Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Hospitals"
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2011-03-08ZeitschriftenartikelElectronic Outbreak Surveillance in Germany: A First Evaluation for Nosocomial Norovirus Outbreaks Background: In Germany, surveillance for infectious disease outbreaks is integrated into an electronic surveillance system. For 2007, the national surveillance database contains case-based information on 201,224 norovirus ...
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2009-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with unique resistance profile in Southwest of Nigeria Pheno-, genotypic and toxin gene analysis has not been done yet all in one for Nigerian Staphylococcus aureus population. This study provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of ...
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2009-08-17ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Bosnia and Herzegovina Fifty-seven nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) were collected between February 2007 and November 2007 in different wards of the Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) reference ...
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2012-01-30ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of OXA-48-type carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in German hospitals Nine carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from eight patients in five German hospitals were investigated. Six isolates produced the OXA-48 carbapenemase, and three isolates produced OXA-162, which is ...
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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Level of Gastrointestinal Nosocomial Infections in the German Surveillance System, 2002–2008 Objective: Surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) is well established in many countries but often does not include gastrointestinal infections. We sought to determine the proportion of NIs among all hospitalized ...
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2006-08-16ZeitschriftenartikelHow long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review Background: Inanimate surfaces have often been described as the source for outbreaks of nosocomial infections. The aim of this review is to summarize data on the persistence of different nosocomial pathogens on inanimate ...
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2012-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelInfluenzaimpfquoten in hessischen Krankenhäusern Influenzainfektionen können sich in Krankenhäusern schnell ausbreiten, nosokomiale Influenzaübertragungen sind wiederholt beschrieben worden. Die Influenzaimpfung des medizinischen Personals ist eine wichtige Maßnahme, um ...
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2009-08-24ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among pigs on German farms and import of livestock-related MRSA into hospitals The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among pigs and estimate the impact of this animal reservoir on human healthcare. Nasal ...
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2010-01-12ZeitschriftenartikelSeasonal influenza risk in hospital healthcare workers is more strongly associated with household than occupational exposures: results from a prospective cohort study in Berlin, Germany, 2006/07 Background: Influenza immunisation for healthcare workers is encouraged to protect their often vulnerable patients but also due to a perceived higher risk for influenza. We aimed to compare the risk of influenza infection ...
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2012-03-09ZeitschriftenartikelSingle-Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Identifies a Locally Endemic Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus We developed, tested, and applied a TaqMan real-time PCR assay for interrogation of three single-nucleotide polymorphisms that differentiate a clade (termed ‘t003-X’) within the radiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
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2007-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe current MLVA typing scheme for Enterococcus faecium is less discriminatory than MLST and PFGE for epidemic-virulent, hospital-adapted clonal types Background: MLVA (multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis) is a reliable typing technique introduced recently to differentiate also isolates of Enterococcus faecium. We used the established VNTR (variable ...