Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

Background Ten years after the first proposal, a consensus definition of healthcare-
associated infection (HCAI) has not been reached, preventing the development of specific …

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Background Clinical management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is increasingly
complicated by antibiotic resistance. CAP due to pathogens resistant to guideline …

Background and objective Patients with healthcare‐associated pneumonia (HCAP) are at
high risk of infection with multidrug‐resistant (MDR) pathogens. Factors discriminating …

Infections due to colistin-resistant (Colr) Gram-negative rods (GNRs) and colistin-resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in particular result in high associated mortality and poor …

Health care–associated pneumonia (HCAP) was introduced as a new category of
pneumonia in the 2005 update of American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Infectious Disease …

Abstract Background In Thailand, the incidence of community-acquired pseudomonal
pneumonia among 60-to 65-year-olds ranges from 10.90% to 15.51%, with a mortality rate …

Empiric antibiotic prescribing can be supported by guidelines and/or local antibiograms, but
these have limitations. We sought to use data from a comprehensive electronic health record …

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics, risk factors, outcomes, antibiotic
treatment and complications of hospitalized patients infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) …