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Predictors of Mortality among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 during the First Wave in India: A Multisite Case-Control Study
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Mar 13:tpmd220705. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0705. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 disease (COVID-19) has caused more than 6 million deaths globally. Understanding predictors of mortality will help in prioritizing patient care and preventive approaches. This was a multicentric, unmatched, hospital-based case-control study conducted in nine teaching hospitals in India. Cases were microbiologically confirmed COVID-19 patients who died in the hospital during the period of study and controls were microbiologically confirmed COVID-19 patients who were discharged ...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - March 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anand Krishnan Rakesh Kumar Ritvik Amarchand Anant Mohan Ravi Kant Ankit Agarwal Poorvi Kulshreshtha Prasan Kumar Panda Ajeet Singh Bhadoria Neeraj Agarwal Bijit Biswas Rathish Nair Naveet Wig Rajesh Malhotra Sushma Bhatnagar Richa Aggarwal Kapil Dev Soni Source Type: research

COVID-19 in Malaysia: exposure assessment and prevention practices among healthcare workers at a teaching hospital
Conclusions: The healthcare workers ’ high level of adherence to infection prevention practices at this hospital helped reduce and minimize their occupational exposure to COVID-19.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - December 31, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
Conclusions: In this single-centre study, COVID-19 infection led not only to case clusters, but also to sporadic infections, with patients being either symptomatic or asymptomatic. These sporadic cases and asymptomatic patients may hamper effective contact tracing, leading to rapid human-to-human transmission in our population. Future studies on the prevalence and clinical significance of asymptomatic and presymptomatic COVID-19 patients would pre-emptively address issues on further containment of the pandemic.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - August 30, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol generation during respiratory equipment reprocessing
AbstractAerosolization may occur during reprocessing of medical devices. With the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, it is important to understand the necessity of using respirators in the cleaning area of the sterile processing department. To evaluate the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the air of the sterile processing department during the reprocessing of contaminated medical devices. Air and surface samples were collected from the sterile processing department of two teaching tertiary hospitals during the reprocessing of respiratory equipment used in patients diagnosed ...
Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - May 27, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Post-vaccination cases of COVID-19 among healthcare workers at Siloam Teaching Hospital, Indonesia
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has rapidly spread worldwide. Indonesia reported its first case of COVID-19 on 2 March 2020, and reached more than 1 million cases by February 2021 (World Health Organization, 2021). Among the countries in south-east Asia, Indonesia has the most active COVID-19 cases (Dong et al., 2020), and the nation ’s case fatality rate was higher than the global average (2.7% vs 2.2%) at the end of February 2021 (Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia, 2021).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - May 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Ratna Sari Wijaya, Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Ivet Suriapranata Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools in a northern French city: a retrospective serological cohort study in an area of high transmission, France, January to April 2020
ConclusionsViral circulation can occur in high and primary schools so keeping them open requires consideration of appropriate control measures and enhanced surveillance.PMID:33860747 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.15.2001695
Source: Euro Surveill - April 16, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Arnaud Fontanet Laura Tondeur Rebecca Grant Sarah Temmam Yoann Madec Thomas Bigot Ludivine Grzelak Isabelle Cailleau Camille Besombes Marie-No ëlle Ungeheuer Charlotte Renaudat Blanca Liliana Perlaza Laurence Arowas Nathalie Jolly Sandrine Fernandes Pell Source Type: research

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