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Infections and antimicrobial resistance in an adult intensive care unit in a Brazilian hospital and the influence of drug resistance on the thirty-day mortality among patients with bloodstream infections
- Source :
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 53 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT), 2020.
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Abstract
- Abstract INTRODUCTION: The present study aimed to determine the incidence of health care-associated infections (HCAIs) and identify the main resistant microorganisms in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a Brazilian university hospital. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a Brazilian teaching hospital between 2012 and 2014. RESULTS: Overall, 81.2% of the infections were acquired in the ICU. The most common resistant pathogenic phenotypes in all-site and bloodstream infections were oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. (89.9% and 87.4%; 80.6% and 70.0%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: There is an urgent need to focus on HCAIs in ICUs in Brazil.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16789849 and 00378682
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8e6b5eb69a463f9f62d71d9c612b0a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0106-2019