Healthcare-associated infections in the hospitalized neonate: a review.

摘要: Healthcare-associated infections in the neonatal intensive care unit add considerably to hospital stays and costs, contribute numerous adverse outcomes, including death. The relatively high prevalence of healthcare-associated among neonates is secondary newborn's underdeveloped immune system, need for frequent invasive procedures, generally prolonged hospitalization. Central line as- sociated bloodstream (CLABSI) are most common form infection, with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species (CONS) being commonly cultured microorganism. In- terpretation culture results setting any suspected infection can be made difficult by possibility that a recovered organism represents commensal contaminant, rather than an actual cause infection. This especially true case blood grows CONS during evalu- ation CLABSI. article provides overview epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, treatment NICU.