ArticleMicroorganisms2025
Prevalence, Microbiological Profile, and Risk Factors of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units: A Retrospective Study in Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
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- Prevalence and outcomes of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Knowledge and Perception of Nosocomial Infections Among Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in the Qassim Region.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Epidemiology and Outcomes of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Saudi Arabian Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Etiologic Patterns and Evolution of Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods: A County-Level Multicenter Study from Southeastern Romania.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From burden to action: Saudi Arabia's strategy on antimicrobial resistance.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Hospital infection prevention is critical to patient safety, yet data on the prevalence and contributing factors of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Aljouf, Saudi Arabia, are scarce. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence, microbiological profile, and associated risk factors of HAIs among intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a referral hospital between January 2020 and December 2023. Medical records of 260 ICU patients were reviewed for demographic details, comorbidities, infection types, pathogens, and invasive device use. Forty patients (15.38%) developed HAIs with the highest prevalence in 2020 (50.0%). Infections were more common in males (56.5%) and those aged ≥56 years (54.6%). The predominant infections were catheter-associated urinary tract infections (47.5%), ventilator-associated pneumonia (35.0%), and central line-associated bloodstream infections (17.5%).
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