Recent literature has shown the growing importance of opportunistic fungal infections due to Fusarium spp. However, disseminated fusariosis remains rare in patients without neutropenia. We report a case of fungaemia in a 78-year-old French woman without definite immunodeficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study charted incidence trends of hospital-acquired (HA) pneumonia, bacteraemia and urinary tract infections (UTI) in a haematology department.
Methods: Prospective surveillance of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) was undertaken in a 42-bed haematology department of a university hospital. All patients hospitalized ≥48 hours between 1(st) January 2004 and 31(st) December 2010 were included.
The duration of the incubation of invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains unknown. The objective of this investigation was to estimate the time interval between aplasia onset and that of IA symptoms in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. A single-centre prospective survey (2004-2009) included all patients with AML and probable/proven IA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) within the first 48 hours of intensive care unit (ICU) stay has been poorly investigated. The objective was to estimate early-onset VAP occurrence in ICUs within 48 hours after admission.
Methods: We analyzed data from prospective surveillance between 01/01/2001 and 31/12/2009 in 11 ICUs of Lyon hospitals (France).
Background: The study objectives were: 1) to report on invasive aspergillosis patients in a hematology department; and 2) to estimate its incidence according to the hematologic diagnosis.
Design And Methods: A prospective survey of invasive aspergillosis cases was undertaken between January 2004 and December 2009 in the hematology department of a university hospital. Meetings with clinicians, mycologists and infection control practitioners were organized monthly to confirm suspected aspergillosis cases.
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies. To investigate the immediate and mid-term benefits of posaconazole prophylaxis in AML patients undergoing first induction chemotherapy and to study the infection risk factors, we prospectively studied the IA incidence in these patients at our hospital between years 2007 and 2008; then we compared them to a matched control group without prophylaxis. There were 55 and 66 patients in each group respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiscrimination between nosocomial and community infections is important for investigation and prevention. Nosocomial and hospital-acquired infections require appropriate hospital control measures to avert additional cases. Nosocomial infections (NI) occur during hospitalization or are caused by microorganisms acquired during hospital stay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA fatal nosocomial infection with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 occurred in a patient with leukemia. Isolates recovered from both the potable water supply and the patient showed an identical genomic profile. With no other exposure identified, the water from the washbasin was evidently the source of infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare risk factors of early- (E) and late-onset (L) ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Materials And Methods: An epidemiological survey based on a nosocomial infection surveillance program of 11 intensive care units (ICUs) of university teaching hospitals in Lyon, France, was conducted. A total of 7236 consecutive ventilated patients, older than 18 years and hospitalized in ICUs for at least 48 hours, were studied between 1996 and 2002.
Background: The objective of the study was to assess the impact of the relocation of an adult hematological intensive care unit on invasive aspergillosis (IA) incidence.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study, including a control group and an intervention group that both underwent pretest and posttest evaluations, was conducted in the 3 adult hematological intensive care units (each composed of 14 single rooms) in a university hospital from 14 April 2005 through 1 February 2006. One of these units was relocated from the main building to an adjoining modular construction.