[Problem of infection in the ICU].
There are many infectious diseases related to the treatment such as ventilator-associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, catheter-related bloodstream infection, surgical site infection, and clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, characteristic of the infectious disease in the ICU. As a complication of the use of the medical devices, you should consider the risk of the infection. For infection caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria such as MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, attention for horizontal infection in the ICU is necessary, and proper use of antibiotics and enforcement of the standard precaution are important.
Hanaoka
Noriyuki
N
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba.
Araki
Masahiko
M
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012307:Risk Factors