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How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review.

Kramer A, Schwebke I, Kampf G.

BMC Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 16;6:130. Review.PMID: 16914034 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Contamination, disinfection, and cross-colonization: are hospital surfaces reservoirs for nosocomial infection?

Hota B.

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Correlation between the genetic diversity of nosocomial pathogens and their survival time in intensive care units.

Gastmeier P, Schwab F, Bärwolff S, Rüden H, Grundmann H.

J Hosp Infect. 2006 Feb;62(2):181-6. Epub 2005 Nov 14.PMID: 16290317 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Infection pathogen analysis of 2388 patients in an open hematology ward from 1993 to 2004]

Han B, Di HX, Zhou DB, Zhao YQ, Wang SJ, Xu Y, Chen JL, Duan Y, Jiao L, Duan MH, Zhang W, Zhu TN, Zou N, Shen T.

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2006 Mar 14;86(10):664-8. Chinese. PMID: 16681921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Epidemiology of bacterial intrahospital infections in newborns]

Custović A, Hadzić S.

Med Arh. 2008;62(5-6):294-7. Bosnian. PMID: 19469274 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemiologic study of nosocomial bacterial infection of pediatric patients at BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital.

Tantracheewathorn T, Vititpatarapak N, Phumisantiphong U.

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The inanimate environment of an intensive care unit as a potential source of nosocomial bacteria: evidence for long survival of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

Getchell-White SI, Donowitz LG, Gröschel DH.

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[Secular trends in the etiology of nosocomial infection at a teaching hospital in Taiwan, 1981-1994]

Chen ML, Chen YC, Pan HJ, Chang SC, Yang LS, Ho SW, Luh KT, Hsieh WC, Chuang CY.

Zhonghua Min Guo Wei Sheng Wu Ji Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1995 Aug;28(3):203-17. Chinese. PMID: 9774999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction of Clostridium Difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus contamination of environmental surfaces after an intervention to improve cleaning methods.

Eckstein BC, Adams DA, Eckstein EC, Rao A, Sethi AK, Yadavalli GK, Donskey CJ.

BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Jun 21;7:61.PMID: 17584935 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prediction of specific pathogens in patients with sepsis: evaluation of TREAT, a computerized decision support system.

Paul M, Nielsen AD, Goldberg E, Andreassen S, Tacconelli E, Almanasreh N, Frank U, Cauda R, Leibovici L; TREAT Study Group.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Jun;59(6):1204-7. Epub 2007 Apr 21.PMID: 17449883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[The drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria of nosocomial infections in surgical intensive care unit]

Chen J, Li LF, Guan XD, Chen DM, Chen MY, Ouyang B, Huang SW, Wu JF.

Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2006 Sep 1;44(17):1189-92. Chinese. PMID: 17147864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among nosocomial gram-negative pathogens from 15 teaching hospitals in China in 2005]

Yang QW, Xu YC, Chen MJ, Hu YJ, Ni YX, Sun JY, Yu YS, Kong HS, He L, Wu WY, Ye HF, Yang YM, Zhu LN, Guo SH, Ji P, Zhu ZH, Ren JK, Zhang LX, Sun ZY, Zhu XH, Tong MQ, Zhao WS, Mei YN, Liu Y, Zhang ZJ, Duan Q, Li D, Liu PP, Wang J, Han LX, Wang H, Xie XL.

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Oct 23;87(39):2753-8. Chinese. PMID: 18167265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbiology of nosocomial sinusitis in intensive care unit patients.

Bert F, Lambert-Zechovsky N.

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Survival of two avian respiratory viruses on porous and nonporous surfaces.

Tiwari A, Patnayak DP, Chander Y, Parsad M, Goyal SM.

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Potency and spectrum of garenoxacin tested against an international collection of skin and soft tissue infection pathogens: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program (1999-2004).

Fritsche TR, Sader HS, Jones RN.

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Characteristics of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in children.

Lin PC, Chiu NC, Li WC, Chi H, Hsu CH, Hung HY, Kao HA, Huang FY.

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2004 Feb;37(1):35-8.PMID: 15060685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Incidence and pathogens of nosocomial bacteremia in China]

Wu AH, Wen XM, Ren N, Xu XH; Chinese Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.

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Bacterial and viral etiology of serious infections in very young Filipino infants.

Gatchalian SR, Quiambao BP, Morelos AM, Abraham L, Gepanayao CP, Sombrero LT, Paladin JF, Soriano VC, Obach M, Sunico ES.

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Microbiologic profile of flexible endoscope disinfection in two Brazilian hospitals.

Machado AP, Pimenta AT, Contijo PP, Geocze S, Fischman O.

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Survival of nosocomial pathogenic bacteria at ambient temperature.

Smith SM, Eng RH, Padberg FT Jr.

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