Nosocomial infection among male patients in a public psychiatric hospital was studied and the definitions for use in long-term care facilities were employed for diagnosis. The overall nosocomial infection rate was 6.7 per 1,000 day inpatients; 55.6% of these infections were identified in the respiratory tract, 50% of them being respiratory viral diseases; 38.9% of the nosocomial infections involved the eyes, ears, nose, throat and mouth, and 5.6% involved the skin and soft tissues. The epidemiological characteristics and the main clinical alterations of these inpatients were also identified.
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De Almeida, R. C., & Pedroso, E. R. P. (1999). Nosocomial infection in long-term care facilities. A survey in a Brazilian psychiatric hospital. Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 41(6), 365–370. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46651999000600006
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