Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Article	Citations
Documentation of adherence to infection prevention best practice in patient records: a mixed-methods investigation	186
Correction: Impact of tooth brushing on oral bacteriota and health care-associated infections among ventilated COVID-19 patients: an intervention study	123
Advancing hospital-onset bacteraemia surveillance: a five-year retrospective study following the hospital-wide implementation of an automated surveillance system at a German university hospital	116
Dissemination of clinical Escherichia coli strains harboring mcr-1, blaNDM−7 and siderophore-producing plasmids in a Chinese hospital	88
A non-inferiority trial comparing manual and automated high-level disinfection for reprocessing of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound probes	70
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection and colonization in patients with severe burns: a retrospective cohort study in a single burn center	67
Compliance with infection prevention and control standard precautions and factors associated with noncompliance among healthcare workers working in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62
Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse	48
Infection prevention and control procedures in nursing homes in the piedmont region of Italy: results from two regional surveys (2021–2024)	48
Development and validation of machine learning models to predict MDRO colonization or infection on ICU admission by using electronic health record data	47
Implementing a healthcare-associated bloodstream infection surveillance network in India: a mixed-methods study on the best practices, challenges and opportunities, 2022	46
A nationwide cross-sectional study of antimicrobial resistance in Palestinian hospitals: insights from 10,000 clinical isolates	45
Antimicrobial use of patients with sexually transmitted infection symptoms prior to presentation at five health facilities in Southern Ghana	44
Adherence to national recommendations for the control of multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Swiss acute care hospitals – an updated national survey	40
Throat carriage with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cohort study on the effectiveness of topical eradication treatment	39
Fecal carriage of ESBL-producing E. coli and genetic characterization in rural children and livestock in the Somali region, Ethiopia: a one health approach	39
Evaluation of microbiological efficacy of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloths versus 4% chlorhexidine gluconate soap for preoperative preparation/shower in total joint arthroplasty: a single-centre rand	37
Virtual reality for education on infection prevention and control: the impact on medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices	37
On-site evaluation as external quality assessment of microbiology laboratories involved in sentinel laboratory-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance network in Burkina Faso	37
Development of a strain-specific PCR as a diagnostic tool for surveillance, detection, and monitoring of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium during outbreak	36
Implementation of a multimodal strategy via a mobile application to reduce catheter failure in patients with vascular access devices in Spain (CUIDAVEN Study): a pre-post intervention study	36
Correction: Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia	35
SARS-CoV-2 risk in household contacts of healthcare workers: a prospective cohort study	33
Passive sampling of hospital wastewater as a promising warning signal for Candidozyma auris in a low-prevalence setting: a proof-of-concept study	32
Empiric antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit based on the risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection: a single-centre case‒control study of blood culture results in Japan	32

Machine says go, doctor says no: an ecological momentary assessment analysis examining clinicians’ perceptions of, and their antibiotic prescribing behaviour when using rapid molecular diagnostic test	32
National surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in the UAE: first multisector report and benchmark analysis (2023)	30
An evaluation of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak due to commercial arterial blood gas collection kit	30
Impact of WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Handbook training on antibiotics prescribing knowledge among private primary care providers: a vignette-based, prep–post pilot study in Patna, India	30
Evaluation of awareness, perceptions, and compliance with infection prevention and control protocols among healthcare professionals at a tertiary hospital in Nasarawa State, Nigeria	30
Vancomycin resistant enterococcus risk factors for hospital colonization in hematological patients: a matched case-control study	29
Guidance of empirical antimicrobial therapy by surveillance cultures in high-risk neutropenic patients: a retrospective cohort study	29
Molecular epidemiology, microbiological features and infection control strategies for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a German burn and plastic surgery center (2020–2022)	27
Efficacy and safety of preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection by inhibiting catheter bacterial biofilm formation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial	27
Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in India between 2000 and 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Usefulness of dynamic regression time series models for studying the relationship between antimicrobial consumption and bacterial antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: a systematic review	26
Exploring drivers of self-treatment with antibiotics in three agricultural communities of northern Tanzania	26
Optimizing antibiotic use for cesarean section in anticipation of the diagnosis-related groups payment system: a retrospective cohort study on the impact of clinical pharmacist intervention	26
Preventing bloodstream infections through effective surveillance, AUDIT and FEEDBACK: evaluation of a 20-year hospital program using a TYPE I hybrid design	25
Development of indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship programs in Korea: a Delphi consensus study	25
Pandemic clone USA300 in a Brazilian hospital: detection of an emergent lineage among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bloodstream infections	25
Establishing carbapenem resistant organism surveillance, prevention, and control in a middle-income country: implementation of a hospital-based program in Fiji	25
Outbreak investigation and genomic analysis reveal hidden transmission networks of KPC-2-producing Enterobacterales in a South Korean hospital	24
Evaluating the efficacy of reprocessing contaminated single use devices for re-use in intensive care unit in Ethiopia	24
Reasons for insufficient compliance with infection prevention and control measures in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study conducted in Türkiye in 2024	24
“What if the patient has a severe reaction, and it is my fault?” A qualitative study exploring factors for sustainable implementation of penicillin allergy delabelling	23
Automated surveillance for surgical site infections (SSI) in hospitals and surveillance networks–expert perspectives for implementation	23
Impact of a persuasive antimicrobial stewardship program on antibiotic use in patients admitted to emergency department for urinary tract infections: a multicentre prospective study	23
Description of a nationwide structure for monitoring nosocomial outbreaks of (highly resistant) microorganisms in the Netherlands: characteristics of outbreaks in 2012–2021	23
Antibiotic utilisation and resistance over the first decade of nationally funded antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Singapore acute-care hospitals	23
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic use in Canadian primary care: a matched-cohort study using EMR data	23
The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing	23
Risk factors and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections among patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the ICU: a cohort study from China	23
Increasing burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in Spain: nationwide trends in hospitalisations, 2016–2023	23
Isolation and identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae phage ΦK2046: optimizing its antibacterial potential in combination with chlorhexidine	23
Detecting inappropriate total duration of antimicrobial therapy using semi-automated surveillance	22
Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Kazakhstan: results of the first nationwide survey in 2023	22
The role of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in the relationship between intestinal colonization and post-ERCP biliary tract infection: a prospective cohort study	22
Best practice guidance for antibiotic audit and feedback interventions in primary care: a modified Delphi study from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial resistance: Primary Care Antibiot	22
External validation of risk indices and the development of a multivariable risk prediction model for surgical site infection in adults: a prospective observational study	21
External validation of the ICU-CARB score to predict carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria carriage in critically ill patients upon ICU admission: a multicenter analysis	21
Antiseptics and mupirocin resistance in clinical, environmental, and colonizing coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolates	21
Efficacy of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention for early adaptation of antibiotic therapy in high-risk neutropenic patients	21
The effect of five versus two personnel on bacterial air contamination during preparation of sterile surgical goods in the operating room: a randomised controlled trial	21
Factors associated with hand washing effectiveness: an institution-based observational study	21
Genomic pitfalls in hospital surveillance: unexpected Enterobacter cloacae clustering without epidemiological link highlights the need for cautious core genome MLST analysis interpretation	21
Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on infection prevention and control in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Faranah regional hospital and associated healthcare centers, Gu	21
Infection risk of peripheral intravenous catheters: meta-synthesis of 18 prospective studies with 14,606 catheters	20
Introduction and spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) at a German tertiary care medical center from 2004 until 2010: a retrospective whole-genome sequencing (WGS) study of the m	20
Infection prevention, control and antimicrobial stewardship measures in intensive in-patient rehabilitation setting: a systematic review	20
Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future	20
Hospital sanitary facilities on wards with high antibiotic exposure play an important role in maintaining a reservoir of resistant pathogens, even over many years	20
Correction: Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on infection prevention and control in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Faranah regional hospital and associated healthcare	19
Pattern and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescription for acute respiratory tract infection in primary healthcare settings in Ethiopia	19
Clean Hospitals Day 2024: the technical domains of healthcare environmental hygiene	19

Appraising the infection prevention and control practices at two referral hospitals in Malawi: a mixed methods situational analysis	19
Impact of COVID-19 isolation measures on ICU microbial resistance dynamics: simulation-based statistical modeling analysis	19
The neglected model validation of antimicrobial resistance transmission models – a systematic review	18
Success and failures in MRSA infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Multidrug-resistant organism carriage in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit of a Greek tertiary hospital: prevalence and risk factors	18
Effect of povidone-iodine and propanol-based mecetronium ethyl sulphate on antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus	18
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) acquisition and molecular characterization following colistin monotherapy and colistin-meropenem combination therapy: findings from the AIDA randomized tria	18
Doffing procedures of personal protective equipment evaluated with lipid nanoparticles as viral surrogates: uncovering potential blind spots	18
Rinse, gel, and foam – is there any evidence for a difference in their effectiveness in preventing infections?	17
Impact of restricted antibiotic use, hand hygiene, and sink trap replacement on carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales acquisition in parturients and newborns, Southeast Gabon (2022–2023)	17
A multi-institutional exploration of emergency medicine physicians’ attitudes and behaviours on antibiotic use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study	17
Patterns and outcomes of health-care associated infections in the medical wards at Bugando medical centre: a longitudinal cohort study	17
Antimicrobial resistance in the Nordics: mapping existing surveillance systems and assessing the impact of COVID-19 using regression models	17
External validation of semi-automated surveillance algorithms for deep surgical site infections after colorectal surgery in an independent country	17
COVID-19 patient and personal safety – lessons learnt for pandemic preparedness and the way to the next normal	17
Practices and perspectives on antimicrobial drug misuse in Southern Ethiopia: a mixed-method study, 2024	17
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection based on hospital surveillance data: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Predictors of early and interim culture un-conversion in multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective multi-center cohort study in China	16
NDM-1 plasmid clustering reflects clonal transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 in four hospitals in Berlin, Germany	16
Rapid and actionable nasal-swab screening supports antimicrobial stewardship in patients with pneumonia: a prospective study	16
Perceptions and attitudes about antibiotic resistance in the general public and general practitioners in France	16
Baseline evaluation of the World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control (IPC) core components in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)	16
Drug-resistance characteristics, genetic diversity, and transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 2019 to 2021 in Sichuan, China	16
Two years Bacillus cereus outbreaks: investigations and effective management of contamination in a neonatal intensive care unit	16
The prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Surgical site infection and antimicrobial use following caesarean section at QECH in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study	15
Impact of surgical field disinfection on vaginal microbiome in transvaginal urogynecological surgery: a prospective cohort study	15
Correction: Development and application of a risk nomogram for the prediction of risk of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in neuro-intensive care unit: a mixed method study	15
Identifying excessive length of antibiotic treatment duration for hospital-acquired infections: a semi-automated approach to support antimicrobial stewardship	15
Environmental contamination across multiple hospital departments with multidrug-resistant bacteria pose an elevated risk of healthcare-associated infections in Kenyan hospitals	15
Management and microbial monitoring of final rinse water for flexible endoscopes in 290 hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China: a multicenter cross-sectional study	15
Multicenter exploration of microbial communities in hospital toilets reveals: antibiotic exposure in nosocomial settings selects for Enterococcus over commensal taxa	15
An outbreak of blaKPC−4- and blaVIM−1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola at a single hospital in South Korea	15
Comparison of disease and economic burden between MRSA infection and MRSA colonization in a university hospital: a retrospective data integration study	15
Healthcare‑associated infections in intensive care unit patients with and without COVID-19: a single center prospective surveillance study	15
Korean standardized antimicrobial administration ratio in long-term care hospitals: a benchmark tool	15
Outbreak with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 ICU cohort: unraveling routes of transmission	15
Source-tracking Klebsiella outbreaks in premature infants using a novel amplicon fingerprinting method	14
Association of institutional masking policies with healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 infections in Swiss acute care hospitals during the BA.4/5 wave (CH-SUR study): a retrospective observational study	14
The ICU-CARB score: a novel clinical scoring system to predict carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria carriage in critically ill patients upon ICU admission	14
Evaluation of the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of an environmental cleaning program improvement toolkit at a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria	14
Electronic monitoring of doffing using video surveillance to minimise error rate and increase safety at Howard Springs International Quarantine Facility	14
Updates and future directions regarding hand hygiene in the healthcare setting: insights from the 3rd ICPIC alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) task force	14
Surveillance of close contacts of patients with infectious tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study	14
Surgical site infection surveillance in German hospitals: a national survey to determine the status quo of digitalization	14
Healthcare-associated transmission and early IPC system vulnerabilities during the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo	14
On the onset and dispersal of a major MDR TB clone among HIV-negative patients, Tunisia	14
Magnitude and determinants of inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in dentistry: a nation-wide study	14
Hand hygiene improvement of individual healthcare workers: results of the multicentre PROHIBIT study	14
Antibiotic consumption in hospitals in humanitarian settings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and South Sudan	14
Use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials for more than 72 h and the detection of multidrug-resistant bacteria in Japanese intensive care units: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	14
Wastewater-based surveillance in Italy leading to the first detection of mcr-10-positive Klebsiella quasipneumoniae	14
Infection prevention and control in Indonesian hospitals: identification of strengths, gaps, and challenges	14
The influence of social relationships on clinician interpretation of performance data in an outpatient antibiotic stewardship intervention	13
Integrated assessment of antimicrobial stewardship in carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae prevalent hospitals in China: a multidisciplinary surveillance network-based survey	13
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Egyptians towards antibiotic use in the community: can we do better?	13
Extended spectrum and metalo beta lactamase producing gram negative bacterial pathogens from cockroaches collected at hospital, Southern Ethiopia	13
Evaluation of IR BIOTYPER® as a new tool for Enterobacter cloacae complex typing and its potential in management of nosocomial infections	13
Development and evaluation of a massive open online course (MOOC) to teach medical students the prudent use of antibiotics	13
Protracted outbreaks of VIM-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a surgical intensive care unit in France, January 2018 to June 2024	13
Are emojis ready to promote the WHO 5 moments for hand hygiene in healthcare?	13
Assessment of dry-fogged hydrogen peroxide as an “untact” room disinfection automation system for rapid terminal decontamination of a single isolation room in a healthcare institution	13
Quality of antibiotics prescription in hospitals in Burkina Faso: a multispecialty clinical audit	13
Knowledge, attitude and practice of infection prevention and control precautions among laboratory staff: a mixed-methods systematic review	13
Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacterales infection in kidney transplant recipients	12
Parental involvement in infection prevention and control in low- and middle-income country neonatal units: a scoping review	12
Effect of temperature on Escherichia coli bloodstream infection in a nationwide population-based study of incidence and resistance	12
The combined application of hand hygiene and non-sterile gloves by nurses in a tertiary hospital: a multi methods study	12
A cross-sectional study of antimicrobial use among self-medicating COVID-19 cases in Nyeri County, Kenya	12
Microbiological trends and mortality risk factors of central line-associated bloodstream infections in an academic medical center 2015–2020	12
Temporal trends in antimicrobial resistance of medically important pathogens on Curaçao	12
A multicentric survey and single-centre observational study of usage behaviour of sinks in intensive care: training is needed to minimize risk	12
Cross-site collaboration on infection prevention and control research—room for improvement? A 7-year comparative study in five European countries	12
Obesity and the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Risk factors associated with mortality in patients with catheter-related and catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective observational study focused on CVADs and midlines	12
Antimicrobial prescribing in French nursing homes and interventions for antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study	12
Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers at a tertiary maternity hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study	12
Incremental costs of hospital-acquired infections in COVID-19 patients in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital from a low-resource setting	12
What fuels suboptimal care of peripheral intravenous catheter-related infections in hospitals? A qualitative study of decision-making among Spanish nurses	12
A practice guide on antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes	11

Hand hygiene knowledge, glove use misconceptions, and determinants among healthcare workers in Addis Ababa hospitals: a mixed-method cross-sectional study	11
Impact of vancomycin use trend change due to the availability of alternative antibiotics on the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus with reduced vancomycin susceptibility: a 14-year retrospective stud	11
Correction: Review and analysis of the overlapping threats of carbapenem and polymyxin resistant E. Coli and Klebsiella in Africa	11
Understanding Serratia bockelmannii transmission during a neonatal intensive care unit outbreak: a combined genotyping and case–control study	11
Knowledge and attitude of healthcare prescribers and pharmacists toward antimicrobial stewardship program and the barriers for its implementation	11
Hand hygiene opportunities and consumption of alcohol-based handrub across nursing homes of canton of Vaud, Switzerland	11
Investigating the implementation of infection prevention and control practices in neonatal care across country income levels: a systematic review	11
State of infection prevention and control in Austrian hospitals: data from 81 hospitals completing the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)	11
Diagnostic performance of the direct stool Xpert Carba-R assay in active surveillance of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales	11
Methodological framework for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in high-risk infants: the NeoIPC surveillance core module protocol	11
Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptation, and sustainabili	11
Value of collaborative investigation by hospital infection control, public health services and a national reference laboratory during an increase in puerperal sepsis	11
Level of implementation of multimodal strategies for infection prevention and control interventions and prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in Northern Italy	11
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in urinary tract and blood stream infections: results from a nationwide surveillance network, Finland, 2018	11