Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 65 (4), 318-321, 2012
To see a printable version of the article in the Adobe file format, click this [PDF] link.
İsmail Balaban1, Gönül Tanır2*, Özge Metin Timur2, Fatma Nur Öz2, Türkan Aydın Teke2, Gülsüm İclal Bayhan2, Nejla Sözak3, and Neşe Göl4
1Department of Pediatrics, 2Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and 4Department of Microbiology, 3Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
(Received September 26, 2011. Accepted April 23, 2012)
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Babur Caddesi 44 (06080), Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 305 61 81, Fax: +90 312 317 03 53, E-mail: このメールアドレスはスパムボットから保護されています。閲覧するにはJavaScriptを有効にする必要があります。
SUMMARY: The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence, type, and clinical features of nosocomial infections (NIs), their etiological distribution, and the antibiotic resistance patterns of causative organisms in the general pediatric wards of a hospital in Turkey over a 3-year period. The Hospital Infection Control Committee NI surveillance reports were used as a database. NIs were detected in 171 (2.25%) of the 7,594 hospitalized patients. Some of these patients experienced more than 1 episode, and thus, the total NI episodes were 229. Patients' age varied from 1 to 144 months (mean ± standard deviation, 14.5 ± 23.6 months). The NI rate was 3.02%, and the NI density was 3.17/1,000 patient days. The most frequent NIs were lower respiratory system infections, blood stream infections, and urinary tract infections. Gram-negative organisms were the most frequently isolated agents. Of the 171 patients with NIs, 47 (27.5%) died.