Hospital Onset of Lower Respiratory Infection and Drug Resistance:Analysis of 141 cases / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the epidemiological characteristic of lower respiratory infection among the hospitalized patients in Tianlin Community Health Service Center so as to take effective measures to control the infection and reduce the emergence of drug resistant strains.METHODS Totally 6150 cases of patients discharged from our Center during from Jan 2004 to Sept 2006 were collected and among them 141 cases occurred hospital onset of lower respiratory infection and drug resistance was analyzed through contrasting.RESULTS The incidence rate of hospital onset of lower respiratory infection and drug resistance were 2.29% and 58.62%.Among the 141 cases,the incidence rate of ESBLs was 28.36% which mainly produced from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.CONCLUSIONS Primary affection should actively treated and antibiotics should use rationally according to the drug sensitive cultivation to control the abuse of antibiotics and reduce the emergence of drug resistant strains.