Outbreaks by Klebsiella oxytoca in neonatal intensive care units: Analysis of an outbreak in a tertiary hospital and systematic review.

Objective: Klebsiella oxytoca can cause nosocomial infections, affecting vulnerable newborns. There are few studies describing nosocomial outbreaks in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). In this study, a systematic review of the literature was carried out to know the main characteristics of these outbreaks and the evolution of one is described.

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

Background: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HP) is the most common infection in adult intensive care units (ICUs). To develop effective strategies to prevent it, we identified factors that independently increased the risk of contracting HP while admitted at an ICU.

Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study during 4 years in which we included all patients who had been admitted for at least 24 h to the ICU at a university reference hospital in Spain.

Vitamin D status and the Cdx-2 polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor gene are determining factors of bone mineral density in young healthy postmenopausal women.

Unlabelled: Bone mineral density (BMD) is a main determinant of osteoporotic fractures. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 229 young, healthy postmenopausal women (PMW) to evaluate the contribution of the vitamin D endocrine system and other clinical, biochemical and genetic parameters. Clinical risk factors for osteoporosis were obtained by a questionnaire.

[Surgical site infection in a tertiary hospital. A prospective surveillance study (2001-2004)].

Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a very common problem in hospital infection control. It represents a risk for the safety of the patient and therefore its reduction is a priority in Health Services. The aim of the study is to analyse the incidence of SSI in the surgical departments of a tertiary hospital.

Urinary bladder cancer risk factors in men: a Spanish case-control study.

The rising incidence of urinary bladder cancer is alarming and potential relationships with different risk factors have been postulated. The purpose of this study was to examine the possible relationship between different environmental risk factors and urinary bladder cancer. All men with urinary bladder cancer who were admitted to the Department of Urology of Reina Sofia University Hospital of Cordoba, Spain over 1 year were included in our study.

Urinary bladder cancer and the petroleum industry: a quantitative review.

Purpose: To estimate the pooled risk of petroleum industry for urinary bladder cancer.

Material And Methods: All observational studies that evaluated the association between urinary bladder risk and the petroleum industry were reviewed. We have only identified eight case-control studies.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: retrospective case record review.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a severe infection, with a sharp increase during the last decades. Our study aimed at identification of the epidemiological characteristics of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis during a period of four years. All clinical records with pulmonary isolation of Aspergillus species were reviewed, as a part of surveillance program at Reina Sofia University Hospital, from January 1995 to December 1998.

[Factors influencing hospital infection in patients in the intensive care unit].

Objective: The accumulation of risk factors in hospitalized patients is one of the elements contributing to the increase in the frequency of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit (ICU). Our aim was to identify nosocomial infection risk factors in the ICU of our hospital.

Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of 1,134 patients admitted to the ICU for at least 24 hours in 2001.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: identification of risk factors.

Aspergillosis is the second most frequent fungal infection after candidiasis in teaching hospitals. Clinical manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis range from asymptomatic colonization to disseminated disease. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, in patients with positive pulmonary isolation of Aspergillus species.