The Dynamics of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Modeling Nosocomial Infection Control Measures

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dc.contributor.advisorWu, Jianhong
dc.contributor.authorDonato, Lorianne Elsa
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T14:22:02Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T14:22:02Z
dc.date.copyright2014-12-17
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-07T14:22:02Z
dc.degree.disciplineApplied and Industrial Mathematics
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractIt has long been a challenge to try and understand how nosocomial infections develops in order to find the most efficient methods to combat it. Though drugs do exist to treat them, they are known to be highly resistant and have proven to be a reoccurring problem in hospitals, posing an increasing medical burden. Infection control measures have been implemented in order to reduce their impact and spread with various degrees of completeness and efficiency. A multi-drug resistant ODE model, featuring three types of infection status and two groupings of patient history classes, is created to model the transmission dynamics of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Analysis of the model is supported with numerical simulations. It is shown that infection control procedures, including the identication of high-risk patient groupings, have a strong effect on the transmission dynamics.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42535
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectApplied mathematics
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectMathematics
dc.subject.keywordsApplied mathematics
dc.subject.keywordsEpidemiology
dc.subject.keywordsMathematics
dc.subject.keywordsNosocomial
dc.subject.keywordsInfections
dc.subject.keywordsVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
dc.subject.keywordsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
dc.subject.keywordsResistant
dc.subject.keywordsHospital
dc.subject.keywordsIntensive care unit
dc.subject.keywordsMuti-drug resistant organisms
dc.subject.keywordsOrdinary differential equations
dc.subject.keywordsMathematical model
dc.titleThe Dynamics of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Modeling Nosocomial Infection Control Measures
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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