CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988

Garner, Julia S.; Jarvis, William R.; Emori, T. Grace; Horan, Teresa C.; Hughes, James M.

doi:10.1016/0196-6553(88)90053-3

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“…Since then, identification of pathogens that cause nosocomial infections and collection and analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility results of these pathogens from the hospital’s clinical microbiology laboratory have been performed (4). Definitions for nosocomial infection followed the guidelines of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system (4,18). …”

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Pandrug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiCausing Nosocomial Infections in a University Hospital, Taiwan

Hsueh

Teng

Chen

et al. 2002

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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The rapid emergence (from 0% before 1998 to 6.5% in 2000) of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (PDRAB) was noted in a university hospital in Taiwan. To understand the epidemiology of these isolates, we studied 203 PDRAB isolates, taken from January 1999 to April 2000: 199 from 73 hospitalized patients treated at different clinical settings in the hospital and 4 from environmental sites in an intensive-care unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) generated by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction of these 203 isolates showed 10 closely related genotypes (10 clones). One (clone 5), belonging to pulsotype E and RAPD pattern 5, predominated (64 isolates, mostly from patients in intensive care). Increasing use of carbapenems and ciprofloxacin (selective pressure) as well as clonal dissemination might have contributed to the wide spread of PDRAB in this hospital.

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Pandrug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiCausing Nosocomial Infections in a University Hospital, Taiwan

Hsueh

Teng

Chen

et al. 2002

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…CDC definitions indicate that infants at risk for tracheitis and tracheobronchitis are those who experience signs of infection and respiratory disease (including new purulence in the sputum) without radiological confirmation of pneumonia. 28 Accordingly, only five symptomatic patients with abnormal WBC and normal chest X-rays had tracheitis. The remaining 13 constituted a group of mechanically ventilated VLBW infants with non-specific clinical deterioration unrelated to infection.…”

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Purulence and Gram-Negative Bacilli in Tracheal Aspirates of Mechanically Ventilated Very Low Birth Weight Infants

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“…For each month, the number of B. cereus isolates from all of the specimens and the number of patients with B. cereus BSI were counted. BSI was defined as the isolation of B. cereus from at least two blood cultures from separate sites at the same time with signs and symptoms of infection (such as fever and chills) [13]. We considered the blood to be contaminated if patients had specific infection sites due to non-B.…”

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Erratum to: Seasonal trend and clinical presentation of Bacillus cereus bloodstream infection: association with summer and indwelling catheter

Kato

Matsumura

Yamamoto

et al. 2016

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis

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Bacillus cereus, an opportunistic pathogen, can cause fatal infection. However, B. cereus bloodstream infections (BSIs) have not been well characterised. From 2008 to 2013, B. cereus isolates from all of the specimens and patients with B. cereus BSIs were identified. Environmental samples were collected to detect B. cereus contamination. We also characterised the clinical presentation of B. cereus BSI through analyses of risk factors for BSI and mortality. A total of 143 clinical B. cereus isolates was detected. Fifty-one patients with nosocomial infections were diagnosed as B. cereus BSI, and 37 had contaminated blood cultures. The number of B. cereus isolates and BSI patients was significantly greater from June to September than from January to April (3.4 vs. 1.0 per month and 1.4 vs. 0.2, respectively). All BSIs were nosocomial and related to central or peripheral vascular catheter. Urinary catheter [odds ratio (OR) 6.93, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 2.40-20.0] was the independent risk factor associated with BSI patients when compared to patients regarded as contaminated. In-hospital mortality among BSI patients was 20 % and was associated with urinary catheter (OR 12.3, p = 0.045) and higher Charlson index (OR 1.99,). The number of B. cereus isolates and BSI increased during summer. Inpatients with indwelling vascular or urinary catheters should be carefully monitored for potential B. cereus BSIs.

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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988

Cited by 5,588 publications

References 1 publication

Pandrug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiCausing Nosocomial Infections in a University Hospital, Taiwan

Pandrug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiCausing Nosocomial Infections in a University Hospital, Taiwan

Purulence and Gram-Negative Bacilli in Tracheal Aspirates of Mechanically Ventilated Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Erratum to: Seasonal trend and clinical presentation of Bacillus cereus bloodstream infection: association with summer and indwelling catheter

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