Objective To investigate the antibiotic resistance distribution and profiles of multidrug resistant bacteria in respiratory intensive care unit ( RICU) , and to analyze the related risk factors for multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Methods Pathogens from79 patients in RICU from April 2008 to May 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. Meanwhile the risk factors were analyzed by multi-factor logistic analysis among three groups of patients with non-multidrug, multidrug and pandrug-resistant bacterialinfection. Results The top three in 129 isolated pathogenic bacteria were Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( 24. 0% ) , Staphylococcus aureus( 22. 5% ) , and Acinetobacter baumannii( 15. 5% ) . The top three in 76 isolated multidrug-resistant bacteria were Staphylococcus aureus ( 38. 9% ) , Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( 25. 0% ) , and Acinetobacter baumannii( 19. 4% ) . And the two main strains in 29 isolated pandrug-resistant bacteria were Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( 48. 3% ) and Acinetobacter baumannii ( 44. 8% ) . Multi-factor logistic analysis revealed that the frequency of admition to RICU, the use of carbapenem antibiotics, the time of mechanical ventilation, the time of urethral catheterization, and complicated diabetes mellitus were independent risk factors for multidrug-resistant bacterial infection( all P lt; 0. 05) . Conclusions There is a high frequency of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection in RICU. Frequency of admition in RICU, use of carbapenem antibiotics, time of mechanical ventilation, time of urethral catheterization, and complicated diabetes mellitus were closely related withmultidrug-resistant bacterial infection.
Objective To investigate nosocomial infection rate in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), its risk factors and the pathogenic characteristics of multidrug-resistant bacteria through targeted monitoring, in order to provide scientific references for reducing nosocomial infection. Methods Targeted monitoring was performed on the patients who were admitted to the comprehensive ICU between July 2014 and June 2016. Results Nosocomial infection occurred in 312 of the 4 991 patients. The case infection rate was 6.25%, and case infection rate per day was 19.03‰. After the adjustment, the case infection rate per day was 6.77‰. The ventilator-associated pneumonia infection accounted for 30.78‰; catheter-related bloodstream infection occupied 0.30‰; and catheter-associated urinary tract infection accounted for 0.27‰. The respiratory tract was the major part of nosocomial infection, accounting for 90.38%. Gram-negative bacilli were the major bacteria accounting for 92.74%, in whichAcinetobacter baumannii accounted for 36.29%. Conclusions Through targeted monitoring to keep abreast of the current situation of nosocomial infection in ICU, management and interventions can be targeted. It is an important way to reduce nosocomial infection in ICU.
Medical institutions of China still face two challenges in hospital infections currently: one challenge is from infection, including infectious diseases, multidrug-resistant bacteria healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and classic HAI; the another challenge comes from the management of HAI in medical institutions, such as lack of full-time staff and insufficient capacity, inadequate infection control organizations, insufficient awareness of infection control among medical staff, and unbalanced development. To cope with these severe challenges, we must do the following three aspects: establishing the discipline of HAI, and improving people’s infection control ability through human-orienting; improving the management organization and system of HAI; improving the awareness of infection control among all medical staff, carrying out scientific and orderly infection prevention and control work in accordance with the law, and adhering to evidence-based infection control.
ObjectiveTo understand the distribution characteristics and nosocomial infection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in a general hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to provide the evidence for control and management of multidrug-resistant bacteria.MethodsData of CRE in the first Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were analyzed retrospectively from 2014 to 2018.ResultsThe total detection rate of CRE was 10.76%, 5.58%, 15.42%, 12.94% and 16.18% from 2014 to 2018, respectively. The detection rate of CRE showed a gradual upward trend (χ2=29.940, P<0.001). The highest number of CRE isolated from clinical specimens was sputum (355 strains, 63.39%), and the next were urine (98 strains, 17.50%) and secretions (38 strains, 6.79%). CRE isolated from different clinical departments were mainly in Neurosurgery Department (172 stains, 30.71%), Intensive Care Unit (Internal Medicine) (145 strains, 25.89%), Intensive Care Unit (Surgery)(106 strains,18.93%), and other internal medical departments (83 strains, 14.82%). A total of 179 patients developed CRE nosocomial infection in the past 5 years, who were mainly male, and with advanced age, long hospital stay, basic diseases, abnormal immune function and invasive operation. The incidence of hospital infection with CRE from 2014 to 2018 were 0.31‰, 0.38‰, 0.89‰, 0.80‰ and 1.14‰, respectively, which also showed a gradual upward trend (χ2=25.111, P<0.001).ConclusionWith the increasing number of clinically isolated CRE strains and the increasing incidence of nosocomial infection of CRE, effective intervention measures should be taken to prevent and control CRE.
Diabetic foot infection (DFI) is one of the main causes of hospitalized patients with diabetic foot. DFI should be diagnosed according to the clinical manifestations, and the severity of infection should be graded in time. Diabetic foot wounds are mostly chronic wounds, and there are many kinds of bacterial infections. The bacteria and antibiotics resistance will change with the progress of the disease. Bacterial biofilm is also one of the important causes of antibiotic resistance. Reasonable and timely surgical treatment combined with effective antibiotic treatment is an effective measure to deal with the challenge of DFI. On this basis, multidisciplinary cooperation will achieve the best clinical outcome.