Open AccessPattern of hospital associated infections in a teaching hospital in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Abiose Festus Olajubu,
OA Osinupebi,
Ismaïl Lawani,
Obadina Bosede,
Anota Mopelola Deji-Agboola
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(12)60282-5
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , klebsiella pneumoniae , azithromycin , hospital acquired infection , ofloxacin , infection control , teaching hospital , antibiotics , emergency medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ciprofloxacin , general surgery , biochemistry , physics , escherichia coli , optics , gene
Objective: This study aimed at investigating the distribution and antibiogram of possible hospital\udassociated pathogens, providing baseline information for the hospital. Methods: Patients with\udhospital associated infections in the various wards of OOUTH, Sagamu, between January 2007 and\udOctober 2010 were analyzed with respect to their age, sex, ward and duration of admission, site\udof infection, pathogens isolated and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Results: There were\ud12,109 discharges during the study period, out of which 217 had hospital associated infections\udgiving an incidence rate of 1.8%. Surgical sites were the most infected (31.3%) while burns were\udthe least infected (4.1%). Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most frequently isolated pathogen (37.3%)\udclosely followed by Staphylococcus aureus (36.4%). Male surgical specialty and Neonatal wards had\udthe highest hospital associated infections; each recorded 54 cases while the intensive care unit\udhad only 4 cases during the period under study. Most of the isolates were sensitive to Ofloxacin\udand Ceftriazone while resistance was demonstrated against Azithromycin and Tetracycline by\udmost isolates. Conclussion: The infection rate in this hospital is relatively low, however, regular\udsurveillance remains a good control measure to either maintain the current infection rate or\udfurther reduce it