Increase in length of stay and overcost attributable to hospital-acquired infections in a pediatric unit in Senegal
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Methods Retrospective analysis on hospital stays’ database in the pediatric unit at Hopital Principal de Dakar between September and November 2010. Patients with a positive bacteriological test were selected. Probable cases of HCAI were included on clinical and bacteriological data (presence of multiresistant bacteria). Cases were matched to control patients (with no infection) by sex, age and hospitalization period. The overcost is the difference cost of cases’ stay and control patient’ stay.
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