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Impact of multi-resistant bacteria in health care associated infections in children Volume 15, supplement 1, Novembre 2012

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ACTIV, 27 rue d’Inkerman, 941100 Saint Maur des Fossés, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, 40 avenue de Verdun, 94010 Créteil cedex, France, Université René Descartes, service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Cochin, 27, avenue du Faubourg-St-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France

Bacterial nosocomial infections in pediatric patients have neither the frequency nor the severity of those observed in adult medicine. However, this must be tempered by the frequency of viral infections and the increasing proportion of children infected /colonized by Enterobacteriaceae producing β-lactamases ESBLs (extended spectrum) or carbapenemases, sometimes of community origin. Some measures can be recommended: recognize the presence of bacteria, isolation of patients, strictly enforce hygiene, proscribe unnecessary antibiotic treatment, reduce the prescription of selecting antibiotics, and improve the training of prescribers.