364 NOSOCOMIAL NICU KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS

Bacteriocins as tools in analysis of nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Epidemiological analysis of isolates from nosocomial infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae was improved by the use of bacteriocins in addition to capsular serotyping. Screening for bacteriocins produced by 77 reference strains for capsular serotyping identified 39 strains, and 8 of these strains were selected as a typing set. Using this set, we found that 241 to 259 (91%) nonepidemic clini...

Distribution of nosocomial infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL strain

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

Assessment of Knowledge of the Medical staff (Residents and Nurses) In Nosocomial infections in NICU in Mashhad

Introduction: Nosocomial Infections (NI) are frequent and relevant problem and it is responsible for mortality especially in pediatric ICU and NICUs. Healthcare- associated infections are of important wide-ranging concern in the medical field. In the neonatal intensive care unit population the Nosocomial infection rate is highest in the lowest-birth-weight infants. It is this group of infants w...

Nosocomial infections by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase producing enterobacteria in a teaching hospital

OBJECTIVE To analyze the profile of patients with microorganisms resistant to carbapenems, and the prevalence of the enzyme Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase in interobacteriaceae. METHODS Retrospective descriptive study. From the isolation in bacteriological tests ordered by clinicians, we described the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with enterobacteria resistants...