Infection Control Today - Community-Acquired Infections

High Prevalence of CA-MRSA Found in Nursing Homes

While most infection control measures are focused on hospitals, a new study points to the need for more targeted interventions to prevent the spread of drug-resistant bugs in nursing homes as community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...More

February 11, 2013

Posted in News

Rate of Community-Onset MRSA Infections Appears to Be On the Decline

In analysis that included more than 9 million Department of Defense nonactive and active duty personnel, the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia decreased from 2005 to 2010, while the proportion of ...More

July 3, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Community-Acquired MRSA Cases on the Rise in New York City, Study Suggests

Hospitalization rates in New York City for patients with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), a potentially deadly bacterial infection that is resistant to antibiotic treatment, more than tripled between 1997 and 2006, according to a ...More

June 12, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Researchers Advise Classification of Community Onset BSI Into Separate CA and HCA Categories

Bloodstream infections (BSI) have been traditionally classified as either community-acquired (CA) or hospital-acquired (HA) in origin. However, a third category of healthcare-associated (HCA) community onset disease has been increasingly recognized. The objective of a study ...More

April 9, 2012

Posted in News

Decolonizing Carriers Can Prevent Recurrrent CA-MRSA Infections, Researchers Say

Yaseen Rafee, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, and colleagues, sought to measure methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization prevalence in household contacts of children with current ...More

February 22, 2012

Posted in News

Antibiotics May Not be the Only Cause of Community-Acquired CDI

Antibiotics may not be the only risk factor associated with community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), indicating that other undefined causes of the potentially life-threatening infection may exist and could also predict whether or not a patient will require ...More

October 31, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Researchers Investigate Higher Incidence of Community-Acquired MRSA Infections Among Toddlers

A six-fold increase in pediatric MRSA infections, prompted Alexis C Mccullough, of the the University of Toledo College of Medicine, and colleagues, to examine the clinical profile of children with MRSA infections seen at Mercy Children's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, and to ...More

October 27, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Investigators Show That the Epidemiology of CDI is Changing

Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the United States. However, recent reports have documented that C. difficile infections (CDIs) are occurring among patients without traditional risk factors. Jennifer L Kuntz, of the Center ...More

July 19, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Aging, Obsolete Cells Prime the Lungs for Pneumonia

Community-acquired pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death among the elderly. Newly published research from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio suggests why older people are vulnerable and offers a possible defense. The researchers found ...More

May 26, 2011

Posted in News

Citywide Hand Hygiene Intervention Triggers 25 Percent Drop in Community Infection Rate

An unprecedented public health initiative has demonstrated the potential of hand hygiene awareness and compliance to reduce the spread of illness and related healthcare costs in a community. The study further demonstrated the power of public-private partnerships in tackling ...More

December 13, 2010

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

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