International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Arpita Das
Medical Officer, ESI. Hospital Maniktala, Kolkata, IndiaPublications
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Research
Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection in HIV positive and HIV negative Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in West Bengal
Author(s): Sangeeta Ghosh*, Arpita Das and Tapas Kumar Sur
Nosocomial infections or healthcare-associated infections happen in patients under medical care, which constitute nearly 50% of all hospital infections. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients are more prone to get infected in hospitals. In the present study, the frequency of different bacteria causing Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection (NUTI) among HIV positive and HIV negative groups were investigated. 80 immunocompetent and 80 immunocompromised (HIV/AIDS) admitted patients, who had developed signs and symptoms of UTI after 48 h onwards from the day of admission, were selected for the study. There was significant variation (p<0.001) between the presenting symptoms of the two groups, especially, dysuria. Escherichia coli were the predominant microorganism found in the urine of both groups. Other than that, Acinetobacter spp., Morganella morganii, .. Read More»
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