Nosocomial infections are infections that develop while a person is receiving medical attention. Examples include pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs) and gastrointestinal (GI) infections. The ...

The high incidence of nosocomial infection (NI) is a common problem in patients with haematological malignancies, especially because of the severity of illness of the patients treated and the advanced ...

Nosocomial or healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a global problem for hospitalized or long-term care patients, affecting an estimated 3.2% of all hospitalized patients in the US, 6.5% in EU, ...

A nosocomial infection is contracted because of an infection or toxin that exists in a certain location, such as a hospital. People now use nosocomial infections interchangeably with the terms ...

Nosocomial infections are one of the major causes of morbidity in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Known risk factors include birth weight, gestational age, severity of illness and its related ...

Objective: To discuss current and potential treatment options for nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Data Sources: A MEDLINE search (1966-January 2007) was ...

Nosocomial bacterial meningitis may result from invasive procedures (e.g., craniotomy, placement of internal or external ventricular catheters, lumbar puncture, intrathecal infusions of medications, ...

What are Hospital Acquired Infections? Hospital acquired infections (HAI), medically termed as nosocomial infections, are infections that are acquired by patients admitted in the hospital wards, as ...

Human-to-human transmission of cryptococcosis is very rare. 1–3 An 80-year-old man (Patient A) was hospitalized because of pulmonary squamous-cell carcinoma. He received mechanical ventilation and was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People with affective disorders had the highest rates of nosocomial PTSD 3 months after discharge from ...

A nosocomial infection is an infection you get while you’re in the hospital for another reason. It's also called a hospital-acquired infection or a health-care associated infection.‌ Patients and ...