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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages 1072-1075Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02079.x
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antibiotic resistance; bacteraemia; coagulase-negative staphylococci; epidemiological studies; fungaemia; nosocomial infections; paediatric hospitals
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Laboratory-based surveillance at a Finnish paediatric tertiary-care centre during the period 1999-2006 identified 739 nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) (1.6 BSIs/1000 patient-days). High rates were detected among haematology patients (4.9 BSIs/1000 patient-days) and neonatology patients (3.2 BSIs/1000 patient-days). Most BSIs (95%) were primary infections, and 75% of those were associated with a central line. The most common pathogens were coagulase-negative staphylococci (52%), Staphylococcus aureus (7%) and Candida species (6%). The overall mortality rate within 7 days after the first positive blood culture was 3%. Those who died were more likely to have been admitted to an intensive-care unit or to have undergone surgery.
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