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Distribution and incidence densities of 263 HAI |
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| Kind of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) |
No. (Proportion) |
ID |
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| All HAIs |
263 (100%) |
4.80 |
| Bloodstream infections (BSI) |
153 (58%) |
2.79 |
| Laboratory-confirmed (blood-culture positive) BSI |
138 (52%) |
2.52 |
| Bacteremia |
95 (36%) |
1.73 |
| Sepsis |
35 (13%) |
0.64 |
| Septic shock |
5 (2%) |
0.09 |
| Septic shock with multiorgan failure |
3 (1%) |
0.05 |
| Blood-culture negative BSI |
15 (6%) |
0.27 |
| Clinically defined sepsis |
10 (4%) |
0.18 |
| Clinically defined septic shock |
1 (0%) |
0.02 |
| Clinically defined septic shock with multiorgan failure |
4 (2%) |
0.07 |
| Radiologically confirmed pneumonia |
20 (8%) |
0.36 |
| Invasive aspergillosis |
26 (10%) |
0.47 |
| Pulmonary invasive aspergillosis |
21 (8%) |
0.38 |
| Proven pulmonary case of invasive aspergillosis |
6 (2%) |
0.11 |
| Probable pulmonary case of invasive aspergillosis |
15 (6%) |
0.27 |
| Other localization (sinus, central nervous system) |
5 (2%) |
0.09 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection |
2 (1%) |
0.04 |
| Surgical site infection |
15 (6%) |
0.27 |
| Early (≤ 14 days from intervention) surgical site infection |
6 (2%) |
0.11 |
| Late (> 14 days from intervention) surgical site infection |
9 (3%) |
0.16 |
| Clostridium difficileassociated enterocolitis |
24 (9%) |
0.44 |
| Preceding i.v. antibiotics within 14 days |
11 (4%) |
0.20 |
| No preceding i.v. antibiotics within 14 days |
13 (5%) |
0.24 |
| Rotavirus associated enterocolitis |
6 (2%) |
0.11 |
| Urinary tract infection (UTI) |
8 (3%) |
0.15 |
| UTI related to urinary tract catheter |
3 (1%) |
0.05 |
| UTI not related to urinary tract catheter |
5 (2%) |
0.09 |
| Ventriculitis related to external CSF drainage |
1 (0%) |
0.02 |
| Local infections at the central venous access device exit site |
8 (3%) |
0.15 |
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No. indicates the absolute number; ID indicates incidence density per 1,000 inpatient days | ||
Simon et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:70 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-70 |
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