Study of nosocomial infections among the patients admitted in the intensive care units of a tertiary care center of North Eastern India

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Dutta ◽  
I. Bora ◽  
A. Phukan ◽  
A. Khyriem
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 527-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner ◽  
Rosa Baez-Martinez ◽  
M. Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto ◽  
Samuel Ponce-de-León

Twelve nosocomial outbreaks over 14 years at a tertiary-care center in Mexico are described. Overall mortality was 25.8%, one half due to pneumonia. The most common organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Incidence was three outbreaks per 10,000 discharges; outbreak-related infections comprised 1.56% of all nosocomial infections. Incidence in the intensive care unit was 10-fold higher.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
Archana Sinha ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
JagdishR Varma ◽  
AnushaM Prabhakaran ◽  
AjayG Phatak ◽  
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