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[Intrahospital infections at a neonatal service]
J Larracilla-Alegre1, M Camarillo-Valencia, T Robles-Martínez
1Servicio de Neonatologia, Hospital General, Centro Médico La Raza, México, D.F.
Boletin Medico Del Hospital Infantil De Mexico
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
This study is about the importance and mechanisms of the nosocomial infections, specially in newborn babies of the "Hospital General del Centro Médico La Raza del IMSS". We studied 461 newborns of which 53 (11.49%) developed one or more intrahospitalary infections. The rate of intra-hospital infections was 18.40%, mainly due by septicemia, infections of the surgical wounds, and respiratory tract infections. The gramnegative bacterias were predominant. Also were found Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis frequently. We give some preventive advice.