Nosocomial Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in South Brazil

Overview

Journal Rev Bras Ter Intensiva

Specialties Critical Care
General Medicine

Date 2013 Aug 7

PMID 23917937

Citations 12

Authors

Karla Dal-Bo

Rosemeri Maurici da Silva

Thiago Mamoru Sakae

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the incidence and epidemiology of nosocomial infection in newborns who were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in south Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted for 1 year among 239 neonates who remained as in-patients 48 hours after admission. The criteria that were used to diagnose infection were in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Health Surveillance Agency.

Results: The incidence of nosocomial infection was 45.8%. The primary reasons for admission were primary bloodstream infection (80.7%) and pneumonia (6.7%). Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the most commonly identified agent in the blood cultures and in the hospital unit. Prematurity was the most prevalent reason for admission. The general mortality rate was 12.1%, and mortality from nosocomial infection was 33.8%.

Conclusions: The incidence of nosocomial infection in the hospital unit was higher than rates that have been reported in other national studies. The major types of nosocomial infection were primary bloodstream infection and pneumonia.

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