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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	A cross-sectional study of isolates from sputum samples from bacterial pneumonia patients in Trinidad	
Autores: 	Nagalingam,Nabeetha A.; Adesiyun,Abiodun A.; Swanston,William H.; Bartholomew,Maria.	
Data: 	2005-06-01	
Ano: 	2005	
Palavras-chave: 	Bacterial pneumonia; Sputum; Antibiogram.	
Resumo: 	We determined the frequency of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Gram-negative enteric bacteria (GNEB) in pneumonia patients, determined the antibiograms of these pathogens, and investigated the relationship between pneumonia and selected risk factors. Sputum and demographic data were collected from 124 pneumonia patients. Sputum was cultured for S. aureus, GNEB, H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae. The disc diffusion method was used to determine resistance to eight antimicrobial agents. Among the 124 sputum samples, eight (6.5%) were positive for S. aureus, 15 (12.1%) for GNEB, two (1.6%) for S. pneumoniae and one (0.8%) for H. influenzae. Hospitals, gender, ethnicity, co-morbidities and symptoms did not significantly (p &gt; 0.05; chi2) affect the prevalence of these bacteria. GNEB infection was most prevalent (47%) in patients over 70 years old. Gentamicin and levofloxacin were the most effective against these bacteria.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000300006	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702005000300006	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.9 n.3 2005	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess