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Long Term Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Airway Infection in Mice
Published on: March 18, 2014
まとめ
肺炎球菌感染症は,入院している成人のコミュニティで発症する肺炎の最も一般的な原因です. 肺炎の早期認識は,適切な抗生物質治療をガイドし,患者のアウトカムを改善します.
科学分野:
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 肺内科 肺内科 肺内科
- 内科内科は,内科の内科である.
背景:
- コミュニティで得られた肺炎 (CAP) は,成人における入院の重要な原因です.
- 病原体の正確な診断は,効果的な治療に不可欠です.
- 共通の病原体を特定することは,経験的な抗生物質の選択を導くのに役立ちます.
研究 の 目的:
- 入院成人患者における地域感染性肺炎の原因となる病因を特定する.
- バクテリア,ウイルス,非典型生物を含むさまざまな病原体の発生率を分析する.
- CAP患者における死亡率に関連する要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- コミュニティで得られた肺炎で入院した127人の連続した成人の患者の前向きな研究.
- 診断調査には,微生物学的培養物と血清学的検査が含まれていました.
- 患者の人口統計,併発症,アウトカムに関するデータを収集した.
主要な成果:
- 肺炎の原因は124人の患者 (97.6%) で特定されました.
- 肺炎球菌感染症は,96人 (76%) の患者で確認された最も頻繁な原因でした.
- レジオネール病 (15%) と非典型性肺炎 (プシタコシスなど) も確認された. 混合感染症とウイルス感染症が認められた.
- 死亡率は15% (19患者) であり,高齢化,併発症,肺炎の病因と関連していた.
結論:
- Streptococcus pneumoniaeは,大人のCAPにおける主要な病原体である.
- レジオネール病と非典型性肺炎は重要な考慮事項です.
- 早期のエチオロジック診断は,標的型抗生物質療法をサポートし,重度のCAPで死亡率を低下させます.
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