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MRSA surveillance programmes worldwide: moving towards a harmonised international approach
Informing clinicians and national policy-makers were the most common purposes of surveillance. Surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSI s) was present in all programmes. Other invasive infections were ...
Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017
infections long-term care facilities Abstract: Antimicrobials are commonly prescribed and contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance in long-term care facilities (LTCF s). In 2010, the European ...
Antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals: results from the second point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017
CI: 29.2-31.9%). The most common indication for prescribing antimicrobials was treatment of a community-acquired infection, followed by treatment of HAI and surgical prophylaxis. Over half (54.2%) of ...
Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute-Care Hospitals: Results of the ECDC PPS 2017
(21.6%), urinary tract infections (21.3%) and surgical site infections (16.9%). Microbiological results were available for 62.0% of the HAI s. A total of 721 microorganisms were reported. The most commonly ...
Genetic Basis and Clonal Population Structure of Antibiotic Resistance in Isolated From Broiler Carcasses in Belgium.
resistance profiles and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance determinants of a set of strains isolated from broiler carcasses in Belgium. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC s) against five commonly ...
Global phylogenomics of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky ST198.
serotype Kentucky can be a common causative agent of salmonellosis, usually associated with consumption of contaminated poultry. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to multiple drugs, including ciprofloxacin, is ...