ICU-acquired nosocomial infection: impact of delay in adequate antibiotic treatment

Frequency of Nosocomial Infections with Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Acinetobacterspp. in ICU Patient

Background and Objective:Acinetobacter spp.a Gram-negative coccobacillus is increasingly reported as important cause of nosocomial infections. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) ofAcinetobacterspp., raises concerns over our ability to treat serious infections with these organisms. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and associated risk factors for infections...

Nosocomial fungal infection in the ICU

Antibiotic treatment for nosocomial pneumonia

The management of nosocomial pneumonia has been an object of intensive investigation during the previous two decades. Up to now some important aspects have been clarified. Firstly the recognition that early and late onset pneumonia represent two separate entities with important differences in epidemiology, risk factors, and prognosis has been established. Secondly, the role of antibiotics has b...

The incidence of nosocomial infection in the Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: ICU-acquired nosocomial infection surveillance program 1998-1999.

CU-acquired nosocomial infection (NI) remains one of the major causes of ICU mortality. This study presents the incidence of ICU-acquired nosocomial infection in ICU HUKM for the years 1998 and 1999, as part of the ongoing ICU-acquired nosocomial infection surveillance program. The overall incidence was 23%. The main types of NI was lower respiratory tract infection (15.3%), primary bacteraemia...

Three-year evaluation of nosocomial infection rates of the ICU.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evaluating the incidence of nosocomial and invasive device-related infections enables the comparison of the health care associated infection (HAI) between the intensive care units of different hospitals and different units in the same hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective surveillance study was performed to identify nosocomial infections, device-related infe...