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Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
TLDR
These guidelines address the issues related to the management of catheter-related bacteremia and associated complications and provide evidence-based recommendations for assessment of the quality and strength of the data.
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Guidelines for the Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
TLDR
These guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America contain recommendations for the management of adults and children with, and diagnosis of infections related to, peripheral and nontunneled central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheter, tunneled central cathetes, and implantable devices.
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SHEA Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus
TLDR
Active surveillance cultures are essential to identify the reservoir for spread of MRSA and VRE infections and make control possible using the CDC's long-recommended contact precautions, demonstrating consistency of evidence, high strength of association, reversibility, dose gradient, and specificity for control with this approach.
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a meta-analysis of prevalence and risk factors.
TLDR
A meta-analysis of studies reporting the prevalence of community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) among MRSA isolates from hospitalized patients or the prevalenceof MRSA colonization among community members suggested that effective control of dissemination of MRSA throughout the community likely will require effective controlOf nosocomial MRSA transmission.
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SHEA Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus
TLDR
Active surveillance cultures are essential to identify the reservoir for spread of MRSA and VRE infections and make control possible using the CDC's long-recommended contact precautions.
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Influenza in the acute hospital setting.
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Incubation period and sources of exposure for cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection: case report and review of the literature.
  • J. Jernigan, B. Farr
  • Medicine
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official…
  • 1 August 2000
TLDR
Patients with atypical cutaneous infections should be questioned about high-risk exposures that may have occurred up to 9 months before the onset of symptoms, because the incubation period for cutaneous M. marinum infection can be prolonged.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
  • B. Farr
  • Medicine, Biology
    Current infectious disease reports
  • 1 October 1999
TLDR
Failure to wash hands and disinfect equipment between patients, which has been commonly seen in studies of health care worker compliance with infection control measures, may explain much of the continuing spread of MRSA.
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Amebiasis and mucosal IgA antibody against the Entamoeba histolytica adherence lectin in Bangladeshi children.
TLDR
It was concluded that a mucosal IgA antilectin antibody response is associated with immune protection against E. histolytica colonization, and the demonstration of naturally acquired immunity offers hope for a vaccine to prevent amebiasis.
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