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Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Hospital infections in pediatric units increase the length of hospital stay and the use of antibiotics, and this causes exposure to more procedures. This study was aimed to determine the microorganisms represented in the hand flora of pediatric patients at the beginning of hospitalizatio...

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Autores principales: Yayan, Emriye Hilal, Demırel Öner, Pınar, Coşkun Şımşek, Didem, Zengın, Mürşide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.4
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author Yayan, Emriye Hilal
Demırel Öner, Pınar
Coşkun Şımşek, Didem
Zengın, Mürşide
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Coşkun Şımşek, Didem
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description BACKGROUND: Hospital infections in pediatric units increase the length of hospital stay and the use of antibiotics, and this causes exposure to more procedures. This study was aimed to determine the microorganisms represented in the hand flora of pediatric patients at the beginning of hospitalization and before discharge. METHODS: The study was designed as a prospective cross-sectional study. This prospective study was performed with 124 pediatric patients. After completion of the admission procedures, an initial sample was taken from the hands of the hospitalized patients. Another sample was taken from the patients just before discharging. RESULTS: Growth of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS) was observed in the culture samples of 28 patients. Cultures from 23 patients showed different microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and S. epidermis. Examination of final discharge cultures showed CNS in 43 patients, S. aureus in 5 patients, E. coli in 8 patients, Acinetobacter baumannii in 11 patients, and Kocuria rhizophila, K. kristinae, Candida spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Enterococcus in 1 patient. CONCLUSION: The cultures from samples obtained at discharge showed the presence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms causing healthcare associated infection.
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spelling pubmed-80472442021-04-20 Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study Yayan, Emriye Hilal Demırel Öner, Pınar Coşkun Şımşek, Didem Zengın, Mürşide Ethiop J Health Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Hospital infections in pediatric units increase the length of hospital stay and the use of antibiotics, and this causes exposure to more procedures. This study was aimed to determine the microorganisms represented in the hand flora of pediatric patients at the beginning of hospitalization and before discharge. METHODS: The study was designed as a prospective cross-sectional study. This prospective study was performed with 124 pediatric patients. After completion of the admission procedures, an initial sample was taken from the hands of the hospitalized patients. Another sample was taken from the patients just before discharging. RESULTS: Growth of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS) was observed in the culture samples of 28 patients. Cultures from 23 patients showed different microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and S. epidermis. Examination of final discharge cultures showed CNS in 43 patients, S. aureus in 5 patients, E. coli in 8 patients, Acinetobacter baumannii in 11 patients, and Kocuria rhizophila, K. kristinae, Candida spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Enterococcus in 1 patient. CONCLUSION: The cultures from samples obtained at discharge showed the presence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms causing healthcare associated infection. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8047244/ /pubmed/33883831 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.4 Text en © 2020 Emriye H.Y., et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Yayan, Emriye Hilal
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Coşkun Şımşek, Didem
Zengın, Mürşide
Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort hand microbial flora of hospitalized children at the beginning of hospitalization and before discharge: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.4
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