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- Title
Multidrug-resistant bacterial carriage and related healthcare-associated infections in a pediatric intensive care unit: a 6-year prospective study.
- Authors
Levy, Michael; Bonacorsi, Stéphane; Naudin, Jérôme; Caseris, Marion; Thebault, Eric; Mariani-Kurkdjian, Patricia; Chomton, Maryline; Sommet, Julie; Dauger, Stéphane; Doit, Catherine
- Abstract
The article investigates a 6-year prevalence of multiple drug resistant (MDR) bacterial carriage and the epidemiology of related healthcare-acquired infections (HCAI) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Robert-Debre University Hospital. Findings showed that despite steady increase in MDR bacteria carriers, HCAIs due to carried MDR bacteria were rare in the PICU. Findings suggest that incorporating routine screening results may decrease HCAIs.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; PEDIATRIC intensive care; LONGITUDINAL method; CATHETER-associated urinary tract infections; CARRIER state (Communicable diseases); CROSS infection; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; NOSE; PEDIATRICS; RECTUM
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2019, Vol 45, Issue 7, p1037
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-019-05584-3