Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Jun 2012
Comparative StudyEpidemiology of surgical site infections after total hip and knee joint replacement during 2007-2009: a report from the VINCat Program.
The VINCat Program is a system for epidemiological surveillance of healthcare-related infections in which the majority of Catalan hospitals participate. It has a specific module for surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance. Primary hip and knee arthroplasties are basic indicators of the program due to their high frequency and the important morbidity of SSI of these sites. ⋯ The overall SSI rate in the interventions for total primary hip prosthesis (7,804 procedures) was 3.0% (IC 95%: 2.6-3.4) and for total primary knee prosthesis (16,781 procedures) was 3.3% (IC95%: 3.0-3.6). During the period 2007-2009, the overall SSI rates for total primary hip and knee arthroplasty were higher than those published by some surveillance systems in our environment. There were significant differences in the infection rates by procedure and in those adjusted by risk among the different hospitals.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Jun 2012
Comparative StudyDevice-associated infection rates in Adult Intensive Care Units in Catalonia: VINCat Program findings.
Hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU). Surveillance of device-associated infections plays a major role in infection control programs. In 2006, the Surveillance Program of Nosocomial Infections in Catalonia (VINCat Program) was started, with the major aim of reducing infection rates through a process of active monitoring. ⋯ Incidence rates of VAP ranged from 7.2 ± 3.7 to 10.7 ± 9.6 episodes of VAP/1000 ventilator days. Incidence rates of CVC-BSl ranged from 1.9 ± 1.6 to 2.7 ± 2.0 episodes of CVC-associated bloodstream infection/1000 central venous catheter days. The implementation of the VINCat Program allowed monitoring of nosocomial device-associated infections in ICUs in Catalonia and enabled corrective measures in ICUs with increased incidences of device-associated infections.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Oct 2013
Review Practice GuidelineManagement of influenza infection in solid-organ transplant recipients: consensus statement of the Group for the Study of Infection in Transplant Recipients (GESITRA) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) and the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI).
Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at greater risk than the general population for complications and mortality from influenza infection. ⋯ The latest scientific information available regarding influenza infection in the context of SOT is incorporated into this document.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Oct 2012
ReviewInfluenza A(H1N1)pdm09-related pneumonia and other complications.
Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection was associated with significant morbidity, mainly among children and young adults. The majority of patients had self-limited mild-to-moderate uncomplicated disease. However, some patients developed severe illness and some died. ⋯ In experimentally infected animals, the level of pulmonary replication of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus was higher than that of seasonal influenza viruses. Pathological studies in autopsy specimens indicated that the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus mainly targeted the lower respiratory tract, resulting in diffuse alveolar damage (edema, hyaline membranes, inflammation, and fibrosis), manifested clinically by severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with refractory hypoxemia. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-related pneumonia and other complications were associated with increased morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients.
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The present article is an update of the literature on fungemia in onco-hematologic patients. A multidisciplinary group of Spanish physicians with an interest in this field selected the most important papers published lately. ⋯ Important aspects of these studies include the assessment of different strategies in the management of fever in neutropenic patients. Moreover, early identification of patients at risk of fungal infections, as well as identification of patients at risk for fluconazole-resistant strains are topics of increasing interest.