Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics of patients,risk factors and preventive measures of nosocomial infection in diabetic cerebral infarction(DCI).MethodsThe clinical data of 124 DCI cases with nosocomial infection and 116 DCI cases without nosocomial infection were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsThe clinical characteristics of nosocomial infection in DCI patients were that large cerebral infarction and severity neurological deficits were very common.The patients always had long hospitalization days and poor prognosis.Invasive operation,antibiotic prophylaxis,severity neurological deficits,fasting plasma glucose,urinary albumin,size of cerebral infarction,albumin/globulin and hospitalization days were the risk factors for nosocomial infection in DCI.Among the patients,nosocomial lower respiratory tract infection was the highest(41.5%),the second one was urinary tract infection(28.1%).The case that both sites of infected was common(8.9%).Klebsiella pneumoniae(16.7%),Pseudomonas aeruginosa(15.9%),Candida albicans(12.1%) and Escherichia coli(12.1%) were the most frequent pathogens.ConclusionThe patient's condition of nosocomial infection in DCI is serious and has poor prognosis.Taking preventive measures according to the risk factors can reduce the infection rate.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, cerebral infarction, nosocomial infection, risk factor