Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.

Cases of hospital acquired pneumonia occurring during the 1st 12 months of Medico-Surgical ICU (Intensive care unit, MSICU) in operation were evaluated retrospectively to determine its incidence, common causative pathogens, outcome and radiological patterns with the new hospital setting providing a...

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Main Authors: Chung, K. I., Lim, T. H., Koh, Y. S., Song, J. H., Kim, W. S., Choi, J. M., Auh, Y. H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 1992
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053779/
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spelling pubmed-30537792011-03-16 Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit. Chung, K. I. Lim, T. H. Koh, Y. S. Song, J. H. Kim, W. S. Choi, J. M. Auh, Y. H. Research Article Cases of hospital acquired pneumonia occurring during the 1st 12 months of Medico-Surgical ICU (Intensive care unit, MSICU) in operation were evaluated retrospectively to determine its incidence, common causative pathogens, outcome and radiological patterns with the new hospital setting providing a unique relatively aseptic environment. Among the 920 admitted patients, 73 episodes of nosocomial pneumonia on 63 patients were identified and the incidence rate was 7%. The most common pathogens were Pseudomonas. Staphylococcus, Serratia, and Enterobacter in the order of frequency of occurrence, and the gram-negative pathogens comprised 70%. Nosocomial pneumonia was more common after use of antibiotics due to such pathogens as Enterobacter, Acinetobacter, and Candida which caused poor outcome. Enterobacter had the greatest tendency to be related with poor outcome and Serratia the least. Overall mortality was 25%. Bronchopneumonia was the most common type of pneumonia caused by any pathogen except Acinetobacter which caused a mixed type of nosocomial pneumonia. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 1992-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3053779/ /pubmed/1285923 Text en
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author Chung, K. I.
Lim, T. H.
Koh, Y. S.
Song, J. H.
Kim, W. S.
Choi, J. M.
Auh, Y. H.
spellingShingle Chung, K. I.
Lim, T. H.
Koh, Y. S.
Song, J. H.
Kim, W. S.
Choi, J. M.
Auh, Y. H.
Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
author_facet Chung, K. I.
Lim, T. H.
Koh, Y. S.
Song, J. H.
Kim, W. S.
Choi, J. M.
Auh, Y. H.
author_sort Chung, K. I.
title Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
title_short Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
title_full Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
title_fullStr Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
title_full_unstemmed Nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
title_sort nosocomial pneumonia in medico-surgical intensive care unit.
description Cases of hospital acquired pneumonia occurring during the 1st 12 months of Medico-Surgical ICU (Intensive care unit, MSICU) in operation were evaluated retrospectively to determine its incidence, common causative pathogens, outcome and radiological patterns with the new hospital setting providing a unique relatively aseptic environment. Among the 920 admitted patients, 73 episodes of nosocomial pneumonia on 63 patients were identified and the incidence rate was 7%. The most common pathogens were Pseudomonas. Staphylococcus, Serratia, and Enterobacter in the order of frequency of occurrence, and the gram-negative pathogens comprised 70%. Nosocomial pneumonia was more common after use of antibiotics due to such pathogens as Enterobacter, Acinetobacter, and Candida which caused poor outcome. Enterobacter had the greatest tendency to be related with poor outcome and Serratia the least. Overall mortality was 25%. Bronchopneumonia was the most common type of pneumonia caused by any pathogen except Acinetobacter which caused a mixed type of nosocomial pneumonia.
publisher Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
publishDate 1992
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053779/
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