J Neurol Res

Journal of Neurology Research, ISSN 1923-2845 print, 1923-2853 online, Open Access

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Original Article

Volume 2, Number 3, June 2012, pages 88-92

Fourteen Year Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections in Neurology Unit

Tables

**Table 1.** The Rates of Nosocomial Infections in Dicle University Hospital Neurology Unit for 1997 - 2010 (%)
Year	Number of hospitalized patients	Number of hospitalized days	Number of NIs	Incidence rates of NIs	Incidence densities of NIs
1997	556	7,606	6	1.0	0.8
1998	612	6,134	7	1.1	1.1
1999	703	8,008	20	2.9	2.5
2000	762	8,570	38	5.0	4.4
2001	786	7,998	23	3.0	2.9
2002	744	8,009	35	4.7	4.4
2003	747	8,527	19	2.5	2.2
2004	899	9,149	42	4.7	4.6
2005	1,035	10,229	21	2.0	2.1
2006	1,061	11,376	82	7.7	7.2
2007	1,124	12,395	20	1.8	1.6
2008	1,039	12,614	36	3.5	2.9
2009	757	12,392	56	7.4	4.5
2010	947	10,985	30	3.2	2.7
Total	11,772	133,992	435	3.7	3.2

**Table 2.** The Distribution of Nosocomial Infection Types for 1997 - 2010 (%)
Type of NI	Number of infections	Percent of total infections	Incidence rates	Incidence densities
*( Surgery site infection,meningitis).
Urinary tract infection	139	32	1.2	1.0
Pneumonia	109	25.1	0.8	0.8
Decubitis	82	18.8	0.7	0.6
Bloodstream infection	75	17.2	0.6	0.6
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia	20	4.6	0.2	0.1
Catheter infection	7	1.6	0.06	0.05
Others*	3	0.7	0.03	0.02
Total	435	100.0	3.7	3.2

**Table 3.** The Distribution of Nosocomial Pathogens for 1997 - 2010 (%)
Microorganizm name	Number MO (%)
Coagulase-negative staphylococci	116 (39.4)
Escherichia coli	53 (18)
Staphylococcus aureus	30 (10.2)
Klebsiella spp.	29 (9.9)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	19 (6.5)
Enterobacter spp.	12 (4.1)
Enterococcus	11 (3.7)
Acinetobacter spp.	11 (3.7)
Candida	4 (1.4)
Citrobacter spp.	2 (0.7)
Other	7 (2.4)
Total	294 (100%)