Catheter-related infections in a northwestern São Paulo reference unit for burned patients care

• Autor(a) principal: Campos Júnior,Cláudio Penido
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Sanches,Patrícia, Tedokon,Elizabete Aparecida, Souza,Ana Carolina Remondi, Machado,Ricardo Luiz Dantas, Rossit,Andréa Regina Baptista
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200009
• topic: catheter; infections; burns; bacteria

Despite improvements in care and rehabilitation of burned patients, infections still remain the main complication and death cause. Catheter-related infections are among the four most common infections and are associated with skin damage and insertion site colonization. There are few studies evaluating this kind of infection worldwide in this special group of patients. Padre Albino Hospital Burn Care Unit (PAHBCU) is the only reference center in the Northwestern São Paulo for treatment of burned patients. This paper presents the results of a retrospective study aiming at describing the epidemiological and clinical features of catheter-related infections at PAHBCU.