Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

B Allegranzi, SB Nejad, C Combescure, W Graafmans… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Health-care-associated infection is the most frequent result of unsafe patient
care worldwide, but few data are available from the developing world. We aimed to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm-forming microorganisms causing hospital-acquired infections from intravenous catheter: A systematic review

SP Cangui-Panchi, AL Ñacato-Toapanta… - Current research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high prevalence of nosocomial infections is related to the use of medical insertion
devices such as central venous catheters (CVCs). Most of the microorganisms causing …

Device-associated hospital-acquired infection rates in Turkish intensive care units. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

H Leblebicioglu, VD Rosenthal, ÖA Arıkan… - Journal of Hospital …, 2007 - Elsevier
We conducted a prospective study of targeted surveillance of healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs) in 13 intensive care units (ICUs) from 12 Turkish hospitals, all members of …

Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units in four Mexican public hospitals

EJR Barba, VD Rosenthal, F Higuera… - American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Routine surveillance of nosocomial infections has become an integral part
of infection control and quality assurance in US hospitals. METHODS: As part of the …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence, clinical outcome and risk factors of intensive care unit infections in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria

AA Iwuafor, FT Ogunsola, RO Oladele, OO Oduyebo… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Infections are common complications in critically ill patients with associated
significant morbidity and mortality. Aim This study determined the prevalence, risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting hospital-acquired infections by scoring system with simple parameters

YJ Chang, ML Yeh, YC Li, CY Hsu, CC Lin, MS Hsu… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are associated with increased attributable
morbidity, mortality, prolonged hospitalization, and economic costs. A simple, reliable …

[HTML][HTML] Health care-associated infections in a neurocritical care unit of a developing country

YB Abulhasan, AA Abdullah, SA Shetty, MA Ramadan… - Neurocritical care, 2020 - Springer
Background Health care-associated infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs)
specialized for neurocritical care (neurocritical care units [NCCUs]) are serious yet …

Prevalence of extensively drug-resistant gram negative bacilli in surgical intensive care in Egypt

A Hasanin, A Eladawy, H Mohamed, Y Salah… - Pan African Medical …, 2014 - ajol.info
Introduction: the prevalence of extensively drug resistant gram negative bacilli (XDR-GNB) is
rapidly progressing; however in Egypt data are sparse. We conducted the present study to …

The risk factors for infections acquired by cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarct patients in a neurology intensive care unit in Turkey

GR Yilmaz, MA Cevik, FS Erdinc, S Ucler… - Japanese journal of …, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Few studies have investigated the risk factors for nosocomial infections developed in
neurology intensive care units (ICUs). In this study, the risk factors for ICU-acquired …

Five-year surveillance of nosocomial infections in Ankara Training and Research Hospital

FS Erdinc, MA Yetkin, CA Hatipoglu, M Yucel… - Journal of Hospital …, 2006 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess the rate of nosocomial infections (NIs), frequency of
nosocomial pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibility changes in a 530-bed hospital over a …