Characteristics of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Pediatric Patients Treated in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar During Period February 2017 - May 2019

Health-care-associated infections is one of the causes of high mortality among inpatient children. Globally, prevalence nosocomial infection are 8.7%. In Indonesia, prevalence of nosocomial infection at 2014 are 148.703 cases. One of the Gram negative pathogen that has been known can cause nosocomial infection is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This study aims to know patient characteristic with P. aeruginosa infection at Sanglah Hospital. This research is descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach conducted in Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar. The study used secondary data from medical records of pediatric patients who were proven to have P. aeruginosa infection through microbiological examination while undergoing treatment at Sanglah hospital in the period of Februari 2017- Mei 2019. Incomplete medical record data were excluded from the study. There were 30 children with positive blood culture P. aeruginosa. Most of them were male (17/30), with underlying disease pneumonia (13/30), length of stay before infection 16,8 days, total length of stay 28,5 day. Most patients died (19/30). 7 patients had history positive blood culture before P. aeruginosa infection. 29 patients using peripheral intravenous line (mean 22.5 day). Most patients were sensitive to Cefepime (80%) and resistant to Ampicilin Sulbactam (80%). Characteristic patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection mostly were male, with underlying disease pneumonia, using medical device peripheral line, and died. Most of them were sensitive to Cefepime and resistant to Ampicilin Sulbactam.