title: Nosocomial bacteraemia in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: During a period of one year, 117 episodes of nosocomial bacteraemia were documented at King Khalid University Hospital, an incidence of 5 per 1000 admissions. Sixty-two percent were gram-negative organisms with Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Serratia spp. and Pseudomonas spp. being the most frequent. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common gram-positive organism isolated. The source of infection was identified in 75% of patients. Intravenous lines accounted for a high proportion of cases (22%). Most deaths occurred in infants and patients with serious underlying disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: al-Orainey
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: al-Nasser
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality