4 results match your criteria: "Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland -Bahrain Medical University[Affiliation]"
Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is the dominant route of transmission: droplets and aerosols.
Infez Med
March 2021
Master in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Cientificadel Sur, Lima, Peru; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Public Health and infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Grupo de Investigacion Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
Article Synopsis
- * The review examines how the virus is transmitted through different types of particles—like droplets and aerosols—generated during activities like coughing, sneezing, and even talking.
- * Limited research exists on the aerodynamics of how these virus-laden particles behave in the air and contribute to infections, highlighting a gap in understanding the mechanisms behind airborne transmission.
Recent advances in vaccine and immunotherapy for COVID-19.
Hum Vaccin Immunother
December 2020
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in millions of cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths. Beyond there being no available antiviral therapy, stimulating protective immunity by vaccines is the best option for managing future infections. Development of a vaccine for a novel virus is a challenging effort that may take several years to accomplish.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficacy of anti-microbial catheters in preventing catheter associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients: A review on recent updates.
J Infect Public Health
March 2020
Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland -Bahrain Medical University, Bahrain. Electronic address:
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the common hospital-associated infections (HAIs), which can be prevented by practicing necessary precautions and by using antimicrobial urinary catheters (UCs). The efficacy of antimicrobial UCs against standard catheters for averting CAUTIs is poorly studied. The objective of the review is to analyze the efficacy of various types of antimicrobial UCs used in hospitalized patients in preventing CAUTIs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA fatal case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis of the jaw after dental extractions and review of literature.
J Infect Public Health
November 2018
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal Medical Services, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Bahrain. Electronic address:
The purpose of presenting this case is to report a fatal case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis post-dental extraction in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Several cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis have been reported, but mucocutaneous mucormycosis has not been commonly reported to be a part of polymicrobial wound infections at multifocal sites. To the best of author's knowledge, this is the second case of polymicrobial rhinocerebral infection involving mucormycosis.
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