NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

8097.      Dwosh HA, Hong HH, Austgarden D, Herman S, Schabas R. Identification and containment of an outbreak of SARS in a community hospital. CMAJ. 2003 May 27;168(11):1415-20.

8098.      Fisher DA, Lim TK, Lim YT, Singh KS, Tambyah PA. Atypical presentations of SARS. Lancet. 2003 May 17;361(9370):1740.

8099.      Gunson R, Miller J, Carman WF. Comparison of primers for NLV diagnosis. J Clin Virol. 2003 Apr;26(3):379-80.

8100.      Lodise TP, McKinnon PS, Swiderski L, Rybak MJ. Outcomes analysis of delayed antibiotic treatment for hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;36(11):1418-23. Epub 2003 May 20.

8101.      Maugein J, Guillemot D, Dupont MJ, Fosse T, Laurans G, Roussel-Delvallez M, Thierry J, Vergnaud M, Weber M, Poirier B. Clinical and microbiological epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in eight French counties. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Apr;9(4):280-8.

8102.      Mitchell S, O'Neill HJ, Ong GM, Christie S, Duprex P, Wyatt DE, McCaughey C, Armstrong VJ, Feeney S, Metwally L, Coyle PV. Clinical assessment of a generic DNA amplification assay for the identification of respiratory adenovirus infections. J Clin Virol. 2003 Apr;26(3):331-8.

Pathogenesis:

8103.      Esper F, Boucher D, Weibel C, Martinello RA, Kahn JS. Human metapneumovirus infection in the United States: clinical manifestations associated with a newly emerging respiratory infection in children. Pediatrics. 2003 Jun;111(6 Pt 1):1407-10.

8104.      Harrison WA, Griffith CJ, Michaels B, Ayers T. Technique to determine contamination exposure routes and the economic efficiency of folded paper-towel dispensing. Am J Infect Control. 2003 Apr;31(2):104-8.

8105.      Mitchell S, O'Neill HJ, Ong GM, Christie S, Duprex P, Wyatt DE, McCaughey C, Armstrong VJ, Feeney S, Metwally L, Coyle PV. Clinical assessment of a generic DNA amplification assay for the identification of respiratory adenovirus infections. J Clin Virol. 2003 Apr;26(3):331-8. 

8106.      Mondino PJ, Dos Santos KR, de Freire Bastos Mdo C, Giambiagi-deMarval M.  Improvement of mupirocin E-test for susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus aureus. J Med Microbiol. 2003 May;52(Pt 5):385-7.

Therapy:

8107.      Fridkin SK. Routine cycling of antimicrobial agents as an infection-control measure. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;36(11):1438-44. Epub 2003 May 20.

 

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