Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care unit patients: Changes in epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and contributions of new technologies

Relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the incidence of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections: a European multicenter cohort study

(2021) Anahita Rouzé et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

How the COVID-19 pandemic will change the future of critical care

(2021) Yaseen M. Arabi et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

In-hospital COVID-19 outbreak investigation: A practical approach to root cause analysis

(2021) Danielle Vuichard-Gysin et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Effect of oral chlorhexidine de-adoption and implementation of an oral care bundle on mortality for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (CHORAL): a multi-center stepped wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial

(2021) Craig M. Dale et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

What is new in non-ventilated ICU-acquired pneumonia?

(2020) Wafa Ibn Saied et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Multi-Center Outcomes of Chlorhexidine Oral Decontamination in Intensive Care Units

(2020) Joshua Parreco et al.   Surgical Infections

Strengthening ICU health security for a coronavirus epidemic

(2020) Miia Jansson et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Altering Routine Intensive Care Unit Practices to Support Commensalism

(2020) Leslie A. Hamilton et al.   NUTRITION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Nursing Activities Score is increased in COVID-19 patients : comments

(2020) P. Reper et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Recommendation and protocol compliance: “Yes, I do” may not be true; the complexity of measuring provider adherence

(2020) S.O. Labeau   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Antiseptic mouthwash, the nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway, and hospital mortality: a hypothesis generating review

(2020) Stijn Blot   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ECMO: a retrospective cohort study

(2020) Charles-Edouard Luyt et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

COVID-19 acquisition risk among ICU nursing staff with patient-driven use of aerosol-generating respiratory procedures and optimal use of personal protective equipment

(2020) Piet Lormans et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Not only ICU workload and activities but also ICU quality indicators are influenced by the Covid-19 epidemic

(2020) P. Reper et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Using point prevalence survey to define burden of antimicrobial use among 35 adult intensive care units in Brazil

(2019) Iolanda Alves Braga et al.   Infectious Diseases

Clinical metagenomics

(2019) Charles Y. Chiu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Increasing burden of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterococcus faecium in hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (2000–2014): A national dynamic cohort study

(2019) Koen Blot et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Sustained reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections with enhancement of catheter bundle by chlorhexidine dressings over 11 years

(2019) Philippe Eggimann et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Patterns in the longitudinal oropharyngeal microbiome evolution related to ventilator-associated pneumonia

(2019) Rami Sommerstein et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Identification of respiratory microbiota markers in ventilator-associated pneumonia

(2019) Stéphane Emonet et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Pneumonia in acute ischemic stroke patients requiring invasive ventilation: Impact on short and long-term outcomes

(2019) Etienne de Montmollin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Management and Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in the ICU

(2019) Niccolò Buetti et al.   SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Pathophysiological role of respiratory dysbiosis in hospital-acquired pneumonia

(2019) A Roquilly et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Epidemiology of intra-abdominal infection and sepsis in critically ill patients: “AbSeS”, a multinational observational cohort study and ESICM Trials Group Project

(2019) Stijn Blot et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) in critically ill patients: a narrative review

(2019) Bastiaan H. J. Wittekamp et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Cytomegalovirus infection and outcome in immunocompetent patients in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Xi Li et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pathogen colonization of the gastrointestinal microbiome at intensive care unit admission and risk for subsequent death or infection

(2018) Daniel E. Freedberg et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

A state of the art review on optimal practices to prevent, recognize, and manage complications associated with intravascular devices in the critically ill

(2018) Jean-François Timsit et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Effects of chlorhexidine gluconate oral care on hospital mortality: a hospital-wide, observational cohort study

(2018) Mieke Deschepper et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated infections 2005–2016: Systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Peter W. Schreiber et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression: ASCO and IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline Update

(2018) Randy A. Taplitz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Screening for intestinal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in critically ill patients: expected benefits and evidence-based controversies

(2018) Jean-Ralph Zahar et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Is Zero Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Achievable?

(2018) Cristina Vazquez Guillamet et al.   CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE

What’s new in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections using chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated washcloths

(2018) Sandrine Dray et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Decontamination Strategies and Bloodstream Infections With Antibiotic-Resistant Microorganisms in Ventilated Patients

(2018) Bastiaan H. Wittekamp et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Association of nurse staffing and nursing workload with ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality: a prospective, single-center cohort study

(2018) Miia M. Jansson et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan: recent trends based on national surveillance reports

(2018) Cho-Han Chiang et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Local Modulation of Antigen-Presenting Cell Development after Resolution of Pneumonia Induces Long-Term Susceptibility to Secondary Infections

(2017) Antoine Roquilly et al.   IMMUNITY

Prevention of hospital infections by intervention and training (PROHIBIT): results of a pan-European cluster-randomized multicentre study to reduce central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections

(2017) Tjallie van der Kooi et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Impact of respiratory viruses in hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: A single-center retrospective study

(2017) Paul Loubet et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Characteristics of patients with hospital-acquired influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus admitted to the intensive care unit

(2017) F. Álvarez-Lerma et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Viruses are prevalent in non-ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia

(2017) Andrew F. Shorr et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Intensive care unit-acquired infections in a tertiary care hospital: An epidemiologic survey and influence on patient outcomes

(2016) Sanwar M. Mitharwal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Comparative Analysis of the Host Response to Community-acquired and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients

(2016) Lonneke A. van Vught et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

(2016) Andre C. Kalil et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Therapeutic manipulation of the microbiota: past, present, and considerations for the future

(2016) V.B. Young   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prevention of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections through chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated washcloth bathing in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised crossover trials

(2016) Elsa Afonso et al.   Eurosurveillance

Oral mucosal adverse events with chlorhexidine 2 % mouthwash in ICU

(2016) Nienke L. Plantinga et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Dressing and securement for central venous access devices (CVADs): A Cochrane systematic review

(2016) Amanda J. Ullman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

(2016) Benedetta Allegranzi et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Composition and dynamics of the respiratory tract microbiome in intubated patients

(2016) Brendan J. Kelly et al.   Microbiome

Burden of Hospital Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Vietnamese Adult Intensive Care Units

(2016) Vu Dinh Phu et al.   PLoS One

Incidence, Clinical Outcome and Risk Factors of Intensive Care Unit Infections in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria

(2016) Anthony A. Iwuafor et al.   PLoS One

Carriage of Enterobacteria Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and Composition of the Gut Microbiota in an Amerindian Community

(2015) María José Gosalbes et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Recommendations for the Use of WBC Growth Factors: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

(2015) Thomas J. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) B.G. Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Independent risk factors associated with hospital-acquired pneumonia in an adult ICU: 4-year prospective cohort study in a university reference hospital

(2015) Bernardo Guzmán-Herrador et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Incidence and prognosis of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (TAVeM): a multicentre, prospective, observational study

(2015) Ignacio Martin-Loeches et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes ofClostridium difficileInfection in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2015) Styliani Karanika et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients

(2015) Nicolas Libert et al.   Biomedical Journal

Surveillance for respiratory health care–associated infections among inpatients in 3 Kenyan hospitals, 2010-2012

(2014) Linus K. Ndegwa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Reducing hospital-acquired infections and improving the rational use of antibiotics in a developing country: an effectiveness study

(2014) Indah K Murni et al.   ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

Abdominal infections in the intensive care unit: characteristics, treatment and determinants of outcome

(2014) Jan De Waele et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Through Quality Improvement Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2014) K. Blot et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination

(2014) Stephanie J. Dancer   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Hydrocortisone Prevents Immunosuppression by Interleukin-10+ Natural Killer Cells After Trauma-Hemorrhage

(2014) Antoine Roquilly et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Overdiagnosis and Treatment Are Common in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units

(2014) Veronique Nussenblatt et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Bloodstream infections in neutropenic patients with cancer: Differences between patients with haematological malignancies and solid tumours

(2014) Mar Marin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections

(2014) Shelley S. Magill et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Selective digestive or oropharyngeal decontamination and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine for prevention of death in general intensive care: systematic review and network meta-analysis

(2014) R. Price et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Critical Care Work Environment and Nurse-Reported Health Care-Associated Infections

(2013) D. Kelly et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

National Healthcare Safety Network report, data summary for 2011, device-associated module

(2013) Margaret A. Dudeck et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Epidemiología de la sepsis en unidades de cuidado intensivo en Colombia

(2013) Guillermo Ortíz et al.   Biomedica

Longitudinal surveillance of bacteraemia in haematology and oncology patients at a UK cancer centre and the impact of ciprofloxacin use on antimicrobial resistance

(2013) S. Schelenz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Critically Ill Elderly Adults with Infection: Analysis of the Extended Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care Study

(2013) George Dimopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Immunosuppression in sepsis: a novel understanding of the disorder and a new therapeutic approach

(2013) Richard S Hotchkiss et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of a multidimensional infection control approach on central line-associated bloodstream infections rates in adult intensive care units of 8 cities of Turkey: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

(2013) Hakan Leblebicioglu et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Variations in catheter-related bloodstream infections rates based on local practices

(2013) Soraya Cherifi et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Dressing and Highly Adhesive Dressing for Preventing Catheter-related Infections in Critically Ill Adults

(2012) Jean-François Timsit et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Long-term survival and healthcare utilization outcomes attributable to sepsis and pneumonia

(2012) Andrew Dick et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

A care bundle approach for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

(2012) J. Rello et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Decreased T-Cell Repertoire Diversity in Sepsis

(2012) Fabienne Venet et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

An In Vitro Model of Mycobacterial Granuloma to Investigate the Immune Response in Brain-Injured Patients*

(2012) Florence Deknuydt et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance outside the Intensive Care Unit: A Multicenter Survey

(2012) Crystal H. Son et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Value of lower respiratory tract surveillance cultures to predict bacterial pathogens in ventilator-associated pneumonia: systematic review and diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis

(2012) Nele Brusselaers et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Characteristics and determinants of outcome of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the EUROBACT International Cohort Study

(2012) Alexis Tabah et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Device-associated infections rates in adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units of hospitals in the Philippines: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings

(2011) Josephine Anne Navoa-Ng et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Effectiveness of comprehensive implementation of individualized bundling infection control measures for prevention of health care–associated infections in general medical wards

(2011) Montri Korbkitjaroen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Burns, inhalation injury and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Value of routine surveillance cultures

(2011) Nele Brusselaers et al.   BURNS

Defining Bloodstream Infections Related to Central Venous Catheters in Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review

(2011) D. Tomlinson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2011) Alison G. Freifeld et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs

(2011) Craig A. Umscheid et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia with oral antiseptics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Sonia O Labeau et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Outbreak of influenza virus A/H1N1 in a hospital ward for immunocompromised patients

(2010) S. Grund et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from prior room occupants in the intensive care unit

(2010) S. Nseir et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Nurse staffing and patient outcomes in critical care: A concise review

(2010) Daleen Aragon Penoyer   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Long-term mortality and quality of life in sepsis: A systematic review*

(2010) Bradford D. Winters et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Patterns of antimicrobial therapy in severe nosocomial infections: empiric choices, proportion of appropriate therapy, and adaptation rates—a multicentre, observational survey in critically ill patients

(2010) Dirk Vogelaers et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter‐Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Leonard A. Mermel et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The clinical effectiveness of central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: A systematic review*

(2009) Juliet C. Hockenhull et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Less Frequent Dressing Changes for Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections in Critically Ill Adults

(2009) Jean-François Timsit et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

International Study of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection in Intensive Care Units

(2009) Jean-Louis Vincent   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Accuracy of clinical definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Comparison with autopsy findings

(2009) Eva Tejerina et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Candida aurissp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast isolated from the external ear canal of an inpatient in a Japanese hospital

(2009) Kazuo Satoh et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Automated Surveillance for Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Intensive Care Units

(2008) Keith F. Woeltje et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults in developing countries: a systematic review

(2008) Yaseen Arabi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in Critically Ill Immunocompetent Patients

(2008)   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Limiting the attributable mortality of nosocomial infection and multidrug resistance in intensive care units

(2007) S. Blot   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION