Prevalence, aetiology and antibiotic resistance profiles of coagulase negative staphylococci isolated in a teaching hospital
Braz. j. microbiol
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42(1): 248-255, Jan.-Mar. 2011. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
In this paper we carried out a study about prevalence of the clinically significant coagulase negative staphylococcal (CNS) isolates found in an university hospital. Two hundred four CNS isolates from 191 patients obtained between the period of 1998 to 2002, were studied. About 27 percent (52/191) of the infection cases studied were confirmed as CNS-associated diseases. Blood stream infection (BSI) was the most frequent CNS associated-disease (25 percent; 13/52). The great majority of the BSI was verified in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The analysis of the 52 patients medical history showed that 85 percent of the BSI was acquired in hospital. Most of the CNS nosocomial infections were associated with the use of indwelling medical devices. The incidence of methicillin-resistance among significant CNS isolates was 38 percent. In this study, a high percentage of exogenous contaminant was verified (60 percent), indicating that contamination of clinical specimens during sample collection is critical.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus
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Estudos Transversais
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Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas
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Coagulase
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Bactérias Gram-Negativas
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Infecção Laboratorial
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
Microbiologia
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Faculdade de Medicina de Valença/BR
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Universidade Federal Fluminense/BR
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