Features and Management of Nosocomial Infections in The Respiratory intensive care units of Aim-Shams University Hospitals

Abstract

In this prospective observational study, Nosocomial pneumonia (both ventilator and nonventilator associated) was the most frequently detected infection, followed by urinary tract and bloodstream infections. Gram-negative Acinetobacter was the single most frequent causative organism followed by Klebsiella species. Infection with more than one organism was 20% of the total cases. Vancomycin, linezolid and teicoplanine shows 100% sensitivity to the antibiogram results of causative organisms, while 100% resistance to Unasyn (Ampicillin/ Sulbactam), Doxycycline, Penicillin G, Tetracycline, oxacillin, cefuroxime, Azithromycin and Ampicillin. The causative organism of nosocomial infections in the ICU did not result in statistically significant increase in ICU stay or hospital mortality. There was a significant relation between