COLONIZATION WITH PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA IN PATIENTS DEVELOPING VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA

Authors
BERGMANS DCJJ BONTEN MJM STOBBERINGH EE VANTIEL FH VANDERGEEST S DELEEUW PW GAILLARD CA
Citation
Dcjj. Bergmans et al., COLONIZATION WITH PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA IN PATIENTS DEVELOPING VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(11), 1998, pp. 853-855
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
853 - 855
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:11<853:CWPIPD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
To determine routes of colonization and genotypic variation of Pseudom onas aeruginosa leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, colonizati on of the rectum, stomach, oropharynx, and trachea was studied chronol ogically in 10 patients. Ninety-one isolates of P aeruginosa were geno typed; seven different genotypes were identified. Patients developing ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by P aeruginosa were colonized at multiple body sites and may be colonized with multiple genotypes. T he upper respiratory tract is the predominant initial site of coloniza tion with P aeruginosa (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998:19:853-855) .