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| Korn,Gustavo P.; Martino,Marinês D. V.; Mimica,Igor M.; Mimica,Lycia J.; Chiavone,Paulo A.; Musolino,Luiz R. de S.. |
| Colonization of hospitalized patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is of increasing concern. To evaluate this problem in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Brazil, we studied 100 patients admitted to two ICUs from April to June, 1997. Of the 100 patients, 70 were male, 53 were age 60 years or older, 55 were previously hospitalized, 78 were transferred to the ICU from other hospital units, 49 had received antibiotic therapy, and 66 had undergone recent surgery. Nasal and axillary swab cultures were obtained on admission and every 48 hours thereafter until discharge. MRSA were identified by plating any cultured S. aureus on Mueller-Hinton agar containing 6mug/ml of oxacillin. At the time of admission, 46 (46%) of the patients were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin resistance; Hospital infections. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100001 |
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| Santos,E.F. dos; Lauria-Pires,L.; Pereira,M.G.; Silva,A.E.; Rodrigues,I.P.; Maia,M.O.. |
| It is essential to monitor the utilisation of antibacterial drugs in order to establish appropriate measures for their control. The pattern of usage of antibacterial drugs, and its association with indicators of hospital infection, has been investigated in a non-specialized adult intensive care unit (ICU) located in Santa Luzia Hospital (Brasília, DF, Brazil). The study was conducted between January 2001 and June 2004. Data concerning the utilisation of systemic antibacterial drugs, classified according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DDD) system, and indicators of hospital infection, defined according to the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) system, were obtained from appropriate hospital archives. During... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antibacterial drugs; Intensive care unit; Hospital infections; Invasive practices. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000300011 |
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| Caiaffa Filho,H.H.; Almeida,G.D.; Oliveira,G.A.; Sarahyba,L.; Mamizuka,E.M.; Burattini,M.N.. |
| Vancomycin-resistant enterococci strains (VRE) is an important pathogen related with hospital infections in many countries, presenting limited or no therapeutic options for treating serious infections. VRE has presented some different genotypes been VanA and VanB considered to be the most important in hospital environments. In the present study the authors investigated the prevalence of van genes (A, B an C) among clinical isolates of VRE in a five month period at a large tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results showed the presence of vanA, but not vanB or vanC in all 43 strains of E. faecalis and five E. faecium studied. The results bring an important issue, due to the possibility of resistance spread of vanA genes, to be monitored and solved... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Enterococci; Vancomycin resistance; Hospital infections. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300001 |
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