ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PROFILE IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
ALEXANDRA CUCU1, MARIA NICA1,2,*, EMANOIL CEAUȘU1,2, NICOLETA CIORAN1
1.University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila” Bucharest
2.Infectious and Tropical Diseases Clinical Hospital ”Dr. Victor Babeș” Bucharest
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The aim of the study was to assess the profile of nosocomial infections and
antibiotic resistance in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) department versus other departments
of the „Dr Victor Babeș” Infectious Diseases Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. The
descriptive and documentary study in transversal approach based on analysis information
provided by the national and international data bases was completed with the active
surveillance results of the Microbiology Laboratory. There was described and identified the
profile of nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit (ICU)
department in comparison to the global resistance of other departments of the hospital,
during December 2011- May 2012. Microorganisms included in the assesment were:
Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, Enterobacteriaceae (E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae,
Enterobacter cloacae), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. For all
these microorganisms the resistance was higher in the ICU than the antibioresistance in
other compartiments of the hospital, fact that highlights this particular department as a critic
point in the control of nosocomial infections.
