Urinary Tract Infection Epidemiology in NICUs in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to characterize the incidence, associated clinical factors, timing of infection, microbiology, and incidence of concordant blood culture of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in very low birth weight (VLBW <1,500g) infants.

Study design

Multicenter observational cohort study of VLBW infants with gestational age (GA) ≤32 weeks, still hospitalized on postnatal day 7, and discharged 2010 to 2018 from Pediatrix Medical Group neonatal intensive care units. Demographic and clinical characteristics of infants with and without UTI were compared. Multivariable logistic regression evaluated adjusted odds of UTI diagnosis.

Results

Of 86,492 included infants, 5,988 (7%) had a UTI. The most common pathogen was Enterococcus spp. (20%), followe

SUBMITTER: Kilpatrick R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11326515 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature