%0 Journal Article
%T Pseudomonas aeruginosa multiresistente em unidade de cuidados intensivos: desafios que procedem?
%A Ferrareze
%A Maria Ver£¿nica Guilherme
%A Leopoldo
%A Vanessa Cristina
%A Andrade
%A Denise
%A Silva
%A Magda Fabbri Issac
%A Haas
%A Vanderlei Jos¨¦
%J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem
%D 2007
%I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0103-21002007000100002
%X objectives: to evaluate the occurrence of multi-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa infection among patients from an intensive care unit. methods: this retrospective study was conducted in an emergency hospital. data were collected from october 2003 to september 2004. results: sixty-eight patients were infected with multi-resistant bacteria. ten of these patients (14.7%) were infected with pseudomonas aeruginosa. among these with pseudomonas aeruginosa, 8 patients were male and they had a mean age of 57 years and a mean of hospitalization of 43.7 days. strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated in blood (n =8), in urine (n = 5), in venous catheter port (n = 2), and in cerebrospinal fluid (n =1). seven of these strains were sensitive to polymyxin b and 3 strains were sensitive to imipenem. conclusions: since patients' microbiological profile is specific to a unit or institution, it should be assessed periodically and addressed with specific interventions.
%K acess infection [pevention & control]
%K drug resistance
%K intensive care units
%K pseudomonas aeruginosa.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21002007000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en