Determinación de agentes bacterianos patógenos del tracto respiratorio superior en la unidad de hospitalización de pediatría como factor predisponente a infecciones nosocomiales

This research was conducted with the purpose of determining the frequency of pathogens at the upper respiratory tract in children under 10 years who presented to the pediatric inpatient unit of Isidro Ayora Regional Hospital who acquire infections predispose to bacterial nosocomial, by age, sex, days of hospitalization and disease because they are immunocompromised and can be infected by microorganisms that normally are not pathogenic. The methodology used was descriptive - cross; 50 samples of pharyngeal secretions were collected in children's inpatient unit of pediatrics; bacterial identification was performed by culture and susceptibility testing at the Clinical Center Laboratory Area Medical Diagnosis Human Health, where commensal microorganisms and pathogens were isolated, identified: Staphylococcus aureus 36%, 32% coagulase-negative staphylococci, Streptococcus group B hemolytic a (pyogenes) 24%, 6%, and Streptococcus viridans, Candida spp. 2%; considering Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, Streptococcus viridans and Candida spp part of the normal flora of the upper respiratory tract, and as a pathogen to hemolytic streptococcus group B A (pyogenes), which was conducted susceptibility tests antimicrobial getting 100% sensitivity to penicillin. Keywords: Nosocomial infection, bacteria, upper respiratory tract, B hemolytic streptococcus group A (pyogenes).

• Main Author: Uchuari Sigcho, Alex Fabián (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: TRACTO RESPIRATORIO
• Online Access: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/13958