A Fatal Bloodstream Infection by Staphylococcus pettenkoferi in an Intensive Care Unit Patient

Polymicrobial bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit are associated with increased mortality: a case-control study

BACKGROUND Polymicrobial infections in adults and children are associated with increase in mortality, duration of intensive care and healthcare costs. Very few studies have characterized polymicrobial bloodstream infections in the neonatal unit. Considerable variation has been reported in incidence of polymicrobial infections and associated clinical outcomes. We characterized the risk factors a...

عفونت‌های بیمارستانی و عوامل باکتریایی آنها: بخش مراقبت‌های ویژه نوزادان بیمارستان دانشگاهی قائم (عج) مشهد

Background: Nosocomial infections increase patients' morbidity, mortality and length of hospital stay especially in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and have become a matter of major concern. Controlling and preventing nosocomial infections need enough information about epidemiology of these infections. This study aims at estimating the incidence rate and the most frequent bacteria which c...

Varicella Exposure in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a Low Resource Country: Successful Prophylaxis with Intravenous Immunoglobulins

Background: Varicella-zoster infection is a serious and potentially fatal disease, especially among newborns.Several studies have described postnatal varicella zoster exposure among neonates and reported on the efficacy of varicella-zoster immunoglobulins (VZIG) used as post-exposure prophylaxis. Unfortunately, VZIG is not available in Jordan. A limited number of studies have investigated the e...

Reductions in MRSA, Clostridium difficile and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Acquired Bloodstream Infections and over 9 years from 276 United Kingdom ICUs

Prevalence of Microorganisms Causing Septicemia and Determination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Intensive Care Unit

The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of microorganisms isolated from blood samples of patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and the rate of their resistance to common administered antibiotics in an Iranian ICU. One-hundred patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndromes (SIRS), hospitalized in ICU of Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran, were entered to this cross-...