Month: June 1995

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Bloodstream infections associated with a needleless intravenous infusion system in patients receiving home infusion therapy

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OBJECTIVE: To determine risk factors for bloodstream infections (BSIs) in an outbreak among patients receiving home intravenous infusion therapy.

DESIGN: Case-control and retrospective cohort studies.

SETTING: Home health agency.

PATIENTS: Patients receiving home intravenous infusion therapy from Rhode Island Home Therapeutics (RIHT) from January through December 1993.… Read more

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Epidemiology of nosocomial fungal infections, with emphasis on Candida species

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Currently, about 180 hospitals participate in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) system. From January 1980 through April 1990, 27,200 fungal isolates causing nosocomial infections were reported from these hospitals; Candida species accounted for 19,621 (72.1%) of these isolates. Immunocompromised patients are at particularly high risk for candidemia.… Read more

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Reducing the spread of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms. Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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Strategies to reduce the spread of hospital-acquired microorganisms resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents are discussed. Because hospitals have experienced a rapid increase in the incidence of infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the past 5 years, the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance.… Read more

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Magnetic phase diagram, static properties, and relaxation of the insulating spin glass CoCl2

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DeFotis GC, Coffey GA, Cinquina CC, Chandarlapaty S, Brubaker WW, Krovich DJ, Chamberlain RV, Jarvis WR

Phys. Rev., B Condens. Matter 1995 Jun;51(21):15113-15124

PMID: 9978465… Read more