[PDF] Top 20 SPUTUM BACTERIOLOGY AND ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

... of Community acquired pneumonia” stated that community acquired pneumonia remains as an infectious cause of mortality and morbidity ...of community acquired ... See full document

... local pattern of bacterial profile and antibiotic sensitivity of pathogen should be reviewed to develop empirical ...both hospital and community based studies with large sample size to ... See full document

... the sensitivity study of 105 patients with pneumococcal pneumonia proven by blood ...However, sputum specimens were never submitted for examination in 31 cases; in 16 others, the specimen was ... See full document

... K. pneumonia have become important pathogens in nosocomial ...K. pneumonia species are leading causes of morbidity and mortality ...the community that multidrug resistant bacteria are emerging ... See full document

... and combination therapy in 80.3%. Empirical antibiotic therapy was in accordance with the 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines in 45.9% of patients [1]. Combination was prescribed with macrolides in 46 patients and with ... See full document

... pneumococcal pneumonia versus atypical ...spectrum antibiotic instead of amoxicillin was not affected by patient age, suggesting that providers were likely no longer considering atypical pneumonia, ... See full document

... by sputum Gram stain provided similar efficacy with less frequent adverse events than empirical treatment in this ...in hospital- acquired pneumonia (HAP) and HCAP ...be ... See full document

... According to study data, 60% of prescriptions were prescribed with penicillins, 39.1% of cases with 3 rd generation cephalosporins, quinolones, linezolid, aminoglycosides; clindamycin and 1 st generation cephalosporins ... See full document

... monitoring antibiotic prescriptions and defining corrective measures, and the availability of administrative consensuses with adequate financial ...of care for hospitalized patients and preventing the ... See full document

... resistant antibiotic followed by Ampicillin ...used antibiotic is Metronidazole ...used antibiotic is Ceftriaxone 50% followed by Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid ...of antibiotic was accepted by ... See full document

... intensive care unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, ...of pneumonia during their hospital stay were enrolled ...of pneumonia could not be established were ... See full document

... beta-lactams. Antibiotic resistance among hospital acquired urinary tract isolates is found to be much higher than community acquired isolates ...single antibiotic and ... See full document

... study by Orsini J et al., median age of patients was 64 years and culture positivity rate was 12.6% [7]. Studies done in India and other countries also had similar findings [15-17]. Angus DC et al., stated that incidence ... See full document

... The data presented here, based in part on our own research experience, suggest that a care bundle for severe CAP patients - incorporating the key elements shown in Figure 5 - would be a valuable tool. Risk ... See full document

... Current data on the antimicrobial susceptibilities and resistances is insufficient and calls for more elaborate studies to be conducted including testing for atypical organisms. PCS guidelines are not purely based on ... See full document

... Streptococcus pneumonia (DRSP) include age greater than 65 years, beta-lactam therapy within the past 3 months, immunosuppression (either as the result of an illness or induced by treatment with corticosteroids), ... See full document

... In our study the overall prevalence of CoNS was found to be 16.7%, this prevalence rate is similar to those from previous studies [15,16], which reported prevalences of 16.5% and 16.1% respectively. Coagulase negative ... See full document

... Chinese tertiary care hospitals, routine assessment for the causative HAP pathogens is not commonly ...intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia ... See full document

... We thank the laboratory staff (Mariko Mochizuki, Yoshiko Sugaki, Yusuke Nishida, Sachie Asai, and Nobuya Saka- gami), and all health care professionals who participated in the data collection. Funders of the ... See full document

... General Hospital at Jessore dis- trict of Khulna, ...For community isolates, we collected Hand swab sample (n = 12) from the students of different departments except Department of Microbiology of Jessore ... See full document