Epidemiological surveillance of health care-associated infections in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit in South Brazil.

The main topographies were CLABSI and BSI. Patients with immunodeficiencies presented a higher risk for HAI Staphylococcus epidermidis was the main agent identified. However, Klebsiella pneumoniae posed a higher risk for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit admission and death.