| Yazarlar (2) |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Abdullah GÜMÜŞ
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Çiğdem Eda BALKAN BOZLAK
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Aim: Nosocomial infections (NIs) increase the length of hospital stay and mortality/morbidity rates, and lead to increased treatment related to hospital services and intensive care unit. In this study, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate patients admitted to the adult intensive care unit of our hospital who were diagnosed with NIs.Material and Method: Between January-2015 and July-2019, 680 patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Kafkas University Medical Faculty Hospital and diagnosed with NIs according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria were retrospectively evaluated. A total of 2.880 samples taken from the patients were sent to the medical microbiology laboratory, where microorganism identification was performed using conventional microbiological methods and the BD Phoenix automatic microorganism identification system.Results: The mean age of the patients was 71.47±16.74 years. The samples were mostly collected from blood (n= 1.305), followed by urine (n= 520), tracheal aspirate (n= 273), and sputum (n= 108). Sixty-two percent of the microorganisms causing HE were Gram (+) bacteria, 29% were Gram (-) bacteria, and 1.5% were yeasts. The most commonly isolated Gram (-) microorganisms were Escherichia coli (10%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (8.3%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (5.4%), and Acinetobacter baumannii (4.5%). In addition, VRE was detected in two patients, and MRSA in three patients.Conclusion: Nasocomial infections are an important health problem in Turkey, as well as in the world. It has a great importance for each healthcare institutions to share its own data in order to ensure the … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Kafkas Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi |
| Dergi ISSN | 2146-2631 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | TR DİZİN |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2020 |
| Cilt No | 10 |
| Sayı | 3 |
| Sayfalar | 195 / 199 |
