Irek EOEO, Amupitan AA, Obadare TO, Aboderin AO. A systematic review of healthcare-associated infections in Africa:…
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Sepsis
Overview Sepsis is a serious condition that happens when the body’s immune system has an extreme…
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Regional decolonization effort linked to fewer infections, deaths from multidrug-resistant pathogens
A decolonization program implemented at a network of healthcare facilities in southern California significantly reduced the…
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Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial therapy of healthcare-associated carbapenem-non-susceptible gram-negative bacterial meningitis: a 16-year retrospective cohort study | BMC Infectious Diseases
Bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2019, 912 non-duplicate CSF…
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The impact of preoperative biliary drainage on postoperative healthcare-associated infections and clinical outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a ten-year retrospective analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases
Gerstenhaber F, Grossman J, Lubezky N, Itzkowitz E, Nachmany I, Sever R, et al. Pancreaticoduodenectomy in…
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New York hospital reports spike in Candida auris during COVID-19
G. William Gary II / CDC Yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and…
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