title: [Hospital infections in children in a general hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The following is a summary of what was found after setting into motion an epidemiological surveillance system of nosocomial infections occurring in the Pediatrics Ward of a 2nd level general hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The rate of interhospital infections was 7.6 episodes per 100 patients discharged; the most frequent infections were diarrheas (40.6%), urosepsis (14.3%) and pneumoniae (12.1%). The mortality rate was 0.33 deaths per 100 episodes. The average number of days spent in the hospital by the general population is 7.3 days and for infected patients, 24. The germs most frequently found were Klebsiella and E. coli.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The control of nosocomial infections requires more efficient surveillance systems for all hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Regional de Río Blanco, Veracruz, México.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ibarra-Colado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Méndez-Hernández
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Cortés-Castillo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
vernacular_title: Infecciones hospitalarias en niños en un hospital general.