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Tma Fasciana

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Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii from intensive care units and home care patients in Palermo, Italy.

2011

AbstractIn this study 45 isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii identified from patients in intensive care units of three different hospitals and from pressure ulcers in home care patients in Palermo, Italy, during a 3-month period in 2010, were characterized. All isolates were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics, but susceptible to colistin and tygecycline. Forty isolates were non-susceptible to carbapenems. Eighteen and two isolates, respectively, carried the blaOXA-23-like and the blaOXA-58-like genes. One strain carried the VIM-4 gene. Six major rep-PCR subtype clusters were defined, including isolates from different hospitals or home care patients. The sequence type/pulsed …

Microbiology (medical)Acinetobacter baumanniimedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsSettore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaGenotypeDrug resistanceMicrobial Sensitivity Testshome care patientsintensive care unitbeta-Lactamaseslaw.inventionlawmultidrug resistanceIntensive careInternal medicineDrug Resistance Multiple BacterialGenotypepolycyclic compoundsmedicinePulsed-field gel electrophoresisCluster AnalysisHumansCross Infectionbiologybusiness.industryGeneral Medicinebiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionbacterial infections and mycosesbiology.organism_classificationIntensive care unitHome Care ServicesAcinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsElectrophoresis Gel Pulsed-FieldCommunity-Acquired InfectionsMolecular TypingIntensive Care UnitsInfectious DiseasesItalyColistinMultilocus sequence typingepidemiologybusinesshome caremedicine.drugAcinetobacter InfectionsMultilocus Sequence Typing
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Fourth case of louse-borne relapsing fever in Young Migrant, Sicily, Italy, December 2015. Mini Review Article

2016

Abstract Objectives Currently louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is primarily found in limited endemic foci in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan; no case of imported LBRF has been reported in Europe in the 9 years prior to 2015. The aim of our paper is to describe a new case of imported LBRF detected in Sicily, Italy, and to review all cases reported in migrants arrived in Europe in the last 10 years. Study design Mini review of all published cases of louse-borne relapsing fever in Europe in the last 10 years. Methods A computerized search without language restriction was conducted using PubMed combining the terms ‘(louse-borne relapsing fever or LBRF or recurrentis) and (refugee or Europe or mig…

myalgiaAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsRefugeerelapsing feverSomalia030231 tropical medicineDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineEpidemiologyBorrelia recurrentis; Europe; Louse-borne relapsing fever; Refugees; Public Health Environmental and Occupational HealthmedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineLouse-Borne Relapsing FeverSicilyTransients and MigrantsLouse-borne relapsing feverbiologyBorrelia recurrentibusiness.industryPublic healthBorreliaRelapsing FeverPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral MedicineLice Infestationsmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationEuropeFamily medicineChillsmedicine.symptomHeadachesbusinessBorrelia recurrentis
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What Healthcare Workers Should Know about Environmental Bacterial Contamination in the Intensive Care Unit

2017

Intensive care unit- (ICU-) acquired infections are a major health problem worldwide. Inanimate surfaces and equipment contamination may play a role in cross-transmission of pathogens and subsequent patient colonization or infection. Bacteria contaminate inanimate surfaces and equipment of the patient zone and healthcare area, generating a reservoir of potential pathogens, including multidrug resistant species. Traditional terminal cleaning methods have limitations. Indeed patients who receive a bed from prior patient carrying bacteria are exposed to an increased risk (odds ratio 2.13, 95% confidence intervals 1.62–2.81) of being colonized and potentially infected by the same bacterial spec…

0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyHealth Personnel030106 microbiologylcsh:MedicineReview ArticleGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biologylaw.invention03 medical and health scienceslawLong periodHealth caremedicineHumansInfection controlTerminal cleaningMED/41 - ANESTESIOLOGIAIntensive care medicineDecontaminationCross InfectionInfection ControlHealthcare Environmental Bacterial Contamination Intensive Care Unit.General Immunology and Microbiologybusiness.industrylcsh:RGeneral MedicineContaminationIntensive care unitIntensive Care UnitsIncreased riskEquipment ContaminationEquipment ContaminationEnvironmental PollutionbusinessHumanBioMed Research International
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