BackgroundMonitoring the use of antimicrobials in hospitalized patients is critical owing to risk resistance selection. This study aimed describe patterns antimicrobial prescription for most frequent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) France, relating drugs and microbiological data.MethodsWe used data from 2017 point-prevalence survey HAI a large nationally representative sample inpatients...

OBJECTIVE Gram negative bacilli are among the most important microbial agents involved in both hospital- and community-acquired infections. The quinolones are preferred antibacterial agents for the treatment of both community- and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections caused by gram negative bacilli because of their strong antibacterial effects, and because they can be administered both or...

A prospective survey of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) was conducted from 1985 to 1992. The survey used laboratory results to estimate incidence and alert infection control staff to a need for further action. The results were analysed with regard to the site, speciality and type of organism. The distribution by speciality of patients who had methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infec...

OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage and frequency of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community and hospital-acquired pyogenic skin and soft tissue infections. METHODS The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Dermatology Department of Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad, from June 2009 to March 2010, and comprised 144 community-acquired and 54 hospital-acq...

INTRODUCTION Hospital care is a precious gift in Uganda, therefore little concern is given to hospital safety and very seldom Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) risk is evaluated. Within a quality improvement hospital program the Board of Lacor Hospital, a large Missionary Hospital of north Uganda, ordered an HAI control program to be established. The first step of this program was an HAI preval...

objective(s) staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of human infection, and emergence of vancomycin-resistance s. aureus  is a great concern for treatment of methicillin-resistant s. aureus,(mrsa) in recent years (mrsa). here, we report the isolation of high-level vrsa. materials and methods s. aureus was isolated from foot ulcer of a diabetic woman in tehran, iran. antibiotic susceptibility w...