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Evaluation and Management of Hospital Infections

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Ralph Furth

    1. Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology (NPCM, volume 5)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • R. Van Furth
    Pages 1-6

  3. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance

    • D. R. Schaberg
    Pages 7-12

  4. Plasmid Typing as an Epidemiological Tool

    • B. Van Klingeren
    Pages 13-16

  5. Discussion

    • B. Van Klingeren
    Pages 17-19

  6. Clinical Implications of Acquired Antimicrobial Resistance

    • I. Phillips
    Pages 20-29

  7. Antiobiotic Resistance in Various Municipalities in the Netherlands

    • M. F. Michel
    Pages 30-33

  8. Discussion

    • M. F. Michel
    Pages 34-36

  9. Antibiotic Prescribing in a General Hospital

    • Fiona Moss
    Pages 37-48

  10. Insights Into Antibacterial Pharmacotherapy and Measures Leading to Control of Drug Use

    • C. W. R. Phaf
    Pages 49-55

  11. Discussion

    • C. W. R. Phaf
    Pages 56-57

  12. Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital: New Trends and Control

    • R. A. Weinstein
    Pages 58-74

  13. Computer Monitoring of Drug Resistance in the Hospital

    • R. P. Mouton
    Pages 75-81

  14. Discussion

    • R. P. Mouton
    Pages 82-84

  15. Occurrence of Infections and Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Non-Surgical Patients

    • P. J. Van Den Broek, W. E. Fibbe
    Pages 85-118

  16. Implications and Consequences of Antimicrobial Therapy for the Development and Transfer Of Resistance

    • D. Van Der Waaij
    Pages 119-127

  17. Discussion

    • D. Van Der Waaij
    Pages 128-130

  18. Don’t Touch the Blade: Control of Surgical Sepsis

    • O. M. Lidwell
    Pages 131-150

  19. Comments on the Occurrence and Prophylaxis of Surgical Infections

    • R. K. J. Koumans
    Pages 151-154

  20. Discussion

    • R. K. J. Koumans
    Pages 155-159
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About this book

R. VANFURTH Infection is an inseparable part of communal life, and infections are more common and more severe in hospital communi­ ties because the sick are more easily infected than the healthy. However, even though progress in the medical sciences has meant that many more patients suftering from relatively severe diseases can be helped at present, the use of more sophisticated and complex treatment leads to impairment of the defence mechanisms in more patients than was the case ten to twenty years ago, and these patients are also more prone to develop an infection. Two questions are particularly relevant in this context. 1) Under what conditions do hospital infections occur? Defects of host defence mechanisms are of great importance in this respect. Such defects can be due to the disease or to the treatment given to the patient. 2) Which of the host defence mechanisms can be affected by a stay in the hospital? Among the factors involved in the host defence against infections (Table I), a number are especially important in this respect. For instance, venepuncture, indwelling catheters, and surgery all cause a breach in the surface structures. Anaesthesia causes temporary impairment of mechanical factors. Vascularization may be defective -- especial­ ly in the aged and patients with diabetes mellitus -- and this may complicate the healing of wounds in the skin and mucous membranes after surgery.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Ralph Furth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evaluation and Management of Hospital Infections

  • Editors: Ralph Furth

  • Series Title: New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7657-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2754-4Published: 30 November 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7659-7Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7657-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 266

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology

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