[Enterobacter cloacae infections at the Regional Hospital in Tromsø]. / Enterobacter cloacae-infeksjoner ved Regionsykehuset i Tromsø.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
; 110(3): 342-7, 1990 Jan 30.
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| ID: mdl-2309176
ABSTRACT
Enterobacter cloacae was isolated from 69 patients hospitalized at the University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway, during a period of 18 months. The total lethality was 11.6% (8/69) and death occurred most often in patients with a serious underlying condition. Death due to septicaemia occurred in 4/10 patients. Multiple beta-lactam resistant strains were present in 15 patients and were associated with septicaemiae (7/10, p less than 0.0005). Cephalosporin treatment had been given to every third patient (24/69), and nearly half of them (10/24) were infected by multiple beta-lactam resistant E cloacae. E cloacae occurred mainly as a nosocomial infection, since more than 70% of all patients infected had been treated by an invasive procedure prior to isolation of the bacterium. A high number of E cloacae strains were from operation wounds, especially among patients at the Department of Surgery (22/30). At this Department, the total number of E cloacae, and especially the number of multiresistant strains, was markedly reduced during restricted use of cefalosporins.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecção Hospitalar
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Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Nor
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article