title: [Intrahospital infections at a neonatal service].
abstract: This study is about the importance and mechanisms of the nosocomial infections, specially in newborn babies of the "Hospital General del Centro Médico La Raza del IMSS". We studied 461 newborns of which 53 (11.49%) developed one or more intrahospitalary infections. The rate of intra-hospital infections was 18.40%, mainly due by septicemia, infections of the surgical wounds, and respiratory tract infections. The gramnegative bacterias were predominant. Also were found Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis frequently. We give some preventive advice.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neonatologia, Hospital General, Centro Médico La Raza, México, D.F.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larracilla-Alegre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camarillo-Valencia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Robles-Martínez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguilar
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Infecciones intrahospitalarias en un servicio de recién nacidos.