Infections and antimicrobial resistance in an adult intensive care unit in a Brazilian hospital and the influence of drug resistance on the thirty-day mortality among patients with bloodstream infections
| Autor: | Sebastiana Silva Sabino, Caio Augusto de Lima, Luiz Gustavo Machado, Paola Amaral de Campos, Astrídia Marília de Souza Fontes, Paulo Pinto Gontijo-Filho, Rosineide Marques Ribas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 53 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0106-2019 |
| Popis: | Abstract INTRODUCTION: The present study aimed to determine the incidence of health care-associated infections (HCAIs) and identify the main resistant microorganisms in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a Brazilian university hospital. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a Brazilian teaching hospital between 2012 and 2014. RESULTS: Overall, 81.2% of the infections were acquired in the ICU. The most common resistant pathogenic phenotypes in all-site and bloodstream infections were oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. (89.9% and 87.4%; 80.6% and 70.0%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: There is an urgent need to focus on HCAIs in ICUs in Brazil. |
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