Distribution of various pathogenic bacteria from pediatric ward settings

To test various items in hospital environment as reservoirs of bacteria. Methods: This simple descriptive study was conducted between June and December 2014. Pediatric wards of 4 different hospitals of Faisalabad, Pakistan were selected and 8 different items per hospital were sampled (n=160). Poisso...

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Published in:	Saudi medical journal Vol. 37; no. 11; p. 1268
Main Authors:	Butt, Irfan A, Aslam, Bilal, Rasool, Muhammad H, Shafiq, Humerah B, Khurshid, Mohsin, Aslam, Muhammad A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Saudi Arabia 01.11.2016
Subjects:	Bacillaceae Infections Bacillus cereus - isolation & purification Child Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - microbiology Escherichia coli - isolation & purification Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Hospitals, Pediatric Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Pakistan - epidemiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification Pseudomonas Infections - microbiology Retrospective Studies
ISSN:	0379-5284, 1658-3175, 1658-3175
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Summary:	To test various items in hospital environment as reservoirs of bacteria. Methods: This simple descriptive study was conducted between June and December 2014. Pediatric wards of 4 different hospitals of Faisalabad, Pakistan were selected and 8 different items per hospital were sampled (n=160). Poisson regression analysis was carried out with R software and using lme4 package. Results: There were no differences between the hospitals regarding total number of bacterial isolates or bacterial isolates per sample source or prevalent bacterial species. Utensile tables were significantly the least contaminated source when comparing all sample sources from all hospitals (p=0.05). When testing if the bacterial species differed significantly between sample sources, Escherichia coli (p=0.05) and Bacillus (p=0.04) were found significantly high on utensils, while Pseudomonas was found significantly less on curtains (p=0.03) and doors (p=0.02). Conclusion: Due to unhygienic practices in hospitals children are exposed to pathogens steers to life threatening infection. A good control strategy should be implemented to avoid health care-associated infection.
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ISSN:	0379-5284 1658-3175 1658-3175
DOI:	10.15537/smj.2016.11.15236