Background Infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. Infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. The mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospit...

background: healthcare-associated infections such as nosocomial infections (ni) are important causes of mortality worldwide. objectives in this study we evaluated the nosocomial infections terms of microbiology (resistance, culturing, etc.) in a referral pediatric hospital based on national nosocomial infection surveillance system. patients and methods in an epidemiological surveillance study d...

objectives the aim of this study was to determine the 3 most prevalent bacterial pathogens including acinetobacter baumannii, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus causing nosocomial infections and their antimicrobial resistant profiles in patients admitted to three hospitals in tehran city, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, the a. baumannii, p. aeruginosa an...

background: nosocomial infections constitute a global health problem, leading to a high rate of morbidity and mortality. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency and antimicrobial resistance patterns of nosocomial infections in eduâ­cational hospitals of hamadan, western iran. methods: during a 1-year period from april 2006 to march 2007, all patients with culâ­ture-proven nosocomia...

in the last decade, along with the problem of nosocomial infections, multidrug-resistant bacteria in community and hospitals have soared. high frequencies of multidrug-resistant bacteria have been grouped under the acronym eskape: enterococcus faecium, staphylococcus aureus, klebsiella pneumoniae, acinetobacter baumannii, pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterobacter spp. the eskape pathogens are res...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infection remains an important health problem in long stay (> 3 days) pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. Admission risk factors related to the development of nosocomial infection in long stay immune competent patients in particular are not known. METHODS Post-hoc analysis of the previously published Critical Illness Stress induced Immune Suppression (CRISIS) ...

INTRODUCTION The rates of multiresistant bacteria colonization or infection (MRB+) development in intensive care units are very high. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association between the risk of development of nosocomial infections and increased daily nurse workload due to understaffing in intensive care unit. METHODS We included 168 patients. Intensity of workload and ...