Artigo de Periódico
Risk factors for nosocomial rotavirus infection in a paediatric hospital: The potential role for rotavirus vaccine use
Fecha
2009Registro en:
0264-410X
v. 27, n. 3
Autor
Moreira, Licia L. L.
M. Netto, Eduardo
Carvalho, Cristiana Maria Costa Nascimento de
Moreira, Licia L. L.
M. Netto, Eduardo
Carvalho, Cristiana Maria Costa Nascimento de
Institución
Resumen
To analyze the incidence and risk factors (RF) of nosocomial infection (NI) in a paediatric teaching hospital,a retrospective cohort study was conducted in Salvador, Brazil. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention definitionswere used. The detection of the rotavirus antigen in stoolwas performed using a rapid
latex agglutination test. The study group comprised 2978 admissions that accounted for 32,924 patientdays. The incidence of NI was 8.3/1000 patient-days and 9.2/100 admissions. Of the 274 NI episodes, the
most common illness and causative agent were gastroenteritis (125; 45.6%) and rotavirus (59; 21.5%),respectively. The RF for rotavirus NI was young age (10±8 months vs. 27±33 months; mean difference
17 months, 95% CI 15–20 months, p < 0.001). The temporal distribution of community-acquired and NI rotavirus showed similar trends. The universal use of rotavirus vaccine is a potential tool to control NI
among children.