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  • Title: Epidemiology of nosocomial infections in medicine intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital in northern India.
    Author: Habibi S, Wig N, Agarwal S, Sharma SK, Lodha R, Pandey RM, Kapil A.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 2008 Oct; 38(4):233-5. PubMed ID: 18820195.
    Abstract:
    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.
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