstream infection among patients on hemodialysis by central venous catheter
... of bloodstream infection (BSI) among patients with a double-lumen central venous catheter (CVC) for hemodialysis (HD) and identified the microorganisms isolated from the ...the bloodstream, 53 were ...
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Generalisability and Cost-Impact of Antibiotic-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters for Reducing Risk of Bloodstream Infection in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in England.
... Bloodstream infection (BSI) is associated with serious adverse clinical outcome and increased costs in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs).[1–3] Central venous catheters (CVCs) are an important cause of ...
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Cluster of Candida parapsilosis primary bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
... nosocomial bloodstream infections has changed over the last decade, with Candida species now being firmly established as one of the most frequent agents worldwide [1, ...nosocomial bloodstream infections ...
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Bloodstream infection among children presenting to a general hospital outpatient clinic in urban Nepal.
... following infection [49] and serological detection is non-specific and cross- reactive [4,50], (and in the absence of convalescent sera), we tested blood samples by real-time PCR assays for ...
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Epidemiology and mortality of the multidrug resistant gram-negative bloodstream infection in acute myeloid leukemia
... Conclusions: Gram-negative BSI had predominated. Between these bacteria 32.9% revealed resistance to multiple drugs of frequent use as empirical therapy. Mortality in this population with AML and BSI is extremely high, ...
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Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection
... Nosocomial infection was defined as an infection that occurred ⬎48 h after hospital admission, an infection that occurred ⬍48 h after admission to the hospital for patients who had been hospitalized ...
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C-reactive protein and albumin kinetics after antibiotic therapy in community-acquired bloodstream infection
... Patients were classi fied according to an individual pattern, previously de fined ( Póvoa et al., 2005a ), of a CRP-ratio response to antibiotic therapy: fast response – when the CRP-ratio[r] ...
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Risk factors for bloodstream infection in patients at a Brazilian hemodialysis center: a case-control study
... of infection, length of hospital stay, prior antimicrobial use, previous hospitalization, and number of previous hospitalizations), occurrence of death, and transfer of treatment were recorded for a period of 6 ...
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Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome in patients with Candida albicans bloodstream infection
... A total of 272 patients with episodes of Candida spp BSIs were identified at Hospital São Paulo during the 7- year study period. Of these, 101 patients were excluded; 14 patients were on antifungal therapy when blood ...
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Corynebacterium striatum isolated from bloodstream infection from a nosocomial outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... Screening for potential virulence factors using the Virulence Factors Database showed the presence of the spaDEF operon that encodes a complete set of pilus pro- teins and their respective sortases. This cluster was ...
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Review Article Mortality in patients with multidrug-resistant
... Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the leading cause of nosocomial infections with high mortality rates owing to the limited therapeutic options for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRPA) and metallo-beta-lactamase ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.46 número6
... nosocomial infection by S. aureus, identifi ed the risk factors for MRSA infection, and evaluated the effect of resistance to methicillin on mortality in ...(bloodstream infection) BSI was ...
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MATERIALS AND METHODS Microorganisms
... highly susceptible to amphotericin B and caspofungin. It is well known that amphotericin B and caspofungin have excellent in vitro activity against C. albicans. MICs of caspofungin ≤ 1 μg/ml were found for 99% of 3959 ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.46 número4
... Introduction: Vascular access in patients undergoing hemodialysis is considered a critical determinant of bloodstream infection (BSI) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this ...
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Risk factors for pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia and the adequacy of antibiotic therapy
... Patients with CR-PA were mainly in the ICU, under mechan- ical ventilation and with invasive procedures (e.g. central venous catheter). In a previous study invoving over 503 patients, independent risk factors for ...
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