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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
10
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1989-12-6
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| pubmed:abstractText |
During a 4-year period 4684 nosocomial infections occurred in a university pediatric hospital which admitted 78,120 patients (nosocomial infection rate (NIR) = 6.0). NIR varied from 0.17 to 14.0 on different wards or services; the highest rates (greater than or equal to 5.6) were found in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, infant neurosurgery, hematology/oncology, neonatal surgery, cardiology/cardiovascular surgery, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and infant/toddler medicine areas. Infections were most common in patients less than or equal to 23 months (NIR = 11.5), were less common in the 2- to 4-year age group (NIR = 3.6) and occurred least frequently in patients greater than or equal to 5 years (NIR = 2.6). The median day of onset of infections was 15.3 days. The proportional frequencies of infections were: 35% gastrointestinal; 21% bacteremia; 16% respiratory (10% upper, 6% lower); 7% postoperative wound; 6% urinary tract; 5% skin (32% of these skin infections were related to intravascular lines); 5% eye; 3% cerebrospinal fluid; and 2% other. A similar proportional frequency of 379 infections in patients hospitalized for more than 100 days was observed. The etiologic agents were Gram-positive bacteria (50%), viruses (23%), Gram-negative bacteria (18%), fungi (4%) and mixed/other (5%).
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0891-3668
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
8
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
668-75
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Central Nervous System Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Eye Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Gastrointestinal Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Hospital Units,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Hospitals, Pediatric,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Hospitals, University,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Ontario,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Respiratory Tract Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Sepsis,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Skin Diseases, Infectious,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Surgical Wound Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:2812911-Urinary Tract Infections
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| pubmed:year |
1989
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Epidemiologic study of 4684 hospital-acquired infections in pediatric patients.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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