Weather parameters and nosocomial bloodstream infection: a case-referent study

Revista de Saúde Pública

Silvia Maria Caldeira¹  Antonio Ribeiro Da Cunha¹  Renata Tamie Akazawa¹  Rayana Gonçalves Moreira¹  Lenice Do Rosário De Souza¹  Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza¹ 

关键词: Cross Infection;    etiology;    Temperature;    Humidity;    Bacterial Infections and Mycoses;    microbiology;    Infecção Hospitalar;    etiologia;    Temperatura Ambiente;    Umidade;    Infecções Bacterianas e Micoses;    microbiologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049005438

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if temperature and humidity influenced the etiology of bloodstream infections in a hospital from 2005 to 2010.METHODS The study had a case-referent design. Individual cases of bloodstream infections caused by specific groups or pathogens were compared with several references. In the first analysis, average temperature and humidity values for the seven days preceding collection of blood cultures were compared with an overall “seven-days moving average” for the study period. The second analysis included only patients with bloodstream infections. Several logistic regression models were used to compare different pathogens and groups with respect to the immediate weather parameters, adjusting for demographics, time, and unit of admission.RESULTS Higher temperatures and humidity were related to the recovery of bacteria as a whole (versus fungi) and of gram-negative bacilli. In the multivariable models, temperature was positively associated with the recovery of gram-negative bacilli (OR = 1.14; 95%CI 1.10;1.19) or Acinetobacter baumannii (OR = 1.26; 95%CI 1.16;1.37), even after adjustment for demographic and admission data. An inverse association was identified for humidity.CONCLUSIONS The study documented the impact of temperature and humidity on the incidence and etiology of bloodstream infections. The results correspond with those from ecological studies, indicating a higher incidence of gram-negative bacilli during warm seasons. These findings should guide policies directed at preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections.

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