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ArticleSAGE open medicine2022

A 5-year surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in a university hospital: A retrospective analysis.

Ilknur Erdem, Ilker Yıldırım, Birol Safak, Ritvan Karaali, Berna Erdal, Enes Ardic, Mustafa Dogan, M Enes Kardan, Caglar Kavak, Kubra Sahin Karadil and 4 more

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ilknur ErdemDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-6525
Ilker YıldırımDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Birol SafakDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Ritvan KaraaliDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Berna ErdalDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3375-7926
Enes ArdicDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Mustafa DoganDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
M Enes KardanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Caglar KavakDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Kubra Sahin KaradilDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Emre YildizDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Birol TopcuDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Nuri KirazDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Cavidan ArarDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: "Nosocomial infections" or "healthcare-associated infections" are a significant public health problem around the world. This study aimed to assess the rate of laboratory-confirmed healthcare-associated infections, frequency of nosocomial pathogens, and the antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial isolates in a University Hospital. Methods: A retrospective evaluation of healthcare-associated infections in a University Hospital, between the years 2015 and 2019 in Tekirdag, Turkey. Results: During the 5 years, the incidence densities of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units and clinics were 10.31 and 1.70/1000 patient-days, respectively. The rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units were 11.57, 4.02, and 1.99 per 1000 device-days, respectively. The most common healthcare-associated infections according to the primary sites were bloodstream infections (55.3%) and pneumonia (20.4%). 67.5% of the isolated microorganisms as nosocomial agents were Gram-negative bacteria, 24.9% of Gram-positive bacteria, and 7.6% of Conclusion: Our study results demonstrate that healthcare-associated infections are predominantly originated by intensive care units. The microorganisms isolated from intensive care units are highly resistant to many antimicrobial agents. The rising incidence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms indicates that more interventions are urgently needed to reduce healthcare-associated infections in our intensive care units.

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antimicrobial resistanceHealthcare-associated infectionsurveillance

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