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  1. Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide problem and inappropriate prescriptions are a cause. Especially among children, prescriptions tend to be high. It is unclear how they differ in bordering regions. This stud...

    Authors: Jan-Willem H. Dik, Bhanu Sinha, Alex W. Friedrich, Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe, Ron Hendrix, Robin Köck, Bert Bijker, Maarten J. Postma, Michael H. Freitag, Gerd Glaeske and Falk Hoffmann
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:14
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  3. External ultrasound transducer disinfection is common practice in medicine. Unfortunately, clinically significant organisms, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and...

    Authors: Riley Hoyer, Srikar Adhikari and Richard Amini
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:12
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  4. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli O- Serogroups with their virulence factors are the most prevalent causes of UTIs. The present research performed to track common uropathogenic E.coli serogroups, antibiotic resistan...

    Authors: Elahe Tajbakhsh, Parvin Ahmadi, Elham Abedpour-Dehkordi, Nazila Arbab-Soleimani and Faham Khamesipour
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:11
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  5. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli has become ubiquitous and has been reported in diverse ecosystems. We evaluated the potential impact of post-acute and long-term healthcare activities on t...

    Authors: Laurence Drieux, Sophie Haenn, Laurent Moulin and Vincent Jarlier
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:9
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  6. This paper describes (1) the Highly Resistant Gram Negative Rod (HR-GNR) prevalence rate, (2) their genotypes, acquired resistance genes and (3) associated risk factors of HR-GNR colonization among the hospita...

    Authors: Dennis Souverein, Sjoerd M. Euser, Bjorn L. Herpers, Bram Diederen, Patricia Houtman, Marina van Seventer, Ingeborg van Ess, Jan Kluytmans, John W. A. Rossen and Jeroen W. Den Boer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:8
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  7. The use of antimicrobials is intense and often inappropriate in long-term care facilities. Antimicrobial resistance has increased in acute and chronic care facilities, including those in Belgium. Evidence is l...

    Authors: François Kidd, Dominique Dubourg, Francis Heller and Frédéric Frippiat
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:7
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  8. The emergence of livestock-associated MRSA has become a growing public health concern worldwide. Studies elucidating the population structure, as well as resistance phenotypes and virulence gene profiles of li...

    Authors: Annamari Heikinheimo, Sophia Johler, Laura Karvonen, Jérôme Julmi, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Roger Stephan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:6
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  9. Escherichia coli is the most predominant causative agent of urinary tract infection (UTI). Recently, increase in drug resistance among the uropathogenic bacteria has caused great probl...

    Authors: Sanjeev Neupane, Narayan Dutt Pant, Saroj Khatiwada, Raina Chaudhary and Megha Raj Banjara
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:5
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  10. The emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates has important clinical and therapeutic implications. High prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae has been reported in the li...

    Authors: Mazen A Sid Ahmed, Devendra Bansal, Anushree Acharya, Asha A. Elmi, Jemal M Hamid, Abuelhassan M Sid Ahmed, Prem Chandra, Emad Ibrahim, Ali A Sultan, Sanjay Doiphode, Naser Eldin Bilal and Anand Deshmukh
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:4
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  11. Multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been an important problem in public health around the world. However, limited information about disinfectant-susceptibility of multi-drug-resistant strain of M....

    Authors: Noriko Shinoda, Satoshi Mitarai, Eri Suzuki and Mineo Watanabe
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:3
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  12. Over the counter sale of antibiotics is a global problem and it is increasingly recognized as a source of antibiotic misuse and is believed to increase treatment costs, adverse effects of treatment and emergen...

    Authors: Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle and Mirgissa Kaba Serbessa
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:2
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  13. Antimicrobial resistance in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O157 is a matter of increasing concern. The aim of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance profiles...

    Authors: Bianca A. Amézquita-López, Beatriz Quiñones, Marcela Soto-Beltrán, Bertram G. Lee, Jaszemyn C. Yambao, Ofelia Y. Lugo-Melchor and Cristóbal Chaidez
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:1
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  14. This document is an executive summary of APSIC Guidelines for Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination. It describes best practices in routine cleaning and decontamination in healthcare facilities as well as...

    Authors: Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Le Thi Anh Thu, Victoria Villanueva, Costy Pandjaitan and Mohamad Yasim Yusof
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:58
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Hospital-associated infections (HAIs) are reported to increase patient mortality and incur longer hospital stays. Most studies to date have focused on specific groups of hospitalised patients with a rather sho...

    Authors: Anne Mette Koch, Roy Miodini Nilsen, Hanne Merete Eriksen, Rebecca Jane Cox and Stig Harthug
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:57
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  16. Nasal and extra nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a pre-existing condition that often leads to invasive MRSA infection, as MRSA colonization is associated with a high risk of acquiring M...

    Authors: N. Sai, C. Laurent, H. Strale, O. Denis and B. Byl
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:56
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  17. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) pneumonia is associated with poor clinical outcomes. This study examined the association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-...

    Authors: Jennifer S. McDanel, Eli N. Perencevich, Daniel J. Diekema, Patricia L. Winokur, J. Kristie Johnson, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Tara C. Smith, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Jeffrey D. Dawson and Marin L. Schweizer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:51
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  18. Inappropriate antibiotic use for treatment of common self-limiting infections is a major problem worldwide. We conducted this study to determine prevalence of non-prescription sale of antimicrobial drugs by ph...

    Authors: Anita Shet, Suba Sundaresan and Birger C. Forsberg
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:55
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  19. Hospital infections with multiresistant bacteria, e.g., Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), cause heavy financial burden worldwide. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriage in combination...

    Authors: Claudia Hübner, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Christian Wegner and Steffen Flessa
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:50
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  20. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly commonly results in antibiotic administration and, in turn, contributes to antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug events, and increased costs. This is a major problem in...

    Authors: Sarah B. Doernberg, Victoria Dudas and Kavita K. Trivedi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:54
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  21. Attempts to increase compliance with infection control practices are complex and are - in part - based on attempts to change behaviour. In particular, the behaviour of significant peers (role models) has been ...

    Authors: E. J. W. Spierings, P. T. J. Spierings, M. Nabuurs-Franssen, J. Hopman, E. Perencevich and A. Voss
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:53
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  22. The number of national hand-hygiene campaigns has increased recently, following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Save Lives: clean your hands” initiative (2009), which offers hospitals a multi-component ...

    Authors: Christopher Fuller, Joanne Savage, Barry Cookson, Andrew Hayward, Ben Cooper, Georgia Duckworth, Susan Michie, Annette Jeanes, Louise Teare, Andre Charlett and Sheldon Paul Stone
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:52
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  23. The lack of new antibiotic classes calls for a cautious use of existing agents. Yet, every 10 min, almost two tons of antibiotics are used around the world, all too often without any prescription or control. T...

    Authors: Stephan Harbarth, Hanan H. Balkhy, Herman Goossens, Vincent Jarlier, Jan Kluytmans, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mirko Saam, Alex Van Belkum and Didier Pittet
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:49
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  24. Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The respiratory effects of p...

    Authors: Pearl Shuang Ye Tong, Anita Sugam Kale, Kailyn Ng, Amelia Peiwen Loke, Mahesh Arjandas Choolani, Chin Leong Lim, Yiong Huak Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah and Eu-Leong Yong
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2015 4:48
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:26

  25. The Antimicrobial Self-Assessment Toolkit for NHS Trusts (ASAT) was developed in England by a National Pharmacist Reference Group of an Advisory Non-Departmental Public Body on Antimicrobial Resistance and Hea...

    Authors: Chantelle Bailey, Mary Tully and Jonathan Cooke
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:47
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  26. Candida species are major causes of healthcare-associated infections with colonization preceding infection. Understanding risk factors for colonization by Candida species is important in prevention. However, d...

    Authors: Danielle M. Schulte, Ajay Sethi, Ronald Gangnon, Megan Duster, Dennis G. Maki and Nasia Safdar
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:46
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  28. In clinical practice, patients who are awake often comment that cold surgical skin disinfectant is unpleasant. This is not only a problem of patients’ experience; heat loss during the disinfection process is a...

    Authors: Camilla Wistrand, Bo Söderquist, Anders Magnusson and Ulrica Nilsson
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:44
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  29. The overuse of antimicrobials is one of the main factors responsible for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance, together with other causes, such as intra- and inter-hospital spread of resistan...

    Authors: Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Andrea Maugeri, Eugenia Aldisio, Anna Elisa Marchese, Anna Rita Mattaliano and Athanassios Tsakris
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:43
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  30. Emergence of antibacterial resistance and production of Extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are responsible for the frequently observed empirical therapy failures. Most countries have experienced rapid diss...

    Authors: Kamlesh Kumar Yadav, Nabaraj Adhikari, Rama Khadka, Anil Dev Pant and Bibha Shah
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:42
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  31. Although hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients are routinely exposed to classic risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), few studies have assessed CDI risk in these high-risk patients, and...

    Authors: Nicole M. Boyle, Amalia Magaret, Zach Stednick, Alex Morrison, Susan Butler-Wu, Danielle Zerr, Karin Rogers, Sara Podczervinski, Anqi Cheng, Anna Wald and Steven A. Pergam
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:41
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  32. Acinetobacter baumannii can cause serious healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the incidence is increasing, with many strains now resistant to multiple antibiotic classes. The a...

    Authors: Darcy Ellis, Bevin Cohen, Jianfang Liu and Elaine Larson
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:40
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  33. Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent cause of infections in both the community and hospital. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus continues to be an important nosocomial pathogen...

    Authors: Rita Khanal, Prakash Sah, Pramila Lamichhane, Apsana Lamsal, Sweety Upadhaya and Vijay Kumar Pahwa
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:39
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  34. The emergence and worldwide spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is of great concern to public health services. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of carbapenemase-producin...

    Authors: K. Zurfluh, L. Poirel, P. Nordmann, J. Klumpp and R. Stephan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:38
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  35. The hands of the medical staff play an important role in transmission of pathogens in the health care environment. Hand hygiene is efficient, easy to perform and cost-effective. Safety, tolerability and accept...

    Authors: Andreas Conrad, Birgit Grotejohann, Claudia Schmoor, Drago Cosic and Markus Dettenkofer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:37
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  36. In hospital settings, patient isolation is used to limit transmission of certain pathogens (e.g. M. tuberculosis [TB], antibiotic-resistant bacteria and viruses causing respiratory and enteric infection). Data is...

    Authors: Angela Dramowski, Mark F. Cotton and Andrew Whitelaw
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:36
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  37. Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) surveillance for incident methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitalized patients is performed in a complete provincial surveillance network of all acute...

    Authors: Kathryn Bush, Jenine Leal, Sumana Fathima, Vincent Li, David Vickers, Linda Chui, Marie Louie, Geoffrey Taylor and Elizabeth Henderson
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:35
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  38. Patients in resourced-limited neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (NICU and PICU) are vulnerable to healthcare associated infections (HAI). We report the incidence of HAI, multidrug resistant microorga...

    Authors: Emine Alp, Tülay Orhan, Cemile Atalay Kürkcü, Safiye Ersoy and Mary-Louise McLaws
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:34
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  39. People in low-income countries purchase a high proportion of antimicrobials from retail drug shops, both with and without a prescription. Tanzania’s accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program includes di...

    Authors: John C Chalker, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Jafary Liana, Romuald Mbwasi, Innocent A Semali, Bernard Kihiyo, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Angel Dillip, Suleiman Kimatta, Richard Valimba, Martha Embrey, Rachel Lieber, Edmund Rutta, Keith Johnson and Dennis Ross-Degnan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:33
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  40. Hand hygiene practice is an important measure for preventing infections in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). However, low compliance with hand hygiene has been reported in a number of studies. The purpose of ...

    Authors: Rita Szabó, Júlia Morvai, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues and Didier Pittet
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:32
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  41. While multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) are a global phenomenon, there are significant regional differences in terms of prevalence. Traveling to countries with a high MDRO prevalence increases the risk of ...

    Authors: T. Kaspar, A. Schweiger, S. Droz and J. Marschall
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:31
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  42. Tanzania introduced the accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program more than a decade ago. Previous evaluations have generally shown that ADDOs meet defined standards of practice better than non-accredit...

    Authors: Angel Dillip, Martha Embrey, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Suleiman Kimatta, Jafary Liana, Edmund Rutta, Richard Valimba and John Chalker
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:30
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  43. Australia has commenced public reporting and benchmarking of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), despite not having a standardised national HAI surveillance program. Annual hospital Staphylococcus aureus blo...

    Authors: Philip L. Russo, Adrian G. Barnett, Allen C. Cheng, Michael Richards, Nicholas Graves and Lisa Hall
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:29
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  44. The Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) was established in 2008 to lead delivery of the national antimicrobial stewardship programme. We performed a national self-reported survey in 2014 to evaluat...

    Authors: Clare Colligan, Jacqueline Sneddon, Gwen Bayne, William Malcolm, Gill Walker and Dilip Nathwani
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:28
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  45. Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is increasingly reported worldwide. A similar increase is seen in Singapore since identification of its first case in 2008. The aim of this study was to identify loca...

    Authors: Moi Lin Ling, Yong Ming Tee, Soong Geck Tan, Ismawati M. Amin, Kue Bien How, Kwee Yuen Tan and Lai Chee Lee
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:26
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