Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Burn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described....
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| description | Burn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described. The objective of the present study was to identify the causative bacterial of nosocomial infection and to determine the incidence of nosocomial infection and their changing during hospitalization in burned patients admitted to in the Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran. During the second part of 2010, 164 patients were included in this study. Samples were taken the first 48 hours and the fourth week after admission to Motahari Burn hospital. Isolation and identification of microorganisms was performed using the standard procedure. Of the 164 patients, 717 samples were taken and 812 bacteria were identified, 610 patients were culture positive on day 7 while 24 (17.2%) on 14 days after admission. The bacteria causing infections were 325 Pseudomonas, 140 Acinetobacter, 132 Staphylococcus aureus, and 215 others. The percentage of mortality was 12%. All of patients had at least 1 positive culture with Pseudomonas and/or with Acinetobacter. Hospitals suggest continuous observationof burn infections and increase strategies for antimicrobial resistance control and treatment of infectious complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cb63215a9fe944f4b08705bf0cf201442025-02-03T00:59:52ZengWileyDermatology Research and Practice1687-61051687-61132011-01-01201110.1155/2011/436952436952Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, IranLeila Azimi0Abbas Motevallian1Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh Namvar2Babak Asghari3Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari4Antimicrobial-Resistance Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14515-717, Tehran, IranSchool of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14515-717, Tehran, IranAntimicrobial-Resistance Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14515-717, Tehran, IranAntimicrobial-Resistance Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14515-717, Tehran, IranAntimicrobial-Resistance Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14515-717, Tehran, IranBurn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described. The objective of the present study was to identify the causative bacterial of nosocomial infection and to determine the incidence of nosocomial infection and their changing during hospitalization in burned patients admitted to in the Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran. During the second part of 2010, 164 patients were included in this study. Samples were taken the first 48 hours and the fourth week after admission to Motahari Burn hospital. Isolation and identification of microorganisms was performed using the standard procedure. Of the 164 patients, 717 samples were taken and 812 bacteria were identified, 610 patients were culture positive on day 7 while 24 (17.2%) on 14 days after admission. The bacteria causing infections were 325 Pseudomonas, 140 Acinetobacter, 132 Staphylococcus aureus, and 215 others. The percentage of mortality was 12%. All of patients had at least 1 positive culture with Pseudomonas and/or with Acinetobacter. Hospitals suggest continuous observationof burn infections and increase strategies for antimicrobial resistance control and treatment of infectious complications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/436952 |
| spellingShingle | Leila Azimi Abbas Motevallian Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh Namvar Babak Asghari Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran Dermatology Research and Practice |
| title | Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran |
| title_full | Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran |
| title_short | Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran |
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