Two complementary studies were carried out. a) A three months study on nosocomial infection frequency, with a simultaneous assessment of the nosocomial infection risk factors (infected or non infected body on entry in the department, the kind of pathology, simplified scores of seriousness) and of the length of the hospital stays to compare the average length of stay for overinfected patients an...

conclusions the study showed that hais were more frequent in elderly population predominately with respect to vap and infections by gram-negative pathogens. overall mortally was greater in the elderly group although the odds ratio for death was higher in younger patients and increased with every hai diagnosed. patients and methods retrospective analysis of all hospital-acquired infections (hais...

INTRODUCTION Microbiological profiles were analysed and compared for intra-abdominal, urinary, respiratory and bloodstream infections according to place of acquisition: community-acquired, with a separate analysis of healthcare-associated, and hospital-acquired. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective cohort study performed at a university tertiary care hospital over 1 year. Inclusion criteria were ...

The pathogen has been found to cause a plethora of diseases such as blood stream infections, skin and soft tissue infections, pneumonia and hospital acquired postoperative wound infections [2]. Though the diseases are treatable by the usage of antibiotics, emergence of multi drug resistant strains have been reported worldwide, thereby complicating the treatment of infections caused by Staphyloc...