Overview of Nosocomial Infections Caused by Gram-Negative Bacilli
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · National Center for Infectious Diseases
Abstract
We analyzed data from the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System from 1986-2003 to determine the epidemiology of gram-negative bacilli in intensive care units (ICUs) for the most frequent types of hospital-acquired infection: pneumonia, surgical site infection (SSI), urinary tract infection (UTI), and bloodstream infection (BSI). We analyzed >410,000 bacterial isolates associated with hospital-acquired infections in ICUs during 1986-2003. In 2003, gram-negative bacilli were associated with 23.8% of BSIs, 65.2% of pneumonia episodes, 33.8% of SSIs, and 71.1% of UTIs. The percentage of BSIs associated with gram-negative bacilli decreased from 33.2% in 1986 to 23.8% in 2003. The percentage of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 33.09
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 26
Authors
4- RAR. A. WeinsteinCorresponding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases
- RGR. Gaynes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases
- JRJ. R. Edwards
- NNNational Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Acinetobacter
- Bacilli
- Pneumonia
- Epidemiology
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia
- Intensive care
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being