- Review Article
- Management of Hospital Infection Control in Iran: A Need for Implementation of Multidisciplinary Approach
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Setareh Mamishi, Babak Pourakbari, Mostafa Teymuri, Abdolreza Babamahmoodi, Shima Mahmoudi
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2014;5(4):179-186. Published online August 31, 2014
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Nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections are considered the most common complications affecting hospitalized patients. According to results obtained from studies conducted in the Children Medical Center Hospital, a teaching children's hospital and a tertiary care referral unit in Tehran, Iran, improvements in infection control practices in our hospital seem necessary. The aim of this study was to identify risk management and... |
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- Original Article
- Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in an Iranian Referral Children's Hospital
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Farah Sabouni, Shima Mahmoudi, Abbas Bahador, Babak Pourakbari, Reihaneh Hosseinpour Sadeghi, Mohammad Taghi Haghi Ashtiani, Bahram Nikmanesh, Setareh Mamishi
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2014;5(2):96-100. Published online April 30, 2014
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Objectives
The clinical importance of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is attributed to notable virulence factors, surface proteins, toxins, and enzymes as well as the rapid development of drug resistance. The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of virulence factors produced by S. aureus strains isolated from children in an Iranian referral children's hospital.
Methods
The presence of genes encoding for... |
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