Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and the eventual clinical characteristics of nosocomial sinusitis with anaerobic bacteria isolation in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 12-bed medical ICU in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:30 adult patients with documented nosocomial maxillary sinusitis. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:Using appropriate microbiological techniques, 33 anaerobic bacterial strains were isolated in 18/30 patients (60 %) with nosocomial sinusitis. Anaerobic bacteria were associated with aerobic strains in 13 patients (72 %), whereas in 5 patients (28 %) only anaerobic strains were isolated in sinus puncture cultures. The most frequently isolated species were Prevotella sp. (n = 20, 60 %) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (n = 5, 15 %). The production of beta -lactamase was demonstrated in 13/27 gram-negative anaerobic bacteria. All patients in whom anaerobic bacteria were isolated from transnasal punctures had had a nasogastric tube. Patients in whom anaerobic bacteria were isolated more frequently had neurological disorders upon admission (p < 0.02). Ten patients (30 %) had nosocomial pneumonia, 8 of whom had at least one identical strain in both lung and sinus cultures, including 2 patients with anaerobic bacteria isolation. CONCLUSIONS:Using appropriate microbiological techniques, anaerobic bacteria were frequently isolated in nosocomial sinusitis. If necessary, the empirical choice of antimicrobial therapy in patients with nosocomial sinusitis should take into account these results.
journal_name
Intensive Care Medjournal_title
Intensive care medicineauthors
Le Moal G,Lemerre D,Grollier G,Desmont C,Klossek JM,Robert Rdoi
10.1007/s001340051013keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-01 00:00:00pages
1066-71issue
10eissn
0342-4642issn
1432-1238pii
90251066.134journal_volume
25pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-009-1532-2
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1664-8
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-006-0152-3
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Intensive care medicine
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00256767
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050493
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1007/s00134-015-4004-x
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-005-2686-1
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01691259
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-011-2211-7
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-009-1638-6
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-015-4064-y
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340000628
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-009-1554-9
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5126-8
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050675
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01706200
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF01752974
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1919-0
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00