GUO Dan, YAO Jin-lin, CAI Jian-li, CHEN Pei-sheng, ZHENG Hao-qu, LIU Chen
Objective: To analyze the occurrence and etiological characteristics of nosocomial infection among orthopedic patients in the hospital, and provide reference for the diagnosis and treatment of nosocomial infection in orthopedic patients. Methods: A total of 6 732 patients admitted to Department of Orthopedics of Zhuhai Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine from January 2018 to December 2020 were selected as study subjects, and the occurrence and etiological characteristics of nosocomial infection in patients were counted and analyzed. Results: Among 6 732 orthopedic patients, 63 patients had nosocomial infection (infection rate of 0.94%), and the infection sites were primarily urinary tract (21 patients, 33.33%) and superficial incision (18 patients, 28.57%); 80 strains of pathogenic bacteria were isolated from the specimens of 63 infected patients, including 30 strains of Gram-positive bacteria (37.50%, primarily Staphylococcus aureus), 48 strains of Gram-negative bacteria (60.00%, primarily Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae) and 2 strains of fungi (2.50%). The results of drug susceptibility test showed that the resistance rate of Staphylococcus aureus to compound sulfamethoxazole, nitrofurantoin, linezolid, quinupristin-dalfopristin, rifampicin and vancomycin was low (less than 5.00%), and the resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus to penicillin, cefoxitin, clindamycin, erythromycin, oxacillin was high (greater than 65.00%). The resistance rate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to piperacillin-tazobactam sodium, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, meropenem, ceftazidime, and gentamicin was low (less than 30.00%), the resistance rates of Klebsiella pneumoniae to piperacillin-tazobactam sodium, levofloxacin, meropenem and gentamicin was low (less than 30.00%), the resistance rate of Escherichia coli to piperacillin-tazobactam sodium, meropenem, ceftazidime was low (less than 30.00%), and the resistance rate of Enterobacter cloacae to other investigational drugs except amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium and cefazolin was low (less than 30.00%). Conclusion: The occurrence rate of nosocomial infection in orthopedic patients is low in the hospital. Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae are the main pathogenic bacteria, and their drug resistance is not very strong at present. However, in clinical anti-infection treatment, antibacterial drugs should be selected rationally according to the drug susceptibility test results as far as possible to improve the accuracy of treatment.