BACTERIAL-COLONIZATION, TRACHEO-BRONCHITIS, AND PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING TRACHEOSTOMY AND LONG-TERM INTUBATION IN PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS
BACTERIAL-COLONIZATION, TRACHEO-BRONCHITIS, AND PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING TRACHEOSTOMY AND LONG-TERM INTUBATION IN PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1378/chest.76.4.420
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
BROOK, I
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作者:
BROOK, I
Serial tracheal cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were obtained from 27 pediatric patients during 1 yr of follow-up. The patients had required tracheostomy and prolonged intubation for periods ranging from 3-12 mo. (average, 7 1/2 mo.). Cultures of tracheal aspirates yielded 1508 isolates of pathogenic aerobic (969 isolates) and anaerobic (539 isolates) bacteria. The most frequent aerobic isolates were Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. The predominant anaerobes were anaerobic gram-positive cocci, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis. Replacement of 1 pathogen by another occurred frequently. Tracheobronchitis occurred in 24 patients, all of whom had episodes of pneumonia. Anaerobic bacteria may be a part of the bacterial flora in colonization, tracheobronchitis and pneumonia in patients with tracheostomy and prolonged intubation.