Healthcare-associated infections: new challenges looking for answers

Healthcare-associated infections: new challenges looking for answers

Nosocomial transmission of multiresistant bacteria is a growing healthcare issue. In addition, new pathogens and pathogenic mechanisms, associated with therapies based on the use of live microorganisms, can be of importance in the near future. The current issue of CKJ illustrates healthcare-associated infections that go beyond common bacteria. First, the therapeutic use of live BCG mycobacteria...

Managing cyst infections in ADPKD: an old problem looking for new answers.

The clinical determination of an infected kidney cyst may be difficult in a patient with ADPKD. The typical presentation of fever and abdominal pain carries a broad differential that includes pyelonephritis, infected kidney stones, perinephric or perihepatic abscess, cyst hemorrhage, or even intra-abdominal pathology unrelated to ADPKD. Conventional imaging with ultrasound, computed tomography,...

Healthcare-associated infections: challenges to public health in Brazil

This study presents a critical evaluation of the scientific literature related to this subject, aiming to assess the policies and administrative issues regarding the prevention and magnitude of healthcare-associated infections and discuss the challenges for their prevention in Brazil. The topics discussed included historical and administrative issues, challenges imposed by the characteristics o...

Benchmarking local healthcare-associated infections: available benchmarks and interpretation challenges.

Growing numbers of healthcare facilities are routinely collecting standardized data on healthcare-associated infection (HAI), which can be used not only to track internal performance but also to compare local data to national and international benchmarks. Benchmarking overall (crude) HAI surveillance metrics without accounting or adjusting for potential confounders can result in misleading conc...

New Approaches for Monitoring and Reporting Healthcare-Associated Infections