BACKGROUND This study investigated the rate of device-associated health care-associated infection (DA-HAI), microbiological profiles, bacterial resistance, length of stay (LOS), and mortality rate in 9 intensive care units (ICUs) of 3 hospital members of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) in the Philippines. METHODS This was an open-label, prospective cohort, ac...

BACKGROUND Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as a threat to hospital infection control, due to its multi-drug resistance, especially in intensive care units (ICUs). AIMS This study was carried out to detect MBL producing P. aeruginosa isolates from medical and surgical ICUs, to compare and evaluate different phenotypic methods currently in use and to de...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patients at intensive-care-unit (ICU) are at risk of acquiring nosocomial infections which contributes to higher rates. Approximately 25% of all hospital infections and 90% of outbreaks occur in ICUs. Multi- resistant gram-negative rods are important pathogens in ICUs, causing high rate of mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resist...

Emergence of Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat worldwide, and a major threat in India where antibiotics are readily available. The patients in Intensive care units are at 5 to 10 times more risk of acquiring hospital acquired infections due to various multi drug resistant bacterias. Gram Negative bugs are most observed in Indian ICUs, which is a major challenge for the intensivists i...

conclusions in the present study, we found a high prevalence of mrsa at the hospitals studied. the findings emphasized the increased prevalence of mrsa isolates containing different toxin and adhesion genes, probably accompanied by antimicrobial resistance. infection with such isolates worsens the clinical outcomes as well as the morbidity and mortality rates in hospitalized patients in icus. m...

1. Conclusion: MDRO prevalence was high in the ICU, but predominantly originating from patients colonized/infected on admission. With a high rate of MDRO on admission, there is a higher prevalence of admitted patients with MDRO making transmission potentially more likely. Concluding that the prevalence of MDRO is high, may minimize the source of MDRO in Chinese healthcare facilities. If efforts...

Objective: Intensive care units (ICUs) are considered as the epicentre of infections due to its vulnerable conditions for development, amplification, and dissemination drug-resistant microorganisms. Furthermore, use inappropriate or incorrect antibiotics is also closely related development spread Hence, present study was conducted in a private hospital South Bangalore, evaluate spectrum micro o...

Critically ill patients of intensive care units (ICUs) are at particular risk for developing nosocomial bloodstream infections. It is important to know the pathogens causing nosocomial bacteraemia in the ICUs and their antimicrobial sensitivity to formulate appropriate treatment guidelines. We conducted a study from July to December, 2001 in the ICUs of a tertiary care centre in northern India....

Introduction Multiresistant bacteria (MRB) have become a severe public health problem, a risk factor for increasing morbibity, mortality and hospital length of stay and secondarily a raise of social and health resources consumption. The Spanish Health System started in 2014 a national campaign (Zero Resistance) conducted to prevent the emerge of antimicrobial resistance, specially this MRB in i...