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Withdrawal of Staphylococcus aureus from intensive care units in Turkey

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 41; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.041

1527-3296

Hakan Erdem, Murat Dizbay, Selma Karabey, Selçuk Kaya, Tuna Demırdal, İftihar Köksal, Asuman İnan, İbrahim Erayman, Öznur Ak, Ayşegül Ulu-Kılıç, Ömer Karaşahin, Ayhan Akbulut, Nazif Elaldı, Gülden Yılmaz, Aslıhan Candevir, Hanefi Cem Gül, İbak Gönen, Oral Öncül, Turan Aslan, Emel Azak, Recep Tekin, Zeliha Koçak Tufan, Ercan Yeni̇lmez, Bilgin Arda, Gökay Güngör, Birsen Çetin, Şükran Köse, Hale Turan, Halis Akalın, Oğuz Karabay, Aygul Dogan-Celik, Adem Albayrak, Tümer Güven, Güven Çelebi, Nail Özgüneş, Yasemin Ersoy, Fatma Sırmatel, Nefise Öztoprak, İ̇lker İnanç Balkan, Fatma Nurhayat Bayazit, Hasan Uçmak, Serkan Öncü, Davut Özdemir, Derya Öztürk-Engin, Mehmet Bitirgen, Fehmı Tabak, Filiz Akata, Ayşe Willke, Levent Görenek, Salman Shaheer Ahmed, Yeşim Taşova, Asım Ülçay, Saim Dayan, Şaban Esen, Hakan Leblebicioğlu, Begin Altun, Serhat Ünal,

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

In the past, Staphylococcus aureus infections have displayed various patterns of epidemiologic curves in hospitals, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to characterize the current trend in a nationwide survey of ICUs in Turkey.A total of 88 ICUs from 36 Turkish tertiary hospitals were included in this retrospective study, which was performed during the first 3 months of both 2008 (period [P] 1) and 2011 (P2). A P value ≤.01 was considered significant.Although overall rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and device-associated infection densities were similar in P1 and P2, the densities of HAIs due to S aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) were significantly lower in P2 (P < .0001). However, the proportion of HAIs due to Acinetobacter was significantly higher in P2 (P < .0001).The incidence of S aureus infections is declining rapidly in Turkish ICUs, with potential impacts on empirical treatment strategies in these ICUs.