Bacteriemia en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Universitario del Río, Cuenca 2019 – 2020. Cuenca 2022

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Bacteremia is known as the infection of the bloodstream caused by bacterial microorganisms. Among its causes are the colonization of devices such as venous catheters, urethral catheters, among others. Bacteremia is classified according to the place where it was acquired and the origin of the infection, the diagnosis is made through microbiological techniques such as blood culture. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of bacteremia in patients attended at the Hospital Universitario del Río, Cuenca 2019 - 2020. METHODOLOGY: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study, the universe consisted of the reports of patients who underwent blood cultures at the Hospital Universitario del Río 2019 - 2020. The information was collected in the data registration form and was analyzed with the implementation of Microsoft Excel 2013 and SPSS version 2.2 software. RESULTS: During the period 2019 - 2020 a total of 1 530 blood cultures were recorded, cases of bacteremia represent 7.12 %, ICU was the area with the highest number of cases with 54.13 %, being the male gender more susceptible to contracting the infection with 57.79 % and the age group most affected was 61 - 75 years. The most frequent comorbidity was pneumonia with 54.13 %, obtaining Klebsiella pneumoniae as the main microorganism isolated with 21.10 % in peripheral blood cultures.