Health
Too many older adults readmitted to hospitals with same infections they took home
About 15% of hospitalized older adults will be readmitted within a month of discharge.
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News tagged with urinary tract infection
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Poor toilet hygiene, not food, spreads antibiotic-resistant E. coli superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant E. coli is more likely to be spread through poor toilet hygiene than undercooked chicken or other food, according to new research from a consortium including the University of East Anglia.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Glass-coated catheters could wipe out infections and save NHS millions
Scientists at Aston University in Birmingham have developed a new technique to eradicate life-threatening urinary tract infections among hospital patients needing catheters, potentially saving the NHS nearly £100million ...
Oct 09, 2019
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Health
Some ICU admissions may be preventable, saving money and improving care
Many admissions to the intensive care unit may be preventable, potentially decreasing health care costs and improving care, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Oct 04, 2019
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Health
Success story or artificial inflation? Hospital performance in CAUTIs
A new study links changes in the way catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are defined and artificially improved hospital performance scores.
Sep 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospital-wide use of high-risk antibiotics associated with more C. difficile infections
Higher hospital-wide use of four classes of antibiotics thought to increase the risk of the dangerous intestinal illness Clostridioides difficile were associated with increased prevalence of hospital-associated C. difficile, ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospital infections declining in Canada
There is good news on the infection front: infections acquired by patients in Canadian hospitals are declining, with a 30% reduction between 2009 and 2017, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...
Sep 09, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New patient test could tell clinicians if infections are antibiotic resistant in under two hours
A new rapid patient test that could identify whether bacteria isolated from clinical samples are antibiotic resistant in under two hours is being trialled on a range of antibiotics commonly used to treat urinary tract infections ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Physicians slow to use effective new antibiotics against superbugs
New, more effective antibiotics are being prescribed in only about a quarter of infections by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of the world's most intractable drug-resistant bacteria, according to an ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Medical research
How mucosal infections can rewire an immune response to shape susceptibility to recurrence
Scientists have shed new light on how mucosal infections can affect the body's inflammatory response to shape susceptibility to recurrence.
Aug 20, 2019
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