https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/bugdrug/antibiotic_manual/oipreventidsacdcstemcell2009.pdf

Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a global perspective.

Objective:This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals.Background:It builds o...

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A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(10)61266-4.pdf

Clostridium difficile infection in Europe: a hospital-based survey

The incidence of invasive mycoses is increasing, especially among patients who are immunocompromised or hospitalized with serious underlying diseases. Such infections may be broken into two broad categories: opportunistic and endemic. The most important agents of the opportunistic mycoses are Candida spp., Cryptococcus neoformans, Pneumocystis jirovecii, and Aspergillus spp. (although the list of potential pathogens is ever expanding); while the most commonly encountered endemic mycoses are due to Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis/posadasii, and Blastomyces dermatitidis. This review discusses the epidemiologic profiles of these invasive mycoses in North America, as well as risk factors for infection, and the pathogens' antifungal susceptibility.

Epidemiology of Invasive Mycoses in North America

Fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings.

Objectives: Surgical-site infections are a very expensive complication in cardiac surgery. Thus, the total costs for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may substantially increase when a deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) occurs. This may be due to an extended length of stay (LOS), the need for additional surgical procedures, vacuum-assisted wound dressing and antibiotic therapy. This study compares the LOS in the hospital and on an intensive care unit (ICU) as well as the total costs for patients undergoing CABG depending upon the occurrence of a subsequent DSWI. Methods: A case—control study was performed. Total costs of DSWI cases were analysed and compared to patients undergoing CABGwithoutDSWI.InclusioncriterionforcaseswasthedevelopmentofaDSWIaccordingtotheCDCcriteriaduringhospitalstayafterCABG.Two

Ralf-Peter Vonberg

Papers

Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings.

Economic aspects of deep sternal wound infections

Outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units : They are not like others

Costs of nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea.

Closure of medical departments during nosocomial outbreaks: data from a systematic analysis of the literature.