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Eurosurveillance - Volume 17, Issue 35, 30 August 2012
Volume 17, Issue 35, 2012
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Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011
U Heudorf , K Boehlcke and M SchadeHealthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a potentially serious threat to elderly people living in long-term care facilities. Therefore, the European HALT (Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities) project was launched in 2008. HAIs and the use of antibiotics were studied in all 40 nursing homes (100% response) in the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from January to March 2011, using the HALT protocol. Of the 3,732 residents in the homes, 4.3% (n=161) had either signs or symptoms of infections and/or were on oral antibiotics. The most common infections were urinary tract infections (n=45; 1.2%), followed by infections of the respiratory tract (n=41; 1.1%) and skin except mycosis (n=25; 0.7%). The overall prevalence of oral antibiotic use was 2.4% (n=90). The most frequently prescribed oral antibiotics were quinolones (n=31), cephalosporins (n=19), penicillins (n=11) and co-trimoxazole (n=11). The prevalence of HAIs was about the same as that in a European pilot study carried out in November 2009 (5%), but was higher than in several national surveys carried out between May and September 2010 (1.6-3.6%). .
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Evidence for airborne infectious disease transmission in public ground transport – a literature review
O Mohr , M Askar , S Schink , T Eckmanns , G Krause and G PoggenseeWhile guidelines on contact tracing (CT) after exposure to certain infectious pathogens during air travel exist, no guidance documents are available on CT in response to potential exposure on public ground transport. We reviewed scientific and non-scientific literature on transmission of airborne pathogens in public ground transport and on factors potentially influencing transmission. We identified 32 relevant publications (15 scientific and 17 non-scientific). Most of the selected studies dealt with transmission of tuberculosis. However, the relation between travel duration, proximity to the index case and environmental factors, such as ventilation, on disease transmission in public ground transport is poorly understood. Considering the difficulty and probably limited effectiveness of CT in ground transport, our results suggest that only exceptional circumstances would justify CT. This contrasts with the high level of attention CT in air travel seems to receive in international regulations and recommendations. We question whether the indication for CT should be revisited after a risk-benefit assessment that takes into account exposure in both ground and air transport. .
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Retrospective screening of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with acute meningo-encephalitis does not reveal past Japanese encephalitis virus infection, Emilia Romagna, Italy, 2011
P Gaibani , A C Finarelli , R Cagarelli , A Pierro , G Rossini , M Calzolari , M Dottori , P Bonilauri , M P Landini and V Sambri
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