Attributable cost and length of stay for patients with central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection in Mexico City intensive care units: a prospective, matched analysis.

Background: No information is available about the financial impact of central venous catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) in Mexico.

Objective: To calculate the costs associated with BSI in intensive care units (ICUs) in Mexico City.

Design: An 18-month (June 2002 through November 2003), prospective, nested case-control study of patients with and patients without BSI.

[Nosocomial infection surveillance: experience at a cardiology hospital in Mexico].

Objective: To describe the results of the Nosocomial Infection surveillance program at the Cardiology Hospital in Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI of the Mexican Social Security Institute.

Methodology: To inform of the epidemiologic follow-up results from January 2000 to July 2003. Global frequency, infection rates by infection site, hospital services, and frequency of most common microorganisms were estimated.