Nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections in surgical wards
| Autor: | W. J. M. Kinnear, R Pilkington, R G Finch, John Macfarlane |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty medicine.disease_cause Haemophilus influenzae Internal medicine Lower respiratory tract infection Patients' Rooms Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine Humans Postoperative Period Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Respiratory Tract Infections Aged Aged 80 and over Cross Infection Respiratory tract infections business.industry Incidence Respiratory disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Pneumonia England Surgical Procedures Operative Female Health Facilities business Research Article Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 45:187-189 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.45.3.187 |
| Popis: | A six month prospective study of nosocomial lower respiratory tract infection was conducted in four general surgery wards and one urological surgery ward. Thirty eight cases were identified, representing 1% of the surgical admissions to these wards. Twenty eight of the infections followed abdominal surgery. Six patients died, five of whom had pre-existing cardiorespiratory disease. Potential pathogens were isolated in 21 patients, the commonest organisms being Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. |
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