Clinical and microbiological characterization of children and adolescents with infections associated with health care

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María Caridad Mariño Castellanos¹  Zamira Maceira Soto¹  Elvis Leyva Founier¹  Ailet Castillo Amaro¹  Martha Paris Licorish¹ 

[1] Hospital Infantil Sur Docente “Dr. Antonio María Béguez César”, Santiago de Cuba;

关键词: niño, infección asociada a la asistencia sanitaria, microorganismo, microbiología, unidad de cuidados intensivos, muerte neonatal, hospital infantil.;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 54 patients with infections associated with the health care in “Dr. Antonio María Béguez César” Southern Teaching Pediatric Hospital was carried out in Santiago from Cuba, from January, 2015 to December, 2016. The analyzed variables included age, sex, infection type, result of the cultures, isolated organism and origin service. All the culture samples were processed in the Microbiology Department of the institution. The age group 5-17 years, male sex, infection in the surgical wound, the positivity of the cultures, isolation of Escherichia coli and the Intensive Care Unit prevailed in the case material.  Only 2 of the infants with 0-11 months died, for 3,7 %.

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