Nosocomial infections in the general pediatric wards of a hospital in Turkey.
The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence, type, and clinical features of nosocomial  infections (NIs), their etiological distribution, and the antibiotic resistance patterns of causative organisms  in the general pediatric wards of a hospital in Turkey over a 3-year period. The Hospital Infection Control  Committee NI surveillance reports were used as a database. NIs were detected in 171 (2.25%) of the 7,594  hospitalized patients. Some of these patients experienced more than 1 episode, and thus, the total NI episodes  were 229. Patients' age varied from 1 to 144 months (mean ± standard deviation, 14.5 ± 23.6 months). The NI  rate was 3.02%, and the NI density was 3.17/1,000 patient days. The most frequent NIs were lower respiratory  system infections, blood stream infections, and urinary tract infections. Gram-negative organisms were the most  frequently isolated agents. Of the 171 patients with NIs, 47 (27.5%) died.
Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Babur Caddesi 44, Ankara, Turkey.
Ismail
I
Balaban
Gönül
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Tanır
Ozge
O
Metin Timur
Fatma Nur
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Oz
Türkan
T
Aydın Teke
Gülsüm Iclal
GI
Bayhan
Nejla
N
Sözak
Neşe
N
Göl
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology