Case Control Study
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World J Biol Chem. Feb 26, 2017; 8(1): 95-101
Published online Feb 26, 2017. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v8.i1.95
Table 1 Pooled means of the distribution of crude mortality, crude excess mortality, length of stay, and crude excess length of stay, of adult intensive care unit patients with and without device-associated healthcare-acquired infection
PatientsPatients, nDeaths, nPooled crude mortality, %Pooled crude excess mortality, % (95%CI)LOS, total daysPooled average, LOS (d)Pooled average, excess LOS (d) (95%CI)
Without DA-HAI67810715.80-35795.3
With CLABSI15746.7030.9 (8.1-54.7)19012.77.4 (5.8-9.2)
With CAUTI12433.3017.6 (-3.2-46.4)17414.59.2 (7.3-11.4)
With VAP431330.2014.5 (4.1-27.4)43410.14.8 (4.1-5.7)
Table 2 Benchmarking of device-associated healthcare-acquired infection rates, device utilization and antimicrobial resistance in this report against the report of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (2007-2012) and the reports of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network data (2013 and 2009-2010)
This reportINICC report (2007-2012)[26]United States CDC/NHSN report (2013)[6]/2009-2010[27]
95%CI95%CI
Medical/surgical ICU
Central line, DUR1.24 (1.21-1.27)0.54 (0.54-0.54)0.37
CLABSI rate6.5 (4.6-8.9)4.9 (4.8-5.1)0.8
Mechanical ventilator, DUR0.32 (0.31-0.34)0.36 (0.36-0.36)0.24
VAP rate44.3 (34.4-56.0)16.5 (16.1-16.8)1.1
Urinary catheter, DUR0.77 (0.74-0.79)0.62 (0.62-0.62)0.54
CAUTI rate5.7 (3.5-8.7)5.3 (5.2-5.8)1.3
Antimicrobial resistance % (n)
Pathogen, antimicrobialCLABSI (n)CLABSICLABSI
Staphylococcus aureus
Oxacillin60% (5)61.20%54.60%
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ciprofloxacin71.4% (7)37.50%30.50%
Piperacillin or piperacillin-tazobactam100% (5)33.50%17.40%
Amikacin71.4% (7)42.80%10.00%
Imipenem or meropenem71.4% (7)42.40%26.10%
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Ceftriaxone or ceftazidime60% (5)71.20%28.80%
Imipenem or meropenem20% (5)19.60%12.80%
Acinetobacter baumanii
Imipenem or meropenem100% (2)66.30%62.60%

  • Citation: Salgado Yepez E, Bovera MM, Rosenthal VD, González Flores HA, Pazmiño L, Valencia F, Alquinga N, Ramirez V, Jara E, Lascano M, Delgado V, Cevallos C, Santacruz G, Pelaéz C, Zaruma C, Barahona Pinto D. Device-associated infection rates, mortality, length of stay and bacterial resistance in intensive care units in Ecuador: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium’s findings. World J Biol Chem 2017; 8(1): 95-101
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  • DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4331/wjbc.v8.i1.95