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Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections in Belgian Hospitals- Annual report 2023, Data up to and including 2022
that CLABSI incidence in 2022 remains at an increased level as compared to pre- COVID19 years. We therefore recommend a strong focus on the prevention of this type of HABSI, in the first place by freeing ...
Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections in Belgian Hospitals- Annual report 2023, Data up to and including 2022
HABSI origin in 2022, and that CLABSI incidence in 2022 remains at an increased level as compared to pre- COVID19 years. We therefore recommend a strong focus on the prevention of this type of HABSI, in ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
plant-based food production. For example, challenge tests performed on bovine milk and plant-based milk demonstrated similar growth of L. monocytogenes. The outbreak described here provides strong evidence of ...
Risk Factors Associated with Severe RSV Infection in Infants: What Is the Role of Viral Co-Infections?
bronchiolitis, but heterogeneity and small sample size in our study prevents us from drawing strong conclusions. RSV is worldwide the leading cause of serious airway infections. Up to 90% of children will be ...
Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
2 diabetes (2008: 87.8%; 2020: 91.2%; p=0.0013). Comorbidity rates were high. Presentation to the MDFC on the patient’s own initiative strongly elevated over time (collected since 2011: 20.6%; 2020: 35.1%; ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
None of the 6 predefined hypotheses to determine the construct validity was confirmed. The different DFS- SF subscales showed a moderate to strong correlation with the EQ-5D-5L index value. The DFS- SF ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
to determine the construct validity of LEFS was confirmed (17%). The LEFS score showed a strong correlation with the EQ-5D-5L index value (p<0.0001) and a moderate correlation with the EQ-5D-5L ...
Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine closes the gap in immune response between naïve nursing home residents and healthy adults.
administration. Historical blood samples from 28 days post second dose were available from 42 residents and 42 staff members. Magnitude and quality of humoral and cellular immune responses were strongly boosted in ...
Combined Phylogeographic Analyses and Epidemiologic Contact Tracing to Characterize Atypically Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H3N1) Epidemic, Belgium, 2019.
strongly correlated with the phylogeographic pattern of the epidemic. We detected only a limited association between wind direction and direction of viral lineage dispersal. Our results highlight the ...
Attributing long-term changes in airborne birch and grass pollen concentrations to climate change and vegetation dynamics
trends in pollen and climate change are derived. Our findings show that during the period 1982–2019 a strong increase in birch pollen concentrations is associated with increasing radiation, decreasing ...