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Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:109
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Correction: A systematic literature review of economic evaluation studies of interventions impacting antimicrobial resistance
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Correction: Factors associated with hand washing effectiveness: an institution-based observational study
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Association between perioperative prophylaxis with cefuroxime plus metronidazole or amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and surgical site infections in paediatric uncomplicated appendectomy: a Swiss retrospective cohort study
We aimed to evaluate the association between post-appendectomy SSI rates and the two most commonly used regimens for perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in Swiss children.
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Association of antimicrobial perioperative prophylaxis with cefuroxime plus metronidazole or amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and surgical site infections in colorectal surgery
To compare intravenous (IV) amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (A/CA) to IV cefuroxime plus metronidazole (C + M) for preventing surgical site infections (SSI) in colorectal surgery.
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Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection rates in 5 European countries
To determine the overall and procedure-specific incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) as well as risk factors for such across all surgical disciplines in Europe.
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:104 -
Antibiotic prescribing to inpatients in Limpopo, South Africa: a multicentre point-prevalence survey
Electronic continuous surveillance databases are ideal for monitoring antibiotic use (ABU) in hospitalised patients for antibiotic stewardship programmes (ASP). However, such databases are scarce in low-resour...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment of common infections in primary care and the change to antibiotic prescribing in England
There is concern that the COVID-19 pandemic altered the management of common infections in primary care. This study aimed to evaluate infection-coded consultation rates and antibiotic use during the pandemic a...
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No difference in bacterial contamination of hip capsule sutures and control sutures in hip arthroplasty surgery
Perioperative preventive measures are important to further reduce the rate of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). During THA surgery, joint capsule suture...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:101 -
Usefulness of dynamic regression time series models for studying the relationship between antimicrobial consumption and bacterial antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: a systematic review
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on the rise worldwide. Tools such as dynamic regression (DR) models can correlate antimicrobial consumption (AMC) with AMR and predict future trends to help implement antimicr...
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Empiric antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit based on the risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection: a single-centre case‒control study of blood culture results in Japan
Infections and sepsis are the leading causes of death in intensive care units (ICUs). Antimicrobial agent selection is challenging because the intervention is directly related to the outcome, and the problem o...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:99 -
SARS-CoV-2 risk in household contacts of healthcare workers: a prospective cohort study
Few studies have assessed whether the increased SARS-CoV-2 risk of healthcare workers (HCW) is carried on to their household contacts. Within a prospective HCW cohort, we assessed the SARS-CoV-2 risk of househ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:98 -
Review on infection control strategies to minimize outbreaks of the emerging pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis
Elizabethkingia anophelis is a multi-drug resistant emerging opportunistic pathogen with a high mortality rate, causing healthcare-associated outbreaks worldwide.
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:97 -
External validation of semi-automated surveillance algorithms for deep surgical site infections after colorectal surgery in an independent country
Automated surveillance methods that re-use electronic health record data are considered an attractive alternative to traditional manual surveillance. However, surveillance algorithms need to be thoroughly vali...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:96 -
How biofilm changes our understanding of cleaning and disinfection
Biofilms are ubiquitous in healthcare settings. By nature, biofilms are less susceptible to antimicrobials and are associated with healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Resistance of biofilm to antimicrobial...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:95 -
Environmental approaches to controlling Clostridioides difficile infection in healthcare settings
As today’s most prevalent and costly healthcare-associated infection, hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) represents a major threat to patient safety world-wide. This review will discuss ho...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:94 -
Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude, barriers and improvement measures among healthcare workers in the Republic of Korea: a cross-sectional survey exploring interprofessional differences
Hand hygiene (HH) is a fundamental component of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. This study aimed to identify knowledge, attitude, and barriers to HH according to occupational groups an...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:93 -
Does repeated exposure to hydrogen peroxide induce Candida auris resistance?
To minimize environmental colonization by microorganisms that may persist and thrive in healthcare settings, thus reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), new insights over already known biocides are ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:92 -
First report of Candida auris in Romania: clinical and molecular aspects
The emerging opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida auris raises significant concerns for public health due to its outbreak potential, the associated high mortality, increased resistance to antifungals, challengin...
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International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control 2023
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12(Suppl 1):81 -
Mapping of infection prevention and control education and training in some countries of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region: current situation and future needs
A strong understanding of infection prevention and control (IPC) procedures and comprehensive training among healthcare workers is essential for effective IPC programs. These elements play a crucial role in br...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:90 -
Antimicrobial stewardship in primary health care programs in humanitarian settings: the time to act is now
Fragile and conflict-affected settings bear a disproportionate burden of antimicrobial resistance, due to the compounding effects of weak health policies, disrupted medical supply chains, and lack of knowledge...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:89 -
Development of machine learning models for the detection of surgical site infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a multicenter cohort study
Population based surveillance of surgical site infections (SSIs) requires precise case-finding strategies. We sought to develop and validate machine learning models to automate the process of complex (deep inc...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:88 -
Predictive performance of automated surveillance algorithms for intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Intravascular catheter infections are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, a significant proportion of these infections are preventable. Evaluations of the performance of automated surveillance ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:87 -
The prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, identified as a “high priority antibiotic-resistant pathogen” by the World Health Organization, poses a significant threat to human health. This systematic review and m...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:86 -
Factors associated with hand washing effectiveness: an institution-based observational study
Few studies have investigated how the effectiveness of hand washing in removing hand contaminants is influenced by the performance and duration of each step involved. We conducted an observational study by rec...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:85 -
Barriers to infection prevention and control in long-term care/assisted living settings in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted long-term care and assisted living (LTC/AL) facilities in Canada, where infection prevention and control (IPAC) programs had been suboptimal. We aimed to ident...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:84 -
Multimodal environmental cleaning strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections
Infection transmission in healthcare is multifaceted and by in large involves the complex interplay between a pathogen, a host and their environment. To prevent transmission, infection prevention strategies mu...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:83 -
Antibiotic utilisation and resistance over the first decade of nationally funded antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Singapore acute-care hospitals
The aim of this study was to describe the time series of broad-spectrum antibiotic utilisation and incidence of antibiotic-resistant organisms during the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:82 -
Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future
The importance of hospital cleaning for controlling healthcare-associated infection (HAI) has taken years to acknowledge. This is mainly because the removal of dirt is inextricably entwined with gender and soc...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:80 -
Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in India between 2000 and 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections are recurrently reported in different parts of India in the last two decades. However, an up-to-date, countrywide information concerning the prevalence and the ra...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:79 -
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospital settings across European borders: a scoping review comparing the epidemiology in the Netherlands and Germany
The rising prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is a matter of concern in hospital settings across Europe without a distinct geographical pattern. In this scoping review, we compared the epidem...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:78 -
Contact investigations for antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a mixed-methods study of patients’ comprehension of and compliance with self-sampling requests post-discharge
Contact investigation is an important tool to identify unrecognized patients who are colonized with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Many Dutch hospitals include already discharged contact patients by sending th...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:77 -
Polish infection control nurses’ job satisfaction and cooperation with their colleagues reflect how the value of infection control is appreciated by other health care workers: findings from surveys conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is based on the activity of specialized, trained and highly qualified personnel, especially infection control nurses (ICNs). Effective implementation of IPC procedures de...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:76 -
Bacterial ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections: changing trends in antimicrobial susceptibility, a 7-year retrospective study from Pakistan
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections in adults represent a severe complication and make treatment more challenging. Therefore, drug susceptibility patterns are crucial for therapeutic decisions and infec...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:75 -
Comparison of microbial colonization rates between central venous catheters and peripherally inserted central catheters
Central venous catheters (CVCs) and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), have been widely used as intravascular devices in critically ill patients. However, they might evoke complications, such as...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:74 -
Antibiotic treatment failure of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in primary care
Higher resistance rates of > 20% have been noted in Enterobacteriaceae urinary isolates towards ciprofloxacin and co-trimoxazole (C + C) in Singapore, compared with amoxicillin-clavulanate and nitrofurantoin (AC ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:73 -
Best practice guidance for antibiotic audit and feedback interventions in primary care: a modified Delphi study from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial resistance: Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN)
Primary care is a critical partner for antimicrobial stewardship efforts given its high human antibiotic usage. Peer comparison audit and feedback (A&F) is often used to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescri...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:72 -
Contact time has limited impact on the efficacy of disinfectant towelettes when tested under conditions reflective of realistic use
Disinfectant towelettes are increasingly being used as a means to prevent transmission of clinically important pathogens which could lead to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). However, the efficacy of di...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:71 -
The impact of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination on antibiotic use: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Vaccination can prevent bacterial and viral infections that could otherwise increase the chances of receiving (unnecessary) antibiotic treatment(s). As a result, vaccination may provide an important public hea...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:70 -
A systematic literature review of economic evaluation studies of interventions impacting antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is accelerated by widespread and inappropriate use of antimicrobials. Many countries, including those in low- and middle- income contexts, have started implementing interventions...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:69 -
Using adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence level monitoring to identify bacterial reservoirs during two consecutive Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus capitis nosocomial infection outbreaks at a neonatal intensive care unit
This study aimed to assess the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence level monitoring for identifying reservoirs of the outbreak pathogen during two consecutive outbreaks caused by Enterococcus fae...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:68 -
Practices and challenges related to antibiotic use in paediatric treatment in hospitals and health centres in Niger and Uganda: a mixed methods study
Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health problem and is responsible for high mortality in children and new-borns. Strengthening the rational use of antibiotics and improving the quality and access ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:67 -
High risk of bloodstream infection of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae carriers in neutropenic children with hematological diseases
Neutropenic children with hematological diseases were associated with higher morbidity of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) blood-stream infection (BSI) or colonization. But it was still murky rega...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:66 -
Exploring the perioperative infection control practices & incidence of surgical site infections in rural India
Surgical site infections (SSIs) affect around a third of patients undergoing surgeries worldwide, annually. It is heterogeneously distributed with a higher burden in low and middle-income countries. Although r...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:65 -
Universal use of face mask for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in community settings in a South-western State of Nigeria: willingness and barriers
One of the major drivers of the novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) pandemic is community transmission. Nigeria, like other countries globally, took to strict preventive public health measures including good respir...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:64 -
Tolerance of clinical vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates against UV-C light from a mobile source
Admission to a room previously occupied by patients carrying environmentally robust pathogens implies an increased risk of acquiring those pathogens. Therefore, ‘No-touch’ automated room disinfection systems, ...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:63 -
The impact of enhanced screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in an acute care hospital in South Korea
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) poses a significant challenge to infection control in healthcare settings. Active screening is recommended to prevent intra-hospital CPE transmission.
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:62 -
The incidence of nosocomial bloodstream infection and urinary tract infection in Australian hospitals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series study
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on healthcare including increased awareness of infection prevention and control (IPC). The aim of this study was to explore if the heightened awareness of IPC...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:61 -
Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) and Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) present a high burden in both communities and healthcare sectors, leading to difficult-to-treat inf...
Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2023 12:60