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El valor de la tinción del gramo de esputo en la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad
JAMA
|February 5, 1982
Resumen
El esputo es Gram Gram.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- Enfermedades infecciosas Enfermedades infecciosas.
- Pulmonología Pulmonología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El diagnóstico de la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad (CAP) se basa en varios métodos.
- La orientación de la terapia con antibióticos para la CAP requiere herramientas de diagnóstico precisas y rápidas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la utilidad de la tinción de Gram del esputo expectorado en el diagnóstico y el tratamiento orientador de la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad.
- Para correlacionar los hallazgos de manchas de Gram en el esputo con los datos clínicos, los cultivos y los resultados de los pacientes.
Principales métodos:
- Resultados correlacionados de manchas de Gram en el esputo con presentación clínica, cultivos, serología y respuesta a antibióticos en 89 pacientes con CAP.
- Analizó hallazgos específicos como diplococos Gram-positivos y su asociación con patógenos y resultados del tratamiento.
Principales resultados:
- Diplococos Gram-positivos en la tinción de Gram indicaron Streptococcus pneumoniae, enfermedad más corta y respuesta rápida a los antibióticos.
- Los pacientes sin un patógeno predominante en la tinción de Gram tuvieron una enfermedad más larga y una recuperación más lenta.
- La citología del esputo y los cultivos transtraqueales ayudaron al diagnóstico cuando la tinción de Gram no fue concluyente.
Conclusiones:
- La mancha de Sputum Gram es una herramienta sensible y confiable para guiar la terapia CAP.
- Este método puede predecir eficazmente los resultados de los pacientes con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad.
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