Nosocomial infections sepsis

Chang HR, Lian JD, Shu KH, Cheng CH, Wu MJ, Chen CH, Lau YJ, Hu BS (2000) Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the analysis of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Am J Nephrol 20 463 67 Chaves F, Garcia-Alvarez M, Sanz F, Alba C, Otero JR (2005) Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strain causing sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Clin Microbiol 43 4877 879... 

Newly emergent nosocomial pathogen that can cause sepsis and mortality in infected hospital patients. 

The duration of mechanically assisted ventilation appears to be very important for determining the risk of nosocomial pneumonia. In children, nosocomial pneumonia is rare during the first 72 hours of intubation (3). The risk increases sharply after 72 hours (3). Studies in adults suggest that, after 10 days of mechanical ventilatory support, the rate of infection declines sharply (39). After 10 days, it is likely that some of the other risk factors contributing to the development of nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill children (e.g., sepsis, shock, surgery, anesthesia) will have resolved. 

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