MRSA and VRE Information for Patients/ResidentsReferences:Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety website "What is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)" Accessed April 2, 2009 fromwww.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/biol_hazards/methicillin.htmlWhat are MRSAVRE...
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent healthcare threat. It kills millions of patients worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance is when the bacteria and fungi are not killed by the medications meant for them. Antimicrobial resistance is not only a threat in h
Patient???s demographic and medical information was collected through a review of medical records. Factors associated with VRE colonisation in univariate analysis were included in multivariate logistic regression model to adjust for confounding. Results The prevalence of VRE colonisation on the day of ...
The authors declare that they received no funds, grants, or other support during the preparation of this manuscript. Author information Authors and Affiliations Department of Endodontics, Shiraz Dental School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Fateme Eskandari, Hossein Mofidi & Bahar ...
Objectives During a VRE outbreak, we determined on which environmental sources VRE can be found after terminal room cleaning after discharge of known VRE positive patients. Commode chairs and shower chairs were cultured after disinfection by instructed personnel. ...
neither performed experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples. Our data have been originated from bacteria, not linked to clinical information, collected in previous studies and following ethical approvals. Also, additional genomic data that were included for the analysis are availab...
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The respective PICOS components for this review are: P: Subjects with PLS who have completed at least one cycle of non-surgical periodontal therapy rendering clinical success; I: Non-surgical/surgical periodontal treatment; C: PLS patients without periodontal treatment; O: Loss of less than four ...
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We reviewed data from the infection control database and from hospital and laboratory information systems for the period 1998 to2004 to identify risk factors for MRSA/VRE colonization.The number of patients identified as MRSA colonized/infected increased from 14 in 1996 to 145 in 2005. Most (81...