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Street youths are the only high-risk group for HIV in a low-prevalence South American country.
commercial sex workers, truck drivers, and prisoners. We examined surveillance data of pregnant women and blood donors. RESULTS: Among street youths over 15, overall HIV prevalence was 3.5% (1⅓13), higher ...
Integrating adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy into children's daily lives: a qualitative study.
caregivers’ self-report and laboratory results. Content analysis for common items was performed, and statements of adherent and less-adherent patients were compared. RESULTS: Three main factors influenced ...
National surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Belgian hospitals indicates rapid diversification of epidemic clones
resistance result results Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction SB- IM Staphylococcal Infections staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureus strain Surveillance survey surveys Abstract: ...
Culture-negative endocarditis due to Chlamydia pneumoniae.
responsibility of Chlamydia pneumoniae in this episode of endocarditis was suggested by a serological study and was then confirmed by the positive results of PCR and in situ hybridization tests with aortic and ...
Epidemiology of nosocomial bloodstream infections in Belgium, 1992-1996.
ADOLESCENT Adult Aged Belgium Child Child, Preschool Cross Infection Female Humans Infant intensive care units Male middle aged Sepsis Abstract: The main results of the bloodstream infection (BSI) component of ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemiology and control in Belgian hospitals, 1991 to 1995. Groupement pour le Dépistage, l'Etude et la Prévention des Infections Hospitalières.
surveys; infection control physicians from acute-care hospitals in Belgium. INTERVENTION: Publication of national guidelines for MRSA control in 1993. RESULTS: The participation rate in surveys ranged from ...
International comparison of results of infection surveillance: The Netherlands versus Belgium.
Studies surgical wound infection Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore the potential benefit of comparing results from two national surveillance networks. DESIGN: Two prospective multicenter cohort studies of ...
A computerized nationwide network for nosocomial infection surveillance in Belgium.
multicenter cohort study of surgical wound infections (SWI). SETTING: All 218 acute care hospitals in Belgium in the period October 14 to December 14, 1991. RESULTS: Eighty-five of 218 acute care hospitals ...
Dissecting the molecular evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella sonnei.
fluoroquinolone-resistant S. sonnei. We reaffirm that extant resistant organisms belong to a single clonal expansion event. Our results indicate that sequential accumulation of defining mutations (gyrA- S83L, parC- S80I, and ...
Global phylogenomics of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky ST198.
plasmids were also identified, encoding resistance to chloramphenicol, third-generation cephalosporins, carbapenems and/or azithromycin. These results indicate that most MDR S. enterica serotype Kentucky ...