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Tropical Healthcare Epidemiology: Weather Determinants of the Etiology of Bloodstream Infections in a Brazilian Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza ,
Silvia Maria Caldeira ,
Rayana Gonçalves Moreira ,
Renata Tamie Akazawa ,
José Eduardo Corrente ,
Lenice do Rosário de Souza  and
Antônio Ribeiro da Cunha
Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
Silvia Maria Caldeira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
Rayana Gonçalves Moreira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
Renata Tamie Akazawa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
José Eduardo Corrente
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioestatística, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
Lenice do Rosário de Souza
Affiliation:
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
Antônio Ribeiro da Cunha
Affiliation:
Departamento de Solos e Recursos Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
*
Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, S/N, 18608-025 Botucatu, Sāo Paulo, Brazil (cmfortaleza@uol.com.br)
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Abstract

We studied the influence of weather on the etiology of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in a hospital in Brazil during the years 2005–2010. Monthly average temperatures were positively associated with higher incidence of gram-negative bacilli as a whole, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Enterobacter species. The same groups presented seasonal behavior in stochastic models.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 85 - 88
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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