TY - JOUR
T1 - Laboratory-confirmed hospital-acquired infections
T2 - An analysis of a hospital's surveillance data in Nigeria
AU - Iliyasu, Garba
AU - Dayyab, Farouq Muhammad
AU - Abubakar, Salisu
AU - Inuwa, Salisu
AU - Tambuwal, Sirajo Haliru
AU - Tiamiyu, Abdulwasiu Bolaji
AU - Habib, Zaiyad Garba
AU - Gadanya, Muktar Ahmed
AU - Sheshe, Abdulrahman Abba
AU - Mijinyawa, Muhammad Sani
AU - Aminu, Aliyu
AU - Adamu, Muhammad Shuaibu
AU - Mande, Kabir Mohammad
AU - Habib, Abdulrazaq Garba
N1 - Copyright:
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Objective: Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are a global problem and a major public health concern in hospitals throughout the world. Quantification of HAI is needed in developing countries; hence we describe the results of a 2-year surveillance data in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.Methodology: This study is a 2-year review using secondary data collected at a tertiary referral center in northwestern Nigeria. The data was collected using surveillance forms modeled based on the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) protocol. Descriptive statistics were used to present results as frequencies and percentages.Result: 518 patients developed HAI out of 8216 patients giving an overall prevalence of 6.3%. The mean age of the patients was 35.98 years (±15.92). Males constituted 281 (54.2%). UTI 223 (43.1%) was the most prevalent HAI. Overall, E. coli 207 (40.0%) was the most frequent isolates followed by P. aerugenosa 80 (15.4%). There was a high prevalence of cloxacillin resistant S. aureus (67.9%) and gram-negative rods resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance across the board was more than 90%.Conclusion: There is a high burden of HAI especially UTI in our hospital with resistance to commonly used antibiotics documented.
AB - Objective: Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are a global problem and a major public health concern in hospitals throughout the world. Quantification of HAI is needed in developing countries; hence we describe the results of a 2-year surveillance data in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.Methodology: This study is a 2-year review using secondary data collected at a tertiary referral center in northwestern Nigeria. The data was collected using surveillance forms modeled based on the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) protocol. Descriptive statistics were used to present results as frequencies and percentages.Result: 518 patients developed HAI out of 8216 patients giving an overall prevalence of 6.3%. The mean age of the patients was 35.98 years (±15.92). Males constituted 281 (54.2%). UTI 223 (43.1%) was the most prevalent HAI. Overall, E. coli 207 (40.0%) was the most frequent isolates followed by P. aerugenosa 80 (15.4%). There was a high prevalence of cloxacillin resistant S. aureus (67.9%) and gram-negative rods resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance across the board was more than 90%.Conclusion: There is a high burden of HAI especially UTI in our hospital with resistance to commonly used antibiotics documented.
KW - Infectious disease
KW - Public health
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U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00720
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00720
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050875161
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 4
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 8
M1 - e00720
ER -
