Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Baez-Martinez R, Rangel-Frausto M S, Ponce-de-León S
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Care Quality Control, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Aug;21(8):527-9. doi: 10.1086/501800.
Twelve nosocomial outbreaks over 14 years at a tertiary-care center in Mexico are described. Overall mortality was 25.8%, one half due to pneumonia. The most common organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Incidence was three outbreaks per 10,000 discharges; outbreak-related infections comprised 1.56% of all nosocomial infections. Incidence in the intensive care unit was 10-fold higher.