Title

Antibiotic susceptibility in healthcare - Associated infections

Authors

B. Lalrinpuia¹, Seema Rai^1,*, Amarpreet Kaur² & Gurmeet Kaur¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Pediatrics, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot - 151203, Punjab India; ²Department of Pediatrics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Ajitgarh - 160055, Punjab, India; *Corresponding author

Email

B Lalrinpuia - E - mail: lalrinpuia@gmail.com

Seema Rai - E - mail: seemadoc98@yahoo.co.uk
Amarpreet Kaur - E - mail: dr.amarpreet12@gmail.com
Gurmeet kaur - E - mail: gkaur0702@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received March 1, 2025; Revised March 31, 2025; Accepted March 31, 2025, Published March 31, 2025

Abstract

The escalating incidence of healthcare infections and the alarming rise of antibiotic resistance underscore the urgent need for a local antibiotic protocol tailored to specific antibiotic sensitivities. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the proportion of healthcare-associated infections in the pediatric intensive care units. Hence, we collected 102 samples from patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care units or emergency ward for at least 48 hours with new complaints in the age group of 1 month to 14 years. We identified a total of 102 healthcare-associated infections out of 380 suspected cases, indicating a proportion of 26.84%. Thus, a higher proportion of healthcare-associated infections in pediatric intensive care units are reported.

Keywords

Antibiotics, resistance, intensive care, hospital, infections

Citation

Lalrinpuia et al. Bioinformation 21(3): 400-404 (2025)

Edited by

Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.