Pantoea Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The Study of Nosocomial Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, A prospective study in Northwest Iran

Background: Nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in NICUs of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest Iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

Viral respiratory tract infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

Intraocular infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to report on the incidence and treatment outcomes of endogenous endophthalmitis among newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a single medical center. METHODS This was a noncomparative, retrospective case series of endogenous endophthalmitis among infants at the Jackson Memorial Hospital NICU treated between March 1, 2002 and March 1, 20...

Viral Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Background and aims: The incidence of neonatal viral infections is probably underestimated. Our objective was to assess the incidence of viral infections among hospitalized infants in a level III neonatal intensive care unit, the associated clinical manifestations and outcome. Material and methods: We conducted an observational retrospective study of patients admitted to the neonatal intensive ...

Healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

In this study, we have prospectively recorded healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in NICU and found incidence density as 18 infections per 1000 patient days. Of the infections, 51.3% was bacteriemia (BSI), and 45.1% was ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Gram-negative microorganisms were predominant in VAP and Staphylococcus epidermidis was the leading microorganism (53.0% of BSIs) in B...