Nosocomial pulmonary infections at Peltier Hospital, Djibouti

Neonatal nosocomial infections in Bahrami Children Hospital.

OBJECTIVE Nosocomial infections are one of the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in hospitals. These are major public health problems worldwide, but particularly in developing countries. These infections have the most common frequency in pediatric hospitals-especially in neonatal wards- second to burn hospitals. In the present study, neonatal nosocomial infections have been revie...

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Burn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described. The objective of the present study was to identify the causative bacterial of nosocomial infecti...

Nosocomial infections prevalence study in a Serbian university hospital.

BACKGROUND/AIM Nosocomial infections (NI) are a serious health problem resulting in an enromous burden of excess morbidity and mortaliti rates, and health care costs. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of NI and to identify groups of patients at special risk for NI in the University Clinical Center, Kragujevac, Serbia. METHODS A period prevalence study design was used in this ...

Incidence, pathogens and resistance patterns of nosocomial infections at a rural hospital in Gabon

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose substantial risk to patients receiving care in hospitals. In Africa, this problem is aggravated by inadequate infection control due to poor hygiene, resource and structural constraints, deficient surveillance data and lack of awareness regarding nosocomial infections. We carried out this study to determine the incidence and spectrum of nosocomial infections...