• 1. Teaching and Research Section of Epidemiology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Hospital Infection Control, The Children's Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710003, P. R. China;
YANYong-ping, Email: yanyping@fmmu.edu.cn
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ObjectiveTo explore the risk factors for neonatal nosocomial infection and the pathogen resistance, in order to provide the basis for hospital infection control. MethodsSurveillance of hospital infection in newborns hospitalized for more than 48 hours were carried out from January to December 2012, and the risk factors for hospital infection were analyzed. ResultsThere were 54 newborn cases with neonatal nosocomial infection, and the infection rate of newborns was 1.25%. The major infection sites were respiratory tract (66.7%), gastrointestinal tract (18.5%), skin and soft tissues (9.2%). Birth weight (χ2Trend=126.88, P<0.001), hospitalization days (χ2Trend=106.89, P<0.001), invasive operation (χ2=5.338, P=0.021) were the major risk factors. A total of 54 strains of pathogenic bacteria were isolated from 54 newborn cases with neonatal nosocomial infection. Twenty-three strains of gram-positive bacteria accounted for 42.6%, which were generally resistant to penicillin and large ring lactone class antibiotic drugs. Thirty-one strains of gram-negative bacteria accounted for 57.4%, which were mainly resistant to the three generations of cephalosporins. ConclusionThe hospital infection rate of newborns is low. Birth weight, hospitalization days and invasive operation are the major risk factors for neonatal nosocomial infection.

Citation: LIRong, WANGLu, ZHANGHai-jin, YANYong-ping. Objective Monitoring of Neonatal Nosocomial Infection and Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(8): 1491-1493. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140457 Copy

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