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The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
parasites carrying molecular markers of drug-resistance across the country. METHODS: A systematic mapping review was carried out before July 2023 by searching for relevant articles through seven databases ...
Superficial mycoses in Belgium: Burden, costs and antifungal drugs consumption
mycoses in Belgium and to assess trends in associated antifungal consumption. Methods The burden of dermatophytoses (including onychomycosis), as well as skin and genital candidiasis, was estimated using ...
Characteristics of the antibiotic regimen that affect antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens
is unclear. Methods In this retrospective multi-center cohort study, we assessed the impact of different variables on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens isolated from the urinary tract in older adults. ...
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Escherichia coli by using normalized resistance interpretation.
Interpretation (NRI) method. METHODS: The susceptibilities of 921 E. coli isolates from clinically healthy pigs at slaughter age was determined for 15 antimicrobials by the Kirby Bauer disk diffusion technique. ...
Belgian hand hygiene campaigns in ICU, 2005-2015.
the outcome of the Belgian national hand hygiene campaign from 2005 to 2015 with focus on intensive care units. METHODS: Using the World Health organisation (WHO) standardised observation roster, ...
Poor adherence to guidelines for preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI): results of a worldwide survey.
preventable. We documented attitudes and practices in intensive care units (ICU s) in 2015 in order to assess compliance with CLABSI prevention guidelines. METHODS: Between June and October 2015, an online ...
Validation of a Sampling Method to Collect Exposure Data for Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.
and 2012. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: CLD data were reported by 56 ICU s in 39 hospitals during 364 trimesters. METHODS: We compared estimated CLD data obtained from weekly and monthly sampling schemes with the ...
Falciparum malaria molecular drug resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a systematic review.
data available on P. falciparum molecular resistance in DR Congo, as baseline for future assessments. METHODS: The search for this review was undertaken using the electronic databases PubMed and Google ...
Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in a long-term care psychogeriatric facility: outbreak analysis and policy improvement.
identify determinants (retrospectively) and to assess intervention measures taken (prospectively). METHODS: For every CDI patient (de novo cases, relapses, and recurrences), a control patient (patient in the ...
Infection due to travel-related carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, a largely underestimated phenomenon in Belgium.
abroad. Actually, this is no longer the case. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: A surveillance was set up in Belgian hospitals (2012) in order to explore the epidemiology and determinants of CPE, including the link ...