nosocomial infections

Hands of health-care workers is a key factor for transmission of pathogens from HCWs to patients and from patients to HCWs. This paper gives the review of guidelines for hand hygiene currently accepted in USA and Europe. Observational studies, …

The present in vitro study of antimicrobial susceptibility of nosocomial Gram,negative pathogens to cefepime and other antimicrobials has been performed by the ROSNET study group in 28 medical institutions in Russia. The most active agent against …

Present article describes the experience of development of the protocols of antimicrobial therapy in one single medical institution – the hospital of Krasnodar municipal medical center. The main purpose for the development of such protocols is the …

In vitro susceptibility study of nosocomial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with nosocomial infections in 21 Russian ICUs was performed. Antibiotics with antipseudomonal activity, such as piperacillin, …

Objective. To determine in vitro activity of antimicrobials against S. aureus isolated from hospitalized patients from different regions of Russia. Materials and Methods. A total of 879 clinical strains of S. aureus isolated in 2000–2001 from patients hospitalized in 17medical institutions in different parts of Russia. Susceptibility to 18 antimicrobials: oxacillin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, erythromycin, clindamycin, lincomycin, gentamicin, mupirocin, fusidic acid, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, rifampicin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, chloramphenicol was determined by agar dilution method in accordance with the NCCLS recommendations.

Medical equipments, instruments and hands of medical personnel serve as one of the most important vehicles for the transmission of nosocomial infections, and as a result of this, disinfection and sterilization are considered as a main part of any …

The mechanisms of resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics in Gram-negative nosocomial pathogens isolated in four Russian hospitals were studied. The most common and almost exclusive mechanism of aminoglycoside resistance was production of …

Spread of multiresistant bacteria makes us to reconsider our attitude to some well-known old antimicrobials, including polymyxins – a class of polypeptide antibiotics that are active against many multiresistant gram-negative nosocomial pathogens – …

This review is devoted to the one of the actual problems of modern medicine - nosocomial infections (NI). Criteria, epidemiology, pathogenesis, origin, risk factors for the development of NI are listed. A special attentionis drawnto the economical …