Nosocomial blood stream infection in NICN Mansoura University Hospital

ABSTRACT

We detected 37.24% nosocomial infection rate [292 infection in 205 infants] among 784 neonates hospitalized for more than 48 hours in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [NICU] in Mansoura University Hospital during 12 months of surveillance. Blood stream infection [BSI] accounted for24.74%of the total infections. Staphylococcus epidermidis [20.61%], E. coli [16.94%] Staphylococcus aureus [14.43%] and other Gram negative bacilli [32.92%] were the most common organisms isolated. Nosocomial infection rates were significantly higher in infants with low birth weight [<2,500 g]. Nosocomial BSI was more common in neonates with intravenous lines