Background Health-care-associated infection is the most frequent result of unsafe patient
care worldwide, but few data are available from the developing world. We aimed to assess …

Healthcare-associated infections pose one of the most severe threats to patients' health and
remain a major challenge for healthcare providers globally. Among healthcare-associated …

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are considered a significant
cause of mortality in hospitalized patients; however, the incidence of CLABSIs in limited …

The aims of this study were to determine the hospital-acquired infections (HAI) prevalence in
all institutions of Rabat University Medical Center, to ascertain risk factors, to describe the …

Summary Background Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) challenge public health in
developing countries such as Brazil, which harbour social inequalities and variations in the …

Healthcare-associated infection is one of the most common and severe threats to patients'
health and remains a significant challenge for healthcare providers. Among healthcare …

Successive point prevalence surveys were conducted in November 2007 and 2008 to
monitor the prevalence of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) in 13 grade III, 1st class …

Background: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas spp. have been reported to be the
important cause of ICU infections. The appearance of ESBL, AmpC and MBL genes and …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the rate of device-associated healthcare-associated infection
(DA-HAI), microbiological profile, length of stay (LOS), extra mortality, and hand hygiene …

Methods: Bacterial culture, identification and antibiotic susceptibility were carried out. ESBLs
and AmpC were detected both phenotypically and genotypically. MBL was detected by …