| ventilator-associated pneumonia in a multi-hospital system: differences in microbiology by location. | to determine whether there were differences in the microbiologic etiologies of ventilator-associated pneumonia in different clinical settings. | 2003 | 14649775 |
| health care-associated pneumonia (hcap): empiric antibiotics targeting methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and pseudomonas aeruginosa predict optimal outcome. | inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy (iiat) has been associated with decreased survival in patients with health care-associated pneumonia (hcap). we performed a study to determine whether empiric hcap antibiotic regimens targeting methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and pseudomonas aeruginosa are associated with greater appropriate therapy. a retrospective cohort study of culture-positive hcap over 6 years (january 2003-december 2008) was performed at barnes-jewish hospital ... | 2011 | 22033455 |
| changing antibiotic sensitivity patterns at a university hospital, 1992 through 1999. | the emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms is of great concern in the medical community. antibiotic sensitivity patterns were studied at a large university hospital. | 2001 | 11440331 |
| shifting trends in bacterial keratitis in south florida and emerging resistance to fluoroquinolones. | to study the distribution, current trends, and patterns of resistance to antimicrobial agents of bacterial keratitis isolates in south florida. | 2000 | 10919897 |
| loss of antimicrobial susceptibility in aerobic gram-negative bacilli repeatedly isolated from patients in intensive-care units. | to study the loss of antimicrobial susceptibility in repeat (same patient, same bacterial species, and same site) aerobic gram-negative bacilli (agnb) isolated from individual patients during their stay in the intensive-care unit (icu). | 1996 | 8935729 |
| from the centers for disease control. nosocomial infection and pseudoinfection from contaminated endoscopes and bronchoscopes--wisconsin and missouri. | | 1991 | 1920711 |
| nosocomial infection and pseudoinfection from contaminated endoscopes and bronchoscopes--wisconsin and missouri. | flexible fiber-optic endoscopes are widely used in the united states for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. between uses, endoscopes should be cleaned and disinfected either manually or by using automated machines. however, outbreaks have occurred among patients exposed to contaminated endoscopes or to inadequately disinfected bronchoscopes (1-4). this report summarizes one outbreak of nosocomially acquired infection (wisconsin) and one of pseudoinfection (missouri) linked to endoscopes cont ... | 1991 | 1910146 |
| impact of voluntary vs enforced compliance of third-generation cephalosporin use in a teaching hospital. | the purpose of this study was to assess and compare the impact of voluntary compliance and enforced compliance with institutional guidelines for initiating third-generation cephalosporin therapy. | 1992 | 1546918 |
| cerium nitrate: a new topical antiseptic for extensive burns. | the wounds of 60 burned patients were treated topically with cerium nitrate, which was applied either as a cream or in aqueous solution. cerium nitrate has a potent antiseptic effect in human burn wounds, especially against gram negative bacteria and fungi. pseudomonas aeruginosa was recovered from the wounds infrequently and never predominated. fungi were practically never found. no patient treated with cerium developed a necrotizing wound infection. analysis of the detailed bacteriological dat ... | 1976 | 135364 |