Epidemiology of nosocomial infections in medicine intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital in northern India.
This prospective observational study describes the rates of nosocomial infections (NI), the sites of infection, the pathogens involved, their antibiogram and the risk factors at a tertiary care hospital in northern India. In 62 of the 182 enrolled patients 95 episodes of NI were recorded (incidence rate 28.6/1000 person days): pneumonia (77%); urinary tract infection (24%) and blood stream infection (24%). All isolates of Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas and Klebsiella and 83.3% of Escherichia coli were resistant to the third generation cephalosporins. An increased duration of the time spent in intensive care units and days of intervention were associated with incident NI.
Habibi
Shabina
S
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
Wig
Naveet
N
Agarwal
Sunil
S
Sharma
Surendra K
SK
Lodha
Rakesh
R
Pandey
Ravindra M
RM
Kapil
Arti
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors