The microbiological profile of nosocomial infections in an intensive care unit

Autor:	P Madhurima, G Sateesh, Y Saritha, M Padma
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Foley catheter Urine Bioinformatics Intensive care unit law.invention Medical microbiology Infectious Diseases Parasitology law Internal medicine Tropical medicine Poster Presentation medicine Sputum Vancomycin medicine.symptom business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	BMC Infectious Diseases
ISSN:	1471-2334
Popis:	Results Of 2450 patients admitted to ICU, 237 (9.6%) suspected nosocomial infections were studied prospectively and total number of 302 samples were collected from all clinically suspected cases of nosocomial infections. Samples included urine 91, blood 70, IV catheters 41, ET aspirations 61, ET tips 24, sputum 10 and Foley catheter tips 5. Out of these UTI, 96(31.71%) was the most common nosocomial infection followed by VAP84 (27.1%), BSI 55(23.1%) and catheter related infections 29 (13.5%). Most common organism isolated was K.pneumoniae 78(32.8%), E.coli 53(19.6%), A.baumanni 44 (18.5%), S.auerus 27 (11.3%), P.aeuroginosa 23(9.7%), S. maltophilia 12(5.06%). 41% of S. auerus were MRSA and all were sensitive to vancomycin.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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