Contribution to the study on nosocominal urinary tract infections (NUTIs)
- Author:
Hiep Tung Bui
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
urinary tract infection
- MeSH:
Urinary Tract Infections;
epidermiology
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1998;(1):32-38
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Authors carried out a prospective study during a six months period. Thirty-one NUTIs were recorded in 487 patients, with the incidence of 6.4%. Urinary catheters were the most important risk factors with a relative risk (RR=12.2) (p<0.01). Diabetes, female sex, cerebral vascular accident, advanced age were the major risk factors (RR=5.0; 2.18; 2.0; respectively) (p<0.05). On the other hand, the mean duration (> 7 days) and the frequency of catheterization (>=2) could rise significantly the rate of NUTIs (p<0.01). For infected patients, the mean hospital stay was twice as long (20.7+/-5.2 days versus 10.1+/-0.5 days, p<0.05). In eight patients, 2 causative agents were isolated (25.8%) and Gram-negative bacilli existed in 95% of cases. The results also showed that isolates were resistance to usual antibiotics, especially we have determined, by disc diffusion method, 8/37 spectrum Beta-lactamases producing enterobacters. These results confirm the importance of NUTIs and the priority for prevention of all nosocomial urinary tract infections
