Table 4 Infection rate of nosocomial infection reported by the current study and some other recently published studies
Country | Publishing date | Most common site involved | Most common agent involved | Ward with the highest NI rate | Infection rate of NI (%) | Definition used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iran* | 2019 | Respiratory tract | Acinetobacter | ICU^ | 2.95 | CDC |
China [25] | 2018 | Respiratory tract | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Surgical ward | 7.80 | CDC |
Greece [33] | 2017 | Lower respiratory tract infections | Klebsiella | Different hospital wards | 5.2% | ECDC# |
India [26] | 2015 | PNEU | Enterobacteriaceae | ICU | 11.98 | CDC |
China [27] | 2015 | Respiratory tract | Staphylococcus aureus | ICU | 7.57 | CDC |
India [31] | 2015 | pneumonia | Klebsiella pneumoniae | ICU | 58.86 | CDC |
Iran [34] | 2015 | Urinary tract infection | Escherichia coli | Different hospital wards |  < 2% | CDC |
Gabon [29] | 2014 | surgical-site infections | Staphylococcus aureus | Surgical ward | 1.60 | CDC |
Thailand [32] | 2014 | bacteremia | Acinetobacter | Different hospital wards | 0.3 | Study-based |
Tunisia [28] | 2014 | PNEU | – | ICU | 30.6 | Study-based |
India [30] | 2013 | Blood stream infections | Streptococcus pneumonia | ICU | 17.6 | CDC |
Iran [2] | 2013 | Urinary tract infection | – | Surgical ward | 4.14 | CDC |