RESUMO

A prospective study was carried out in order to assess nosocomial bacteremia in the Intensive Care Unit of the Centrohabana Teaching Pediatric Hospital, from January to May 1988. 66.7% of the bacteremia episodes diagnosed were of a nosocomial origin, mostly secondary. Nosocomial bacteremia rate was 15.5 per 100 admissions, with predominance in the age group under 1 year of age. Risk factors for acquiring nosocomial bacteremia were hospital stay longer than 72 hours, age under 1 year, tracheal intubation, deep venous catheterization and urinary catheterization. The most frequently associated microorganisms were Staphylococcus epidermis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Assuntos

Bacteriemia/epidemiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Hospitais Pediátricos/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Urbanos/estatística & dados numéricos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica/estatística & dados numéricos , Vigilância da População , Bacteriemia/microbiologia , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Cuba/epidemiologia , Humanos , Lactente , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco