introduction: pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections, and antibiotic resistance of this pathogen is an important concern in treating such infections. the current work was conducted to investigate the prevalence of bla-imp, and bla-vim metallo-beta-lactamase (mbl) among clinical and environmental p. aeruginosa isolates obtained from icus of different hospita...

OBJECTIVES Fever in hospitalized patients (FHP) is a difficult problem. We study clinical characteristics and predictive parameters of infection, sepsis and outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective study of 204 patients with fever > 38 degrees C admitted in an Internal Medicine ward. In each patient clinical evaluation, complete blood count (CBC) urinalysis (UA), C-reactive protein (CRP), ch...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the incidence of nosocomial infections, the risk factors and the impact of these infections on mortality among patients undergoing to cardiac surgery. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of 2060 consecutive patients from 2006 to 2012 at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Marília. RESULTS 351 nosocomial infections were diagnosed (17%), 227 non-surgical i...

background: the rate of nosocomial infection appears to depend on whether it is calculated using the center for disease control (cdc) or carrier state criteria. the objective of this study was to differentiate between primary endogenous (pe), secondary endogenous (se) and exogenous (ex) infections, and to compare this classification with cdc criteria for nosocomial infections. methods: children...

OBJECTIVES To review the efficient and cost-effective preventive, control and surveillance measures that could be employed against nosocomial infections in developing countries. DATA SOURCES Literature search on compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM), Medline and Internet, using the key words: nosocomial infection, prevention and control, use of antibiotics and use of computers. Some articles...

Nosocomial or hospital acquired infections have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality today. The reported rates of nosocomial infection vary depending on the efficiency of the surveillance system and the definitions of infection employed. In the United States it has been estimated that about 5% of hospitalised patients acquire a nosocomial infection. This works out to be nearly 2 mill...

clostridium difficile is the most common cause of nosocomial diarrhea. it is usually a consequence of antibiotic treatment, but sporadic cases can occur. this study was aimed to determine the frequency of the nosocomial clostridium difficile (c. difficile) associated diarrhea in tehran university of medical sciences hospitals and study of antibacterial susceptibility of isolates. in this study ...

background and objectives: the aim of the study was to determine the role and characteristics of nosocomial and community acquired staphylococcus sepsis in admitted children in tertiary centers in iran. patients and methods: a cross sectional descriptive-analytic study was performed since march 2008 to march 2009 in which all blood cultures from various admitted patients were checked for staphy...