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TELECHEA, Héctor; RODRIGUEZ, Magdalena  y  MENCHACA, Amanda. Incidencia y etiología de la bacteriemia asociada al uso de catéteres venosos centrales en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2013, vol.84, n.3, pp.181-186. ISSN 1688-1249.

Summary  Intrahospitalary infetions are a major cause of morbymortality in hospitalized patients. Infections related to intravascular devices are the most frequent. Objective: establish incidence and etiology of bacteriemia related to central catheter in Pediatric Critical Care Unit of Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell. Design: an observational descriptive study was done. Patients hospitalized in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit defined as critical patient of National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance, with a central catheter. Date were recoleted form clinical history. Results: 94 children were included in the study, with 109 central venous acces and 988 days of catheterization. 5 cases of bacteriemia related to central catheter were identified, 5.06 cases/ 1000 days of catheterization. The isolations were coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter cloacae and Candida albicans. Time of positivization of cultures obtained from catheter was shorter of two hours form those obtained fron peripherical punction. Conclusion: incidence of bacteriemia related to central catheter was high. Is necessary to establish policies of prevention of infection of central catheter devices.

Palabras clave : BACTEREMIA - etiology; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE.

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