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 …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile pathogen associated with a broad spectrum of
infections in humans. In healthcare settings the bacterium is an important cause of infection …

Background: We report the results of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
(INICC) surveillance study from January 2010-December 2015 in 703 intensive care units …

The results of a surveillance study conducted by the International Nosocomial Infection
Control Consortium (INICC) from January 2004 through December 2009 in 422 intensive …

We report the results of the International Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance
study from January 2003 through December 2008 in 173 intensive care units (ICUs) in Latin …

Disinfection and sterilization in hospitals, is of increasing concern. Nosocomial infections
can be defined as those occurring within 48 hours of hospital admission, 3 days of discharge …

This chapter discusses mainly those Gram‐positive cocci that were members of the former
family Micrococcaceae prior to its redefinition. The genera have now been rearranged in …

We report the results of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)
surveillance study from January 2007-December 2012 in 503 intensive care units (ICUs) in …

Antimicrobial resistance is threatening the successful management of nosocomial infections
worldwide. Despite the therapeutic limitations imposed by methicillin-resistant …

Background The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium has found a high
ICU mortality rate. Our aim was to identify all-cause mortality risk factors in ICU-patients …