background: neutropenic patients are vulnerable to a wide spectrum of infectious agents. the aim of this study was to determine the current frequency of bacterial infections in patients with nosocomial fever and neutropenia. methods: in a retrospective study, the neutropenic patients’ specimens with nosocomial fever were cultured on blood and macconkey agar plates and evaluated at microbiology ...

background: methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is one of the major agents for increasing number of serious hospital and community acquired infections. the aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of the mrsa and meca gene among nosocomial and environmental specimens in kurdistan hospitals and determining the antibiotic resistance of the isolates. materials and methods...

background: nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in nicus of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

background and objectives: hand hygiene (hh) is crucial for preventing of infectious complications in health care settings. informing healthcare workers on the recommended hand washing method can promote this practice in the clinical staff. this study aimed to evaluate the impact of training the who-recommended five-moment hand washing method in promoting hand hygiene in a health care setting. ...

conclusions a slightly higher mortality in patients with pneumonia, caused by s. maltophilia, was strived to explain by advanced age, higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (apache ii) and sepsis related organ failure assessment (sofa) score, and also higher inappropriate antibiotic use. results a total of 71 patients with s. maltophilia nosocomial infections, 35 (49.3%) primary ...

abstract background: escherichia coli, known as a clinically significant bacteria, can cause a wide range of infections, including urinary tract infections (utis), blood stream infections (bsis), and can frequently be isolated from various clinical specimens. evaluation of antimicrobial resistant pattern is a necessary action, especially about such bacteria which are frequent and life threateni...

background and objectives: bacterial bloodstream infections (bsis) and surgical site infections (ssis) are among the most common nosocomial infections with high mortality and morbidity. we aimed to evaluate the frequency of various species among bsis and ssis at tehran heart center, tehran, iran. methods: patients with localized or systemic infections that became evident 48 hours or more after ...

Background: The rate of nosocomial infection appears to depend on whether it is calculated using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) or carrier state criteria. The objective of this study was to differentiate between primary endogenous (PE), secondary endogenous (SE) and exogenous (EX) infections, and to compare this classification with CDC criteria for nosocomial infections. Methods: ...

Background: Nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in NICUs of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest Iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

objective to investigate association between nosocomial infection, blood products transfusion and microorganisms responsible in patients who hospitalized at icu (intensive care unit). patients and methods in this prospective study, 217 patients who were admitted to the icu of taleghani hospital between august 2010 and august 2011 were included. nosocomial infections were defined using the conta...