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  1. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs commonly have an in-hospital focus. Little is known about the quality of antimicrobial use in hospital outpatient clinics. We investigated the extent and appropriateness of a...

    Authors: Annemieke K. van den Broek, Reinier M. van Hest, Kamilla D. Lettinga, Afra Jimmink, Fanny N. Lauw, Caroline E. Visser and Jan M. Prins

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:40

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  2. The spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the Southwest Indian Ocean area (SIOA) is poorly documented. Reunion Island is a French overseas territory located close to Madagascar and connect...

    Authors: Guillaume Miltgen, Pascal Cholley, Daniel Martak, Michelle Thouverez, Paul Seraphin, Alexandre Leclaire, Nicolas Traversier, Bénédicte Roquebert, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Nathalie Lugagne, Céline Ben Cimon, Mahery Ramiandrisoa, Sandrine Picot, Anne Lignereux, Geoffrey Masson, Jérôme Allyn…

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:36

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  3. Implementing sustainable practice change in hospital cleaning has proven to be an ongoing challenge in reducing healthcare associated infections. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable framework-b...

    Authors: Lisa Hall, Nicole M. White, Michelle Allen, Alison Farrington, Brett G. Mitchell, Katie Page, Kate Halton, Thomas V. Riley, Christian A. Gericke, Nicholas Graves and Anne Gardner

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:35

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  4. Multidrug-resistant gram-negative (MRGN) bacteria are a serious threat to global health. We used genomics to study MRGN obtained from houseflies in a tertiary Rwandan hospital. Our analysis revealed a high abu...

    Authors: Stefan E. Heiden, Mathis S. E. Kurz, Jürgen Bohnert, Claude Bayingana, Jules M. Ndoli, Augustin Sendegeya, Jean Bosco Gahutu, Elias Eger, Frank P. Mockenhaupt and Katharina Schaufler

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:34

    Content type: Short report

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  5. Using case-vignettes, we assessed the perception of European infection control (IC) specialists regarding the individual and collective risk associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among inpatients.

    Authors: Gabriel Birgand, Nico T. Mutters, Raheelah Ahmad, Evelina Tacconelli, Jean-Christophe Lucet and Alison Holmes

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:33

    Content type: Research

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  6. Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the world’s ability to prevent and treat infections. Links between quantitative antibiotic use and the emergence of bacterial resistance are well documented. Thi...

    Authors: Wallis Rudnick, Michelle Science, Daniel J. G. Thirion, Kahina Abdesselam, Kelly B. Choi, Linda Pelude, Kanchana Amaratunga, Jeannette L. Comeau, Bruce Dalton, Johan Delport, Rita Dhami, Joanne Embree, Yannick Émond, Gerald Evans, Charles Frenette, Susan Fryters…

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:32

    Content type: Research

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  7. Antimicrobial resistance is a serious public health problem. Fecal carriage of drug-resistant bacteria has been suggested as an important source of antimicrobial resistant genes (ARGs). We aimed to identify ri...

    Authors: Yuan Hu, Yusuke Matsui and Lee W. Riley

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:31

    Content type: Research

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  8. The burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are available regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) process indicators in these...

    Authors: Kenneth I. Onyedibe, Nathan Y. Shehu, Daniela Pires, Samson E. Isa, Mark O. Okolo, Simji S. Gomerep, Comfort Ibrahim, Sunday J. Igbanugo, Rachel U. Odesanya, Adebola Olayinka, Daniel Z. Egah and Didier Pittet

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:30

    Content type: Research

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  9. Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative organisms (GN) are associated with a high mortality rate and present an increasing challenge to the healthcare system worldwide. In recent years, increasin...

    Authors: Po Ying Chia, Sharmila Sengupta, Anjanna Kukreja, Sasheela S.L. Ponnampalavanar, Oon Tek Ng and Kalisvar Marimuthu

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:29

    Content type: Review

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  10. Ceftriaxone is one of the most common types of antibiotics used to treat most deadly bacterial infections. One way to alleviate the side effects of medication is to reduce drug consumption by changing the ordi...

    Authors: Sahar Ebrahimi, Nafiseh Farhadian, Mohammad Karimi and Mohsen Ebrahimi

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:28

    Content type: Research

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  11. Emojis are frequently used picture characters known as possible surrogates for non-verbal aspects of behavior. Considering the ability of emojis to enhance and facilitate communication, there has been a growin...

    Authors: Nasim Lotfinejad, Reza Assadi, Mohammad Hassan Aelami and Didier Pittet

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:27

    Content type: Review

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  12. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) challenge modern medicine. Considering their high prevalence in Iran, we aimed to provide knowledge on the subject, and to teach about the importance of infection preven...

    Authors: Arash Arianpoor, Ahmadreza Zarifian, Emran Askari, Arash Akhavan-Rezayat, Mojtaba Dayyani, Amin Rahimian, Elahe Amini, Roya Amel, Aghigh Ziaeemehr, Walter Zingg, Mohammad Hasan Aelami and Didier Pittet

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:26

    Content type: Commentary

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  13. Studies on various Gram-negative bacteria suggest that resistance to carbapenem antibiotics is responsible for increased mortality in patients; however, results are not conclusive. We first assessed the 28-day...

    Authors: Marjolein C. Persoon, Anne F. Voor in’t holt, Cornelia C. H. Wielders, Diederik Gommers, Margreet C. Vos and Juliëtte A. Severin

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:25

    Content type: Research

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  14. The original article [1] contained a misspelling in author, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues’s name which has since been corrected.

    Authors: Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser, Sarah Masson-Roy, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Inmaculada Fernández Moreno, Ma Luisa Rodriguez Navas, Odet Sarabia, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Marcela Hernández-de Mezerville, Yew Fong Lee, Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Shaheen Mehtar, Américo Agostinho, Liberato Camilleri, Benedetta Allegranzi, Daniela Pires…

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:24

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:206

  15. Studies on risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infection have provided inconsistent results, partly due to the choice of the control group. We conducted a systematic review and meta...

    Authors: Wei-min Zhu, Zhe Yuan and Hong-yu Zhou

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:23

    Content type: Research

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  16. The relevance of vancomycin resistance in enterococcal blood stream infections (BSI) is still controversial. Aim of this study was to outline the effect of vancomycin resistance of Enterococcus faecium on the out...

    Authors: S. Dubler, M. Lenz, S. Zimmermann, D. C. Richter, K. H. Weiss, A. Mehrabi, M. Mieth, T. Bruckner, M. A. Weigand, T. Brenner and A. Heininger

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:22

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  17. Studying temporal changes in resistant pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is crucial in improving local antimicrobial and infection control practices. The objective was to describe ten-y...

    Authors: Hanan H. Balkhy, Aiman El-Saed, Majid M. Alshamrani, Asim Alsaedi, Wafa Al Nasser, Ayman El Gammal, Sameera M. Aljohany, Sara Almunif, Yassen Arabi, Saad Alqahtani, Henry Baffoe Bonnie, Majed Alghoribi, Adel Alothman and Saad A. Almohrij

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:21

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  18. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common healthcare-associated infections. They are associated with longer post-operative hospital stays, additional surgical procedures, risk of treatment in i...

    Authors: Małgorzata Kołpa, Roża Słowik, Marta Wałaszek, Zdzisław Wolak, Anna Różańska and Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:20

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  19. Ureaplasma spp. have been implicated in a variety of clinical conditions and certain serovars are likely to be disease-associated. Hence, the ascending trend of Ureaplasma spp. resistance to antimicrobials should...

    Authors: Safa Boujemaa, Béhija Mlik, Amina Ben Allaya, Helmi Mardassi and Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:19

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  20. Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are a major threat for severely ill patients. However, only limited data on the epidemiology and on evidence-based infection prevention and control measures are...

    Authors: Luigi Segagni Lusignani, Elisabeth Presterl, Beata Zatorska, Miriam Van den Nest and Magda Diab-Elschahawi

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:18

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  21. Inadequate hospital cleaning may contribute to cross-transmission of pathogens. It is important to implement effective cleaning for the safe hospital environment. We conducted a three-phase study using human f...

    Authors: I-Chen Hung, Hao-Yuan Chang, Aristine Cheng, Mei-Wen Chen, An-Chi Chen, Ling Ting, Yeur-Hur Lai, Jann-Tay Wang, Yee-Chun Chen and Wang-Huei Sheng

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:17

    Content type: Research

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  22. Access to antibiotics without a prescription from retail pharmacies has been described as a major contributor to anti-microbial resistance (AMR) globally. In the context of high rates of AMR, the Chinese gover...

    Authors: Jie Chen, Yanmei Wang, Xuejie Chen and Therese Hesketh

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:12

    Content type: Research

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  23. The accurate assessment of antimicrobial use (AMU) requires relating quantities of active ingredients (AAIs) with population denominators. These data can be used to prioritize potential sources of selective pr...

    Authors: Juan J. Carrique-Mas, Marc Choisy, Nguyen Van Cuong, Guy Thwaites and Stephen Baker

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:16

    Content type: Short report

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  24. In total, 97 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) were collected from 17 hospitals located in Nanjing, Southeast China, and analyzed for epidemiological characteristics.

    Authors: Hui Zhou, Kui Zhang, Wei Chen, Junhao Chen, Jie Zheng, Chang Liu, Li Cheng, Wanqing Zhou, Han Shen and Xiaoli Cao

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:15

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  25. Puerperal sepsis is any bacterial infection of the genital tract that occurs after childbirth. It is among the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality especially in low-income countries including Et...

    Authors: Alemale Admas, Baye Gelaw, BelayTessema, Amsalu Worku and Addisu Melese

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:14

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  26. The point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use organized by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC-PPS) and the Global Point Prevalence Surve...

    Authors: Eline Vandael, Katrien Latour, Herman Goossens, Koen Magerman, Nico Drapier, Boudewijn Catry and Ann Versporten

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:13

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  27. Antimicrobial resistance to quinolone is rising worldwide, especially in Escherichia coli causing various infections. Although many studies have been conducted to identify the risk factors for quinolone-resistant...

    Authors: Dong-Mei Zhu, Qiu-Hong Li, Yan Shen and Qin Zhang

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:11

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  28. Misuse of antibiotics in food animals contributes to an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria transmitting to humans. China is the largest producer and user of antibiotics in the world, of which animals sh...

    Authors: Jingyi Xu, Rassamee Sangthong, Edward McNeil, Rong Tang and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:10

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  29. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) cause high neonatal mortality and are related to inadequate aseptic technique during the care and maintenance of a catheter. The incidence of CR-BSI among neona...

    Authors: Hang Thi Phan, Thuan Huu Vo, Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Hanh Thi Ngoc Huynh, Hong Thi Thu Nguyen and Truong Van Nguyen

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:9

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  30. We evaluated a new hospital policy comprising active surveillance for highly resistant microorganisms (HRMO) in patients with prolonged hospitalization, including detection of nosocomial transmission after ide...

    Authors: Guido J. H. Bastiaens, Tom Baarslag, Corinne Pelgrum and Ellen M. Mascini

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:8

    Content type: Letter to the Editor

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  31. To examine the extent to which acute care hospitals in the Netherlands have adopted recommended practices to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), central line-associated bloodstream inf...

    Authors: Anita Huis, Jeroen Schouten, Dominique Lescure, Sarah Krein, David Ratz, Sanjay Saint, Marlies Hulscher and M. Todd Greene

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:7

    Content type: Research

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  32. Antibiotic prescription rates in primary care in Germany are moderate, but still considered too high. The ARena study (Sustainable reduction of antibiotic-induced antimicrobial resistance) was initiated to fos...

    Authors: Regina Poss-Doering, Martina Kamradt, Anna Stuermlinger, Katharina Glassen, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Edith Andres and Michel Wensing

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:6

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  33. Klebsiella pneumoniae has been responsible for a large number of clonal hospital outbreaks. However, some epidemiological changes have been observed since the emergence of CTX-M enzymes in K. pneumoniae.

    Authors: Mariona Xercavins, Elena Jiménez, Emma Padilla, Montserrat Riera, Núria Freixas, Lucia Boix-Palop, Josefa Pérez and Esther Calbo

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:5

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  34. We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP), and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae ...

    Authors: Chih-Han Juan, Shih-Yu Fang, Chia-Hsin Chou, Tsung-Ying Tsai and Yi-Tsung Lin

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:4

    Content type: Research

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  35. Antibiotics are the most common medicines prescribed to children in hospitals and the community, with a high proportion of potentially inappropriate use. Antibiotic misuse increases the risk of toxicity, raise...

    Authors: D. Donà, E. Barbieri, M. Daverio, R. Lundin, C. Giaquinto, T. Zaoutis and M. Sharland

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:3

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:59

  36. To describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Egyptian hospitals reporting to the national HAI surveillance system.

    Authors: Sara Kotb, Meghan Lyman, Ghada Ismail, Mohammad Abd El Fattah, Samia A. Girgis, Ahmed Etman, Soad Hafez, Jehan El-Kholy, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Hebat-allah G. Rashed, Ghada M. Khalil, Omar Sayyouh and Maha Talaat

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:2

    Content type: Research

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  37. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) compromises the treatment of patients with serious infections in intensive care units (ICUs), and intensive care physicians are increasingly facing patients with bacterial infect...

    Authors: Alain Lepape, Astrid Jean, Jan De Waele, Arnaud Friggeri, Anne Savey, Philippe Vanhems, Marie Paule Gustin, Dominique L. Monnet, José Garnacho-Montero and Anke Kohlenberg

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:1

    Content type: Research

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  38. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen causing hospital-acquired infections. Carbapenem resistance in P. aeruginosa is either mediated via a combination of efflux pumps, AmpC overexpression, and porin loss, ...

    Authors: Elena Schäfer, Monika Malecki, Carlos J. Tellez-Castillo, Niels Pfennigwerth, Lennart Marlinghaus, Paul G. Higgins, Frauke Mattner and Andreas F. Wendel

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:208

    Content type: Short report

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  39. Despite a high mortality rate in childhood, there is limited evidence on the causes and outcomes of paediatric bloodstream infections from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We conducted a systematic re...

    Authors: Nina Droz, Yingfen Hsia, Sally Ellis, Angela Dramowski, Mike Sharland and Romain Basmaci

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:207

    Content type: Review

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  40. Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training, using a “Train-the-Trainers” (TTT) concept for IPC p...

    Authors: Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser, Sarah Masson-Roy, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Inmaculada Fernández Moreno, Ma Luisa Rodriguez Navas, Odet Sarabia, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Marcela Hernández-de Mezerville, Yew Fong Lee, Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Shaheen Mehtar, Américo Agostinho, Liberato Camilleri, Benedetta Allegranzi, Daniela Pires…

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:206

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2020 9:24

  41. On January 7, 2019, we observed an outbreak of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) caused by Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU). A follow-up epi...

    Authors: Yu Lv, Qian Xiang, Ying Z. Jin, Ying Fang, Yu J. Wu, Bin Zeng, Hua Yu, Hong M. Cai, Qiong D. Wei, Chen Wang, Jing Chen and Hui Wang

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:205

    Content type: Research

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  42. The rising incidence of resistance to currently available antibiotics among pathogens, particularly Gram-negative pathogens, in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) has become a challenge for clinici...

    Authors: Thitima Kongnakorn, Christian Eckmann, Matteo Bassetti, Eszter Tichy, Roberto Di Virgilio, Nathalie Baillon-Plot and Claudie Charbonneau

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:204

    Content type: Research

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  43. Nosocomial infections caused by multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae are a global public health threat that ought to be promptly identified, reported, and addressed accurately. Many carbapenem-resistant Entero...

    Authors: Sharif Hala, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Mohammed Alshehri, Abdulhakeem O. Althaqafi, Asim Alsaedi, Areej Mufti, Mai Kaaki, Baraa T. Alhaj-Hussein, Hosam M. Zowawi, Abdulfattah Al-Amri and Arnab Pain

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:203

    Content type: Short report

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  44. The Asia Pacific region, home to two-thirds of the world’s population and ten of the least developed countries, is considered a regional hot-spot for the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)....

    Authors: Esabelle Lo Yan Yam, Li Yang Hsu, Eric Peng-Huat Yap, Tsin Wen Yeo, Vernon Lee, Joergen Schlundt, May O. Lwin, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Mark Jit, Peter Dedon, Paul Turner and Annelies Wilder-Smith

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:202

    Content type: Meeting Report

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  45. The prevention of nosocomial infections requires participation from the patients themselves. In the past, however, patients have been apprehensive to point out hygiene-relevant behaviour to the personnel.

    Authors: Tillmann Görig, Kathleen Dittmann, Axel Kramer, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, Stephan Diedrich and Nils-Olaf Hübner

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:201

    Content type: Research

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  46. The increase of antimicrobial resistance, mainly due to increased antibiotic use, is worrying. Preliminary evidence suggests that antibiotic use differs across ethnic groups in the Netherlands, with higher use...

    Authors: Emelie C. Schuts, Eline van Dulm, Anders Boyd, Marieke B. Snijder, Suzanne E. Geerlings, Maria Prins and Jan M. Prins

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:200

    Content type: Research

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  47. Acinetobacter baumannii causes frequently nosocomial infections worldwide. Its ability to survive on dry surfaces facilitates its spread and the persistence of endemic situations, especially in the intensive care...

    Authors: R. Valencia-Martín, V. Gonzalez-Galan, R. Alvarez-Marín, A. M. Cazalla-Foncueva, T. Aldabó, M. V. Gil-Navarro, I. Alonso-Araujo, C. Martin, R. Gordon, E. J. García-Nuñez, R. Perez, G. Peñalva, J. Aznar, M. Conde and J. M. Cisneros

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:199

    Content type: Research

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  48. Although catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) is a major healthcare-related problem worldwide, there is a scarcity of current data from countries with high antimicrobial resistance rates. We ai...

    Authors: Aina Gomila, Jordi Carratalà, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Evelyn Shaw, Cristian Tebé, Martin Wolkewitz, Irith Wiegand, Sally Grier, Christiane Vank, Nienke Cuperus, Leonard Van den Heuvel, Cuong Vuong, Alasdair MacGowan, Leonard Leibovici, Ibironke Addy and Miquel Pujol

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:198

    Content type: Research

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  49. Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the most severe global threats to human and veterinary Medicine. colistin is an effective therapeutic agent against multi-drug-resistant pathogens. However, the discover...

    Authors: Zeinab S. Ahmed, Esraa A. Elshafiee, Hanan S. Khalefa, Mona Kadry and Dalia A. Hamza

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:197

    Content type: Research

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  50. Little is known about risk factors for subsequent infections among vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) colonizers, especially characterized by concordant pulsotypes (CP) of paired colonization and i...

    Authors: Pao-Yu Chen, Yu-Chung Chuang, Jann-Tay Wang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen and Shan-Chwen Chang

    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2019 8:196

    Content type: Research

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