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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prevalence of nosocomial infections in a university hospital (Dakar, Senegal)
Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses, Volume 38, No. 5, Year 2008
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Description
Nosocomial infections constitute today a great public health problem that is still ignored or poorly mastered in our health institutions. Method: A prevalence study initiated by the CLIN (committee for the prevention of nosocomial infections) was recently conducted at the Fann teaching hospital. A questionnaire was prepared and submitted to all patients that were hospitalized on the day of the study; the questionnaire allowed gathering a lot of information on exposure factors and clinical and microbiological arguments in favor of nosocomial infections. Results: One hundred and seventy-five patients (59.9% of all available beds) participated in the study. Nosocomial infections were found mostly among people between 20 and 44 years of age and predominantly in women. Fifty-eight percent of those cases were found in the neurology unit. The infections were mostly urinary (40%) and pulmonary (25%). The germs responsible were multiresistant bacteria: Enterobacter cloacae secreting broad-spectrum betalactamase, methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The infected patients were usually under antibiotic treatment (80%) with various protocols, mainly monotherapy. The antibiotics used were betalactams, fluoroquinolones, and nitroimidazoles. © 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dia, Ndèye Méry
Senegal, Dakar
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Kâ, Rouguiyatou
Senegal, Dakar
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-virologie
Dieng, C.
Senegal, Dakar
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Diagne, Rokhaya D.
Senegal, Dakar
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-virologie
Dia, Mouhamadou Lamine
Senegal, Dakar
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-virologie
Fortes, Louise
Senegal, Dakar
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Diop, Bernard Marcel
Senegal, Dakar
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Sow, Ahmad Iyane
Senegal, Dakar
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-virologie
Sow, Papa Salif
Senegal, Dakar
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.medmal.2007.11.001
ISSN:
0399077X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Senegal
Participants Gender
Female