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Parenteral versus oral administration of systemic antimicrobials in European nursing homes: a point-prevalence survey.

participating European nursing homes (NH s) and to analyse the resident characteristics and determinants associated with route of antimicrobial administration. METHODS: Data on resident characteristics and ...

Detection of a geographical and endemic cluster of hyper-invasive meningococcal strains.

This study showed that the combination of molecular tools with classical methods enabled reliable outbreak detection as well as a cluster identification. Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring ...

Mortality associated with in-hospital bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus: a multistate analysis with follow-up beyond hospital discharge.

(MSSA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study population consisted of adult residents of Tayside, Scotland, UK, from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2006 who had a new admission to Ninewells Hospital between ...

Trends in production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae of clinical interest: results of a nationwide survey in Belgian hospitals.

Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgium. METHODS: during 2006 and 2008, non-duplicate clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to ceftazidime and/or cefotaxime were collected in 100 Belgian hospitals. ESBL ...

Clinical outcomes of health-care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to European intensive-care units: a cohort study.

bloodstream infections and pneumonia. METHODS: We analysed data collected prospectively from intensive-care units that reported according to the European standard protocol for surveillance of ...

Oral fluid for the serological and molecular diagnosis of measles.

validate the detection of anti-measles IgM and measles virus RNA in oral fluid and to make a comparison with the gold standard methods of ELISA using serum (Enzygnost(®) anti-Measles IgM) and in-house nested ...

Estimation of the dissociation rate of unlabelled ligand-receptor complexes by a 'two-step' competition binding approach.

Besides providing satisfactory estimations of dissociation rates, the method also detects the ability of the unlabelled ligand molecules to be released from ‘sinks’ such as the cell membrane. CONCLUSIONS ...

Monitoring of all-cause mortality in Belgium (Be-MOMO): a new and automated system for the early detection and quantification of the mortality impact of public health events.

OBJECTIVES: Be- MOMO is the monitoring of all-cause death registry data in Belgium. The new methods are described and the detection and quantification of outbreaks is presented for the period April 2006-March ...

Readiness of the Belgian network of sentinel general practitioners to deliver electronic health record data for surveillance purposes: results of survey study.

with three criteria: recording of home visits, use of prescription module and diagnostic subject headings. METHODS: Data were collected by annual postal surveys between 2005 and 2009 among all sentinel ...

Trends in mortality and morbidity related to Clostridium difficile infections, Belgium 1998-2007

1998-2007, to assess the epidemiology of CDI in Belgium. Methods We selected available data from: (1) mortality registries from Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia regions, (1998-2007)-records with ICD-10 code for ...

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