Doaa Galal Kamal Abdelfatah  <br/><br/>
Multidrug-resistant; hospital associated infection in pediatric intensive care units /  
 دراسة عدوى المستشفيات المتسببه بالميكروبات متعددة المقاومة للمضادات الحيوية بوحدات العناية المركزة للأطفال 
Doaa Galal Kamal Abdelfatah ; Supervised Iman Khaled Eyada , Bassant Salah Saad , Dalia Kadry Ismail  
 - Cairo :   Doaa Galal Kamal Abdelfatah ,   2016 
 - 135 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> Objective: To determine the incidence and associated factors of multidrug- resistant  hospital associated infections (MDR-HAI) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of  the Cairo University Children Hospital, Egypt.  Method: A prospective study was performed in the PICU of the Cairo University  Pediatric Hospital, Egypt during the period March 2014- August 2014. Children aged   15 years who developed PICU-related HAI were studied.  Results: Fifty- seven patients (mean age 21 months) developed 106 episodes of PICU-  related HAI. The HAI rate was 28%, equivalent to 58.85% per 1000 patient days. Ninety-  eight (92.4%) episodes were MDR-HAI. The insertion of endotracheal tube (ETT) was a  significant risk factor for MDR-HAI.  Conclusion: The incidence of MDR-HAI was high in the PICU. ETT insertion was a risk  factor for MDR-HAI    
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Hospital associated infection  Multidrug-resistant   Pediatric intensive care unit