Risk factors for hospital-acquired bacteremia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1157-1162

  Yoshida, Takuhiro ^a   Tsushima, Kenji ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Ayako ^a   Nishikawa, Noriko ^a   Shirahata, Kumiko ^a   Kaneko, Kazuma ^a   Ito, Ken Ichi ^a   Kawakami, Hirotaka ^a   Nakagawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Toshiro ^b   Kubo, Keishi ^b   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^b  

^a Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedridden; Blood culture; Central venous catheter; Urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINE CATHETER; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 33644843332     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1157     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Correa L, Pittet D. Problems and solutions in hospital-acquired bacteraemia. J Hosp Infect 46: 89-95, 2000.
2. O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, et al. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Recomm Rep 51: 1-29, 2002.
3. Maki DG. Through a glass darkly. Nosocomial pseudoepidemics and pseudobacteremias. Arch Intern Med 140: 26-28, 1980.
4. Rose R, Hunting KJ, Townsend TR, Wenzel RP. Morbidity/mortality and economics of hospital-acquired blood stream infections: a controlled study. South Med J 70: 1267-1269, 1977.
5. Wada H. Disseminated intravascular coagulation. Clin Chim Acta 344: 13-21, 2004.
6. Scheckler WE, Scheibel W, Kresge D. Temporal trends in septicemia in a community hospital. Am J Med 91: 90S-94S, 1991.
7. Mermel LA. Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Ann Intern Med 132: 391-402, 2000.
8. Leblebicioglu H, Esen S, Turkish Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection Study Group. Hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey: a nationwide multicenter point prevalence study. J Hosp Infect 53: 207-210, 2003.
9. MacGregor RR, Beaty HW. Evaluation of positive blood cultures. Guidelines for early differentiation of contaminated from valid positive cultures. Arch Intern Med 130: 84-87, 1972.
10. Leibovici L, Schonheyder H, Pitlik SD, Samra Z, Moller JR. Bacteraemia caused by hospital-type micro-organisms during hospital stay. J Hosp Infect 44: 31-36, 2000.
11. Klavs I, Bufon Luznik T, Skerl M, et al. Prevalance of and risk factors for hospital-acquired infections in Slovenia-results of the first national survey, 2001. J Hosp Infect 54: 149-157, 2003.
12. Appelgren P, Hellstrom I, Weitzberg E, Soderlund V, Bindslev L, Ransjo U. Risk factors for nosocomial intensive care infection: a long-term prospective analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 45: 710-719, 2001.
13. Marik PE. Fever in the ICU. Chest 117: 855-869, 2000.
14. Sherertz RJ, Sarubbi FA. A three-year study of nosocomial infections associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Clin Microbiol 18: 160-164, 1983.
15. Scheckler WE, Bobula JA, Beamsley MB, Hadden ST. Bloodstream infections in a community hospital: a 25-year follow-up. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24: 936-941, 2003.