Some epidemiological aspects of nosocomial infections. Antibiotic sensitivity rates of isolated bacteria from nosocomial infections - A prospective study from 2012 to 2013 in the Academic Emergency Hospital Sibiu, Romania

Results The total number of isolated strains was 413, 231 in 2012 and 182 in 2013. In the intensive care units 151 nosocomial infections were identified; 88 strains in the Surgical Department, 27 strains in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 24 strains in the Department of Neurosurgery and 23 in the Orthopedic Department. 19 strains were identified in the Neurology Department and also in the Internal Medicine Department, 17 strains were identified in the Urology Department, 14 in the Aesthetic Surgery Department, 8 in the Nephrology Department, 8 in the Hematology Department and 5 in the Gastroenterology Department. 3 strains were isolated in each of the following departments: Diabetes and Nutrition Diseases, E.N.T and Neonatology and 1 strain was identified in the Cardiology Department. In terms of etiology, the most commonly isolated were: Enterobacter spp. (111) followed by Acinetobacter spp. (71), Escherichia coli (59), Staphylococcus aureus (46), Klebsiella spp. (30), Enterococcus spp. (20), Pseudomonas spp. (19), Proteus spp. (19), fungi (17), coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (11), Burkholderia cepacia (8), Serratia marcescens (5).