Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory samples from patients with tracheostomy in a long-term-care facility.
J Clin Microbiol
; 50(10): 3368-70, 2012 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-22837316
ABSTRACT
We aimed to study the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory samples from institutionalized patients with chronic tracheostomy. A total of 264 pairs of nasopharyngeal and endotracheal cultures were collected. There was no difference in the proportion of positive cultures between children (21%) and adults (18%). However, the proportion of positive endotracheal cultures was higher than that of nasopharyngeal cultures in adults (18% versus 3%, respectively; P < 0.001) but not in children (17% in both sites).
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Pneumocócicas
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Traqueostomia
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel