Search Results - "Agostinho, Americo"

Epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli from repeated prevalence studies over 11 years in a long-term-care facility by Martischang, Romain, François, Patrice, Cherkaoui, Abdessalam, Gaïa, Nadia, Renzi, Gesuele, Agostinho, Americo, Perez, Monica, Graf, Christophe E, Harbarth, Stephan

“…Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 131 H30 is an emerging multidrug resistant subclone, known to spread and cause outbreaks in long-term care facilities…”
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Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control by Tartari, Ermira, Fankhauser, Carolina, Masson-Roy, Sarah, Márquez-Villarreal, Hilda, Fernández Moreno, Inmaculada, Rodriguez Navas, Ma Luisa, Sarabia, Odet, Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando, Hernández-de Mezerville, Marcela, Lee, Yew Fong, Aelami, Mohammad Hassan, Mehtar, Shaheen, Agostinho, Américo, Camilleri, Liberato, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Pires, Daniela, Pittet, Didier

“…Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training,…”
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One- vs 2-Stage Bursectomy for Septic Olecranon and Prepatellar Bursitis by Uçkay, Ilker, MD, von Dach, Elodie, RN, Perez, Cédric, MD, Agostinho, Americo, RN, Garnerin, Philippe, MD, Lipsky, Benjamin A., MD, FIDSA, FRCP, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, MD, Pittet, Didier, MD, MSc

“…Abstract Objective To assess the optimal surgical approach and costs for patients hospitalized with septic bursitis. Patients and Methods From May 1, 2011,…”
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Eight-year sustainability of a successful intervention to prevent urinary tract infection: A mixed-methods study by Sax, Hugo, MD, Kuster, Stefan P., MD, MSc, Tehrany, Yassaman Alipour, MD, Ren, Ruoxi, MD, Uçkay, Ilker, MD, Agostinho, Americo, RN, Stephan, François, MD, Wachsmuth, Maud, MD, Walder, Bernard, MD, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, MD, Pittet, Didier, MD, MS

“…Highlights • An intervention effect to reduce urinary tract infections in orthopedic surgery lasted for 8 years. • The intervention and knowledge of guidelines…”
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A Predictive Model for Identifying Surgical Patients at Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage on Admission by Harbarth, Stephan, MD, MS, Sax, Hugo, MD, Uckay, Ilker, MD, Fankhauser, Carolina, MS, Agostinho, Americo, RN, Christenson, Jan T., MD, PhD, Renzi, Gesuele, MS, Schrenzel, Jacques, MD, Pittet, Didier, MD, MS

“…Background Legislative mandates and current guidelines for control of nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) recommend…”
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Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control by Tartari, Ermira, Fankhauser, Carolina, Masson-Roy, Sarah, Márquez-Villarreal, Hilda, Fernández Moreno, Inmaculada, Rodriguez Navas, Ma Luisa, Sarabia, Odet, Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando, Hernández-de Mezerville, Marcela, Lee, Yew Fong, Aelami, Mohammad Hassan, Mehtar, Shaheen, Agostinho, Américo, Camilleri, Liberato, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Pires, Daniela, Pittet, Didier

“…Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training,…”
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Decolonization of intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae with oral colistin and neomycin: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Huttner, Benedikt, Haustein, Thomas, Uçkay, Ilker, Renzi, Gesuele, Stewardson, Andrew, Schaerrer, Danièle, Agostinho, Americo, Andremont, Antoine, Schrenzel, Jacques, Pittet, Didier, Harbarth, Stephan

“…Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) are an increasingly frequent cause of infections in the community and the healthcare…”
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Enterococci in orthopaedic infections: Who is at risk getting infected? by Uçkay, Ilker, Pires, Daniela, Agostinho, Americo, Guanziroli, Nastassia, Öztürk, Mehmet, Bartolone, Placido, Tscholl, Philippe, Betz, Michael, Pittet, Didier

“…Some orthopaedic patients might be at risk for enterococcal infections and might benefit from adapted perioperative prophylaxis. We performed a single-center…”
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Correction to: Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control by Tartari, Ermira, Fankhauser, Carolina, Masson-Roy, Sarah, Márquez-Villarreal, Hilda, Moreno, Inmaculada Fernández, Navas, Ma Luisa Rodriguez, Sarabia, Odet, Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando, Mezerville, Marcela Hernández-de, Lee, Yew Fong, Aelami, Mohammad Hassan, Mehtar, Shaheen, Agostinho, Américo, Camilleri, Liberato, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Pires, Daniela, Pittet, Didier

“…The original article [1] contained a misspelling in author, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues's name which has since been corrected…”
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One- vs 2-Stage Bursectomy for Septic Olecranon and Prepatellar Bursitis: A Prospective Randomized Trial by Uçkay, Ilker, von Dach, Elodie, Perez, Cédric, Agostinho, Americo, Garnerin, Philippe, Lipsky, Benjamin A, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Pittet, Didier

“…To assess the optimal surgical approach and costs for patients hospitalized with septic bursitis. From May 1, 2011, through December 24, 2014, hospitalized…”
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Evaluating the probability of previously unknown carriage of MRSA at hospital admission by Harbarth, Stephan, Sax, Hugo, Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina, Schrenzel, Jacques, Agostinho, Americo, Pittet, Didier

“…We determined the prevalence and risk profile of patients with previously unknown carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at hospital…”
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Determinants of Successful Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization by von Dach, Elodie, Landelle, Caroline, Agostinho, Americo, Haustein, Thomas, François, Patrice, Renzi, Gesuele, Schrenzel, Jacques, Harbarth, Stephan

“…According to our univariate analysis, cases were more likely to live without assistance, having only the nose or groin colonized (and not both), and a shorter…”
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Low risk despite high endemicity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections following elective total joint arthroplasty: a 12-year experience by Uçkay, Ilker, Lübbeke, Anne, Harbarth, Stephan, Emonet, Stéphane, Tovmirzaeva, Luisa, Agostinho, Americo, Longtin, Yves, Peter, Robin, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Pittet, Didier

“…Abstract Background. It is unknown if low rates of arthroplasty infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be achieved in a…”
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Occurrence of fever in the first postoperative week does not help to diagnose infection in clean orthopaedic surgery by Uçkay, Ilker, Agostinho, Americo, Stern, Richard, Bernard, Louis, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Wyssa, Blaise

“…Postoperative fever is often misinterpreted as a sign of infection, especially when occurring after the third postoperative day. We assessed the epidemiology…”
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Noninfectious Wound Complications in Clean Surgery: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Association with Antibiotic Use by Uçkay, Ilker, Agostinho, Americo, Belaieff, Wilson, Toutous-Trellu, Laurence, Scherer-Pietramaggiori, Saja, Andres, Axel, Bernard, Louis, Vuagnat, Hubert, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Wyssa, Blaise

“…Background Noninfectious wound complications are frequent and often are confused with and treated as infection. Methods We assessed the epidemiology, impact,…”
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Epidemiology and acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a septic orthopedic ward by Agostinho, Americo, Renzi, Gesuele, Haustein, Thomas, Jourdan, Ghislaine, Bonfillon, Chantal, Rougemont, Mathieu, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Harbarth, Stephan, Uçkay, Ilker

“…Wards cohorting infected orthopaedic patients may be particularly prone to transmitting extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E)…”
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Decolonization of intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum  -lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae with oral colistin and neomycin: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Huttner, B., Haustein, T., Uckay, I., Renzi, G., Stewardson, A., Schaerrer, D., Agostinho, A., Andremont, A., Schrenzel, J., Pittet, D., Harbarth, S.

“…Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) are an increasingly frequent cause of infections in the community and the healthcare…”
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