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The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of the most malaria-affected countries worldwide, is a potential hub for global drug-resistant malaria. This study aimed at summarizing and mapping surveys of malaria ...
Infection prevention and control in Belgian nursing homes: knowledge, attitudes and practices of general practitioners at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Laure Mortgat; Elisabeth Miller; Els Duysburgh; François Kidd Source: ECCMID 2022 (2022) Health Topics: Healthcare-associated infection Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Zorginfectie I ...
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli isolates after exposure to non-fluoroquinolone antibiotics: a retrospective case–control study
tertiary care patients in Belgium with information on prior antibiotic use at the patient level up to 1 year previously. Results In urine samples from 6125 patients, 7204 E. coli isolates were retrieved ...
Genomic epidemiology of emerging ESBL-producing Kentucky in Europe.
Routine surveillance at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) detected cases with a ciprofloxacin-resistant. Kentucky with the ESBL-gene. Ensuing research identified 78 cases in ...
Molecular surveillance of anti-malarial drug resistance in Democratic Republic of Congo: high variability of chloroquinoresistance and lack of amodiaquinoresistance.
A pfcrt gene segment containing a fragment that encodes amino acids at positions 72-76 was amplified by conventional PCR before sequencing. RESULTS: A total of 1070 patients were enrolled. Of the 806 ...
First detection of a plasmid located carbapenem resistant blaVIM-1 gene in E. coli isolated from meat products at retail in Belgium in 2015
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Cristina Garcia-Graells; Bas Berbers; Bavo Verhaegen; Kevin Vanneste; Marchal, Kathleen; Nancy Roosens; N Botteldoorn; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker Source: International Journal of Food Microbiolo ...
Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017
and 3.9% (95% cCI: 2.4–6.0%) residents in LTCF had at least one HAI (country-weighted prevalence). On any given day, 98,166 patients (95% cCI: 81,022–117,484) in ACH and 129,940 (95% cCI: ...
Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017
confidence interval: 4.8–5.1) of LTCF residents in the EU / EEA participating countries received at least one antimicrobial. The most commonly reported Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) groups were ...
Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute-Care Hospitals: Results of the ECDC PPS 2017
(ECDC). In the participating Belgian acute care hospital sites (N=52, September-December 2011), the prevalence of patients with at least one antimicrobial and at least one HAI was 28.9% (95% confidence ...
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Belgian hospitals: Report 2016
former Belgian Scientific Institute of Public Health) closely monitors antimicrobial resistance in Belgian acute care hospitals. At present, hospitals can participate in three national, multicentric and ...