Abstract

The aim of presented research was to determine microorganisms which cause intrahospital infections (IHI) with specific anatomical localization and to determine the antimicrobial resistance of these organisms in a group of 5106 patients hospitalized at Surgery Department of the University Clinical Center Tuzla in theperiod between 1 January to 31 December 2004. The research was conducted in accordance with the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) methodology. The results show that in 73.82% of cases the gram-negative organisms (p

Key words: intrahospital infections, microorganisms, antimicrobial resistance.