Difficulties in assessing community-acquired infection as a risk factor for nosocomial infection at an intensive care unit

Abstract

The presence of a CAI may introduce a differential information bias in the study of NI.

Factors Related to Hospital Stay Among Patients With Nosocomial Infection Acquired in the Intensive Care Unit

“…The general characteristics of our patients were similar to those of other ICU populations, 515 although some features were peculiar to each ICU. The contribution of extra-ICU infections to the length of ICU stay and their role for developing nosocomial infection have not been established 32 ; therefore, extra-ICU infections were analyzed as a different factor from ICU-acquired infection. The percentage of ICU patients who develop at least one episode of nosocomial infection (11% in the current series) has varied according March 2003 to the heterogeneity of the ICU patient groups included in different studies.…”