Abstract
Objective: Through a systematic review of the literature perform an analysis of infections related to care in patients in intensive care units in Brazil, in order to trace an epidemiological profile. Methods: This is a literature review. A search was carried out in the database of the Brazilian Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), covering the period from January 2010 to December 2019, with the health descriptors (DeCS) “Intensive Care Unit” and “infection hospital” in Brazil, in all languages. Articles that meet the exclusion criteria are those that do not have the main theme, were duplicated or did not have free access. Results: Of the 32 selected articles, 84.4% were published in national journals. Among them, 68.7% reported being over male, with the age of a newborn for 94 years. The microorganisms most present were: coagulase-negative staphylococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Conclusion: Nosocomial infections are frequent in intensive care units (ICUs), due to the routine use of invasive devices for patient maintenance, in addition to their high manipulation. The most observed pathogens in these locations are part of the endogenous microbiota, but there are if they are increasingly resistant due to the disordered use of microbial agents and a lack of training for health professionals.