Hand hygiene is a core element of patient safety for the prevention of healthcare-associated
infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Its promotion represents a challenge …

Introduction: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is one of the most important causes of
healthcare-related infections among Gram-negative bacteria. The best therapeutic approach …

Background Health-care workers have been implicated in nosocomial outbreaks of
Staphylococcus aureus, but the dearth of evidence from non-outbreak situations means that …

Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated
diarrhoea and is endemic in hospitals, hindering the identification of sources and routes of …

Multistate Models for the Analysis of Life History Data provides the first comprehensive
treatment of multistate modeling and analysis, including parametric, nonparametric and …

Background Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but
epidemiologic data about trauma patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) admission …

Medical microbiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the prevention,
diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. A clinical microbiologist is a professional …

Background. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and
mortality in patients hospitalized in intensive care units. Recent studies suggest that dental …

Abstract Objectives Among European countries, Germany has one of the highest proportions
of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infections. The aim of this study …

Background Limited data describe the sustained impact of hand hygiene programs (HHPs)
implemented in teaching hospitals, where the burden of healthcare-associated infections …