title: [Analysis of the epidemiological situation and the resistance phenotype of pathogens isolated from patients in the intensive care unite of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No.1 in 2002-2006].
abstract: In the period of 2002-2006, total 5152 isolates were obtained from 1330 patients in the Intensive Care Unite (ICU) of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No.1. A detailed analysis of the epidemiological situation concerned, first of all, MRSA, Ps. aeruginosa, Acinetobacter and Enterobacteriacae. As a result of extended action aimed at reducing the infections caused by these pathogens, a permanent improvement of the epidemiological situation in the ICU was observed in 2005-2006. However, in spite of a decrease in the total number of the infections, the concentration of ESBL(+) and carbapene-resistant strains increased. These results are indicative of the need for cooperation between clinicians and microbiology laboratory towards a strictly controlled antibiotic policy in the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Mikrobiologii, USK nr 1 im. N. Barlickiego w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoszko-Tyczkowska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaszyński
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tyczkowska-Sieroń
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents