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Molecular surveillance of anti-malarial drug resistance in Democratic Republic of Congo: high variability of chloroquinoresistance and lack of amodiaquinoresistance.
resistance marker was unequally distributed across the country, ranging from 1.5% in Fungurume to 89.5% in Katana. The SVMNT haplotype, related to AQ resistance, was not detected. CONCLUSION: Overall, the ...
Development and assessment of national performance indicators for infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship in European long-term care facilities.
‘guidelines’, ‘expert advice’, ‘ IC structure’ (not present in the ASPI), ‘surveillance’ and ‘composite’. ‘Guidelines’ scored the highest mean total possible score (60%, range 20-100%), followed by ‘composite’ ...
Parenteral versus oral administration of systemic antimicrobials in European nursing homes: a point-prevalence survey.
average of 9.0% (range by country: 0.0-66.7%) of treatment was administered parenterally. Multivariate analysis showed that residents receiving parenteral antimicrobials had greater morbidity, such as ...
Clinical outcomes of health-care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to European intensive-care units: a cohort study.
the fully adjusted model ranged from 1·7 (95% CI 1·4-1·9) for drug-sensitive S aureus to 3·5 (2·9-4·2) for drug-resistant P aeruginosa. For bloodstream infections, the excess risk ranged from 2·1 ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemiology and control in Belgian hospitals, 1991 to 1995. Groupement pour le Dépistage, l'Etude et la Prévention des Infections Hospitalières.
surveys; infection control physicians from acute-care hospitals in Belgium. INTERVENTION: Publication of national guidelines for MRSA control in 1993. RESULTS: The participation rate in surveys ranged from ...