Search Results - "MEDEIROS, Eduardo A. S"
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Impact of an Education Program on the Incidence of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in 2 Medical‐Surgical Intensive Care Units in Brazil
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-12-2008)“…An intervention study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of an education program on the incidence of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)…”
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Assessment of Healthcare Professionals’ Adherence to Hand Hygiene After Alcohol‐Based Hand Rub Introduction at an Intensive Care Unit in São Paulo, Brazil
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-03-2007)“…We analyzed the impact of introducing an alcohol‐based hand gel and an educational program on hand hygiene adherence among healthcare workers in an intensive…”
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COVID-19 in the Perioperative Period of Cardiovascular Surgery: the Brazilian Experience
Published in Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular (01-01-2021)“…We investigated the clinical course and outcomes of patients submitted to cardiovascular surgery in Brazil and who had developed symptoms/signs of coronavirus…”
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Perceptions and attitudes of the professional staff concerning infection surveillance and control programs in Brazilian hospitals
Published in American journal of infection control (01-02-2010)“…Background Several countries have conducted studies to assess the status of their infection control programs (ICP) with the objective of improving quality of…”
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Surveillance programs for detection and characterization of emergent pathogens and antimicrobial resistance: results from the Division of Infectious Diseases, UNIFESP
Published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (01-09-2009)“…Several epidemiological changes have occurred in the pattern of nosocomial and community acquired infectious diseases during the past 25 years. Social and…”
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Morbimortality of Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Requiring Hospitalization: A Comparative Analysis With Nonimmunocompromised Patients
Published in Transplantation (15-01-2012)“…Clinical and epidemiological data of pandemic influenza A H1N1 infection in solid-organ transplant recipients have been described, but scarce data compare…”
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Nosocomial infection in a pediatric intensive care unit in a developing country
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-12-2003)“…Determine the rate and outcome of nosocomial infection (NI) in pediatric intensive care unit patients in a developing country. Prospective cohort study using…”
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Impact of an Automated Surveillance to Detect Surgical-Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Brazil
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-08-2016)“…In this retrospective study, we compared automated surveillance with conventional surveillance to detect surgical site infection after primary total hip or…”
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Impact of a hospital-wide antimicrobial formulary intervention on the incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria
Published in American journal of infection control (01-11-2008)“…We examined the impact of an antimicrobial formulary change, based on reduction in third-generation cephalosporin use, on resistant gram-negative pathogens in…”
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Pediatric Risk of Mortality and Hospital Infection
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-09-2004)“…We studied the association of Pediatric Risk of Mortality scores with nosocomial infections among 341 critically ill patients admitted to a pediatric intensive…”
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Severe nosocomial infections with imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii treated with ampicillin/sulbactam
Published in International journal of antimicrobial agents (2003)“…Forty consecutive patients with nosomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii were treated with intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam…”
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Imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection at a medical-surgical intensive care unit: Risk factors and mortality
Published in Journal of critical care (01-12-2009)“…Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors and attributable mortality associated with imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa…”
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Does the change on gastrointestinal tract microbiome affects host?
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-11-2014)“…During the past decade, studies on the composition of human microbiota and its relation to the host became one of the most explored subjects of the medical…”
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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT Enterococci STRAINS EIGHT YEARS APART FROM ITS FIRST ISOLATION IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-07-2008)“…E. faecium was the first reported VRE species, carrying the vanA gene in Brazil. In spite of this, vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis has become the predominant…”
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Control of multi-resistant bacteria and ventilator-associated pneumonia: is it possible with changes in antibiotics?
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-08-2007)“…Potent antimicrobial agents have been developed as a response to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which especially affect patients with…”
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Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and teicoplanin (VanA phenotype) isolated from a bone marrow transplanted patient in Brazil
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-02-2001)“…We report for the first time in Brazil, a patient from whom an Enterococcus faecalis VanA phenotype was isolated. Glycopeptide resistance is not commonly…”
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Preventing catheter-associated infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: impact of an educational program surveying policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters in a Brazilian teaching hospital
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-12-2011)“…Objectives: To determine the impact of an educational program on the prevention of central venous catheter-related infections in a Brazilian Pediatric…”
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Preventing catheter-associated infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Impact of an educational program surveying policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters in a Brazilian teaching hospital
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-11-2011)“…To determine the impact of an educational program on the prevention of central venous catheter-related infections in a Brazilian Pediatric Intensive Care Unit…”
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Compliance with handwashing at two intensive care units in São Paulo
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-02-2006)“…Handwashing compliance was compared at two medical- surgical intensive care units (ICUs) of a teaching and a non-teaching hospital. The mean compliance was…”
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