[Analysis of nosocomial infection in hospitalized critical and serious patients].
An investigation was made on 298 hospitalized critical and serious patients in Chongqing. the results showed that the nosocomial infection rate was 43.3% (129/298). The higher infection rate was found in the departments of brain surgery and hematopathy. The lower respiratory tract was found to be the most commonly seen infection sites (65.1%). Of 46 strains of the pathogenic organisms causing the nosocomial infection, gram-negative becilli were accounted for 52.2% and fungi 28.3%. The case fatality rate of infected patients (37.9%) was significantly higher than that of non-infected patient's (10.7%).
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Department of Infection Control, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical College, Chongqing.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016638:Critical Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology