Nosocomial infection in long-term care facilities. A survey in a Brazilian psychiatric hospital.
Nosocomial infection among male patients in a public psychiatric hospital was studied and the definitions for use in long-term care facilities were employed for diagnosis. The overall nosocomial infection rate was 6.7 per 1,000 day inpatients; 55.6% of these infections were identified in the respiratory tract, 50% of them being respiratory viral diseases; 38.9% of the nosocomial infections involved the eyes, ears, nose, throat and mouth, and 5.6% involved the skin and soft tissues. The epidemiological characteristics and the main clinical alterations of these inpatients were also identified.
Almeida
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Raul Soares Institute, Hospital Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. regina@medicina.ufmg.br
Pedroso
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D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male