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Potential determinants of the decline in mpox cases in Belgium: A behavioral, epidemiological and seroprevalence study.
Monkeypox Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prospective Studies Risk-Taking Seroepidemiologic Studies Sexual Behavior Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The 2022 mpox epidemic reached a peak in Belgium and the rest of Europe in ...
Chemoprophylaxis of close contacts of invasive cases of haemophilus influenzae: a review
out if there are recent recommendations on antibiotic prophylaxis for invasive Hib infections and non-Hib infections. Methods We systematically searched PubMed and Embase for articles published from ...
Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
surgical prophylaxis was recorded for 12.4% of prescribed antimicrobials. Notably, 22.7% of surgical prophylaxis courses lasted more than one day. The top three most prescribed antimicrobial agents were ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
infections), as well as for surgical and medical prophylaxis (12.4 and 6.6%, respectively). Notably, only 22.7% of surgical prophylaxis courses (n=100/440) lasted more than one day. The top three most used ...
Check of APpropriaTeness of Antimicrobial therapy In Nursing homes (CAPTAIN): a point prevalence study in Belgium
for urinary tract infections (54.2%), respiratory tract infections (36.5%), and skin and skin-structure infections (6.3%). About half of these prescriptions were used in prophylaxis (52.1%). ...
Surveillance nationale des infections du site operatoire et évaluation de la prophylaxie antibiotique périopératoire: protocole NSIH-ISO 2023
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Mariken Vercruyce; Karl Mertens Source: Sciensano, Brussel, p.84 (2023) Keywords: Infection du site opératoire Health Topics: Healthcare-associated infection Zorgin ...
Developing evidence-informed indicators to monitor HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes across EU/EEA countries: a multi-stakeholder consensus
pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programmes between 2016 and 2023. Data on PrEP programmes’performance and effectiveness in reaching those most in need will be needed to assess regional progress in the roll-out ...
Global prevalence, cascade of care, and prophylaxis coverage of hepatitis B in 2022: a modelling study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Razavi-Shearer, Devin; Gamkrelidze, Ivane; Pan, Calvin; Jia, Jidong; Berg, Thomas; Gray, Richard; Lim, Young-Suk; Chen, Chien-Jen; Ocama, Ponsiano; Desalegn, Hailemichael; Abbas, Zaigham; Abdalla ...
An overview of programmatic indicators to monitor the roll-out of HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: HIV Infections Humans monitoring and evaluation preexposure prophylaxis program evaluation Public Health Surveillance Abstract: Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is increasingly ...
Immunogenicity and one-year boostability of a 3-dose intramuscular rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis schedule in adults receiving immunosuppressive monotherapy: a prospective single-Centre clinical trial.
immunoglobulins (RIG) after exposure is still recommended regardless of prior vaccination, due to a lack of data. We aimed to assess the one-year boostability of a 3-dose rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) ...