Author:
HOSSAIN M. IQBAL,KABIR A. K. M. IQBAL,KHAN W. A.,FUCHS G. J.
Abstract
In 1994, 171 (27%) of all positive blood cultures in our hospital
were due to Acinetobacter
species. Of these, 138 cultures were considered significant, 91 (66%) were
community-acquired
and 47 (34%) were nosocomial. Most acinetobacter bacteraemia in children
[les ]1 year old was
community-acquired, while nosocomial infection was more common in children
>1 year old
(P=0·01). Most children [les ]5 years old were
severely malnourished. The incidence of
bacteraemia was lowest during the post-monsoon to early winter months.
Acinetobacter
bacteraemia associated mortality was twice (16%) that of all other patients
(7·7%, P < 0·0005)
and accounted for 4·5% of all hospital deaths during the study
period. Bacteraemia caused by
Acinetobacter species is an important cause of morbidity and mortality
among our patient population with diarrhoeal disease.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
Cited by
8 articles.
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