Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriuria: Source, Clinical Relevance, and Management [0.03%]
金黄色葡萄球菌菌尿的来源、临床意义及管理措施
Mayar Al Mohajer,Rabih O Darouiche
Mayar Al Mohajer
Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria is a common condition with still largely undetermined clinical relevance. Although S. aureus bacteriuria can be secondary to bacteremia and systemic infection in some patients, it may predispose to bacterem...
Catherine J Derber,Shivanjali Shankaran
Catherine J Derber
Influenza infections cause significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and vaccination rates of health-care workers remain well below target goals. Strategies for increasing vaccination rates include mandatory vaccination of h...
Maria Cristina Vazquez Guillamet,Chanu Rhee,Andrew J Patterson
Maria Cristina Vazquez Guillamet
Septic shock is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Source control, antimicrobial therapy, early goal-directed fluid resuscitation, and infusion of vasoactive pharmaceuticals remain the cornerstones of treatment. ...
Hand Hygiene: State-of-the-Art Review With Emphasis on New Technologies and Mechanisms of Surveillance [0.03%]
手卫生：新技术和监测机制的现状及展望
Alexandre R Marra,Michael B Edmond
Alexandre R Marra
Hand hygiene (HH) is an important measure in infection prevention to decrease transmission of microbial pathogens; however, HH compliance by health-care workers (HCWs) remains suboptimal. One of the principal recommendations of current guid...
From ulcer to infection: an update on clinical practice and adjunctive treatments of diabetic foot ulcers [0.03%]
从溃疡到感染：糖尿病足溃疡临床实践及辅助治疗的最新进展
C Abad,N Safdar
C Abad
Foot ulcers are a common complication of diabetes. A fifth of all individuals with diabetes develop a diabetic foot infection and are hospitalized at least once in their lifetime. Standard of care for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and s...
Susanne Toussaint,Herwig Gerlach
Susanne Toussaint
For more than 30 years, intravenously administered immunoglobulins (ivIG) have been used to treat primary and secondary syndromes of immune deficiency. Increasing insight into pathomechanisms of severe sepsis and septic shock have led to th...
Variability analysis and the diagnosis, management, and treatment of sepsis [0.03%]
变异性和脓毒症的诊断、管理和治疗
C Arianne Buchan,Andrea Bravi,Andrew J E Seely
C Arianne Buchan
Severe sepsis leading to organ failure is the most common cause of mortality among critically ill patients. Variability analysis is an emerging science that characterizes patterns of variation of physiologic parameters (e.g., vital signs) a...
Carley Riley,Rajit K Basu,Niranjan Kissoon et al.
Carley Riley et al.
Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. As consensus statements emerge regarding early recognition and goal-directed management of sepsis, scrutiny should be given to the unique characteristics of seps...
Steven P Larosa,Steven M Opal
Steven P Larosa
Marked alterations of the innate and adaptive immune response follow invasive infection and generalized inflammatory states. If left unchecked, this state of immune dysregulation contributes to a myriad of maladaptive cellular responses tha...
Meghan B Brennan,Jennifer L Hsu
Meghan B Brennan
Septic arthritis of the native joint is an uncommon infection but, when present, creates a significant risk for functional impairment of the affected joint or, in severe cases, mortality. Knowledge of the most common pathogens, as well as a...