Bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients in critical care units from a brazilian pusblic hospital
International Journal of Development Research
Bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients in critical care units from a brazilian pusblic hospital
Received 15th July, 2018; Received in revised form 20th August, 2018; Accepted 28th September, 2018; Published online 29th October, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Natalia Rosa e Souza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of bloodstream infections (BI) in adult hospitalized in critical care units of a teaching hospital. Methods: This is an epidemiological study, using descriptive and quantitative approaches, done through the analysis of patient records between August 2015 and July 2016. Results: Among the 56 hospital-acquired infections, 42 were primary bloodstream infections related to central venous catheter (CVC). The most prevalent bacterium was oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Patients who developed blood infections presented average age of 50.57 years, with male dominance and the main associated comorbidity was high blood pressure. The average hospital stay was of 41.31 days. Conclusions: The results showed high prevalence of BI related to CVC, suggesting the need for improvement in the implementation of measures for the prevention and control of these infections.
