Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of C reactive protein in detecting radiologically
proved pneumonia and to evaluate how well it can discriminate between bacterial and …

Background People requiring long‐term bladder draining commonly experience catheter‐associated
urinary tract infection and other problems. Objectives To determine if certain …

Background Indwelling urinary catheters are often used for bladder drainage during
hospital care. Urinary tract infection is a common complication. Other issues that should be …

Background . Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains an important cause of morbidity
and mortality. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been shown to be more sensitive …

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia and lower-respiratory-tract
infections. Diagnosis has traditionally been obtained by serological …

Introduction A semi-upright position in ventilated patients is recommended to prevent
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and is one of the components in the Ventilator Bundle of …

… Alexandr Nemec, Martina Maixnerová, Tanny JK van der Reijden, Peterhans J. van den
Broek, Lenie Dijkshoorn, Relationship between the AdeABC efflux system gene content, …

Context The sudden emergence and rapid spread of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1)
viruses with neuraminidase (NA) gene H274Y amino acid substitution is the hallmark of …

The lactoferrin-derived peptide hLF(1-11), but not its control peptide, was highly effective
against five multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in vitro (3 to 4 log reduction) …

Acinetobacter baumannii can colonize body surfaces of hospitalized patients. From these
sites, invasion into the host and spread to other patients and the hospital environment may …