2011
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among hospitalised patients with tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Heysell SK, Shenoi SV, Catterick K, Thomas TA, Friedland G. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among hospitalised patients with tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal. South African Medical Journal 2011, 101: 332-334. PMID: 21837877, PMCID: PMC3628595, DOI: 10.7196/samj.4462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusTB wardsNasal carriageMRSA isolatesNasal swabsImpact of MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriageStaphylococcus aureus nasal carriageLow CD4 countRural African hospitalAureus nasal carriageHours of admissionMRSA nasal carriageGovernment district hospitalsStandard disk diffusionImportant nosocomial pathogenRural KwaZulu-NatalAdmission swabCD4 countHospitalised patientsMRSA carriageNosocomial acquisitionTB patientsPrevious hospitalisationMedical charts
1984
Nosocomial Endocarditis
Friedland G, von Reyn C, Levy B, Arbeit R, Dasse P, Crumpacker C. Nosocomial Endocarditis. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1984, 5: 284-288. PMID: 6564081, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700060343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired endocarditisNosocomial endocarditisIntracardiac prosthetic materialNosocomial infective endocarditisPercent of patientsValvular heart diseaseBeth Israel HospitalSite of originClinical presentationInfective endocarditisUrinary sourceHeart diseaseProsthetic valvesEndocarditisInvasive proceduresGreater incidenceHigh mortalityPatientsProsthetic materialIsrael HospitalBacteremiaSeven-year periodDiseaseTherapeutic practiceHospital