Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus, is infecting hospitalized patients. Learn about symptoms, risks and prevention ...

Nosocomial infections related to the development of ... Current practices, such as guidewire exchange of catheters suspected to be the source of clinical sepsis, are supported by indirect evidence ...

A study by US and Indian researchers suggests that the presence of indwelling devices and prior antibiotic exposure are ...

The CDC has declared C. auris an "urgent threat" because it is resistant to many antifungal drugs, spreads rapidly in health ...

Why this is important:- Long-term indwelling catheters (both urethral and suprapubic) are commonly used in both hospital and community care settings. Long-term catheterisation carries a significant ...

The longer the urinary catheter remains in place, the greater the risk of urinary tract infection. The catheter should be removed if it is not patent, if there is substantial contamination of the ...