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Case report of a false positive result of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for rifampicin resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
report resistance result results specificity Test TESTING tests Tuberculosis use Version WHO world World Health Abstract: In the present case, we report a false positive result for the detection of ...
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 ...
Surveillance of bloodstream infections in Belgian hospitals ('SEP')-Annual report 2014, Surveillance data 2000-2014
resistance markers. The most common microorganisms in 2014 (HA- BSI) were E. coli (21%), coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (15%) and Staphylococcus aureus (11%). Half of hospitals reported no cases of HA- BSI ...
The Belgian policy of funding antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals and trends of selected quality indicators for antimicrobial use, 1999-2010: a longitudinal study.
this policy with AM use for the two indications accounting for the largest number of patients receiving AM: prophylaxis for major lower limb orthopaedic surgery and pneumonia. DESIGN, SETTING, ...
Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Belgium: Report 2014
are some indications that incidence of CDI is again rising in Europe, as it is in Belgium. Health Topics: Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) Antimicrobiële resistentie (AMR) Antimicrobial resistance ...
Preventable proportion of severe infections acquired in intensive care units: case-mix adjusted estimations from patient-based surveillance data.
s can be eliminated with improved quality of care, apart from variation attributable to differential case mix. Health Topics: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.03 Health ...
National surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in Belgium (Neo-KISS)
are calculated for each unit. A SIR of 1 means that the infection rate is in accordance to the expected rate for the case-mix of the unit. The analysis was supported by WIV- ISP (K. Mertens) and BICS ...
Infections acquired in intensive care units: results of national surveillance in Belgium, 1997-2010.
surveillance programme. A protocol and software tool for data collection was developed, and the case definitions and methodology follow those of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. FINDINGS: ...
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) pilot point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use.
patient-based protocol required more work than the unit-based protocol, but allowed collecting detailed data and analysis of risk factors for HAI and antimicrobial use. Health Topics: Antimicrobial resistance ...
Bloodstream yeast infections: a 15-month survey36842
0 a Agent Agents Amphotericin B Antifungal Agents article Belgian Belgium Brussels cancer Candida Candida albicans care Case Combination Common drug therapy epidemiology factors Fluconazole Fungemia health ...