Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Patrícia Mouta Nunes de OliveiraSibelle Nogueira BuonoraCristina Letícia Passos SouzaRobinson Simões JúniorThais Carolina da SilvaGabriel José Teixeira BomCaio Henrique da Silva TeixeiraAndré Ricardo Araujo da Silva

Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2019)

MDR Gram-negative bacteria (ESBL producers and carbapenem-resistant bacteria) were the most reported agents among MDR bacteria reported to Rio de Janeiro surveillance system. Except for CLABSI in children, they caused all device-associated infections in NICUs and PICUs.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae
drug resistant
intensive care unit
gram negative
acinetobacter baumannii
public health
escherichia coli
young adults
mechanical ventilation