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Results of a real-world study found that daily bathing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) may effectively decrease the risk for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) transmission among patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) with increased VRE…
The cellphones of healthcare workers were found to often be contaminated with several types of bacterial pathogens, according to results of a study published in Infectious Diseases Now. Researchers collected samples from cellphones received from…
In health care settings where toilets are shared, toilet droplets generated during urination may be a hidden source of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) transmission. In addition, the application of a novel foam layer into a…
Vertical transmission of HIV infection during the peripartum period or while breastfeeding was associated with maternal HIV drug resistance, viral load, and CD4 counts These findings, from a case-control study, were published in Clinical Infectious…
Patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill may be at increased risk for hospital-acquired infections (HAI), especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, according to study findings published in…
In patients with community-acquired urinary tract infection (cUTI) due to Enterobacteriaceae, treatment with cotrimoxazole (combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole) was associated with increased adverse effects (AE) and prolonged hospitalization compared with treatment with fluoroquinolones, according…
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