Absence of clinical pneumonia following bronchoscopy with contaminated and clean bronchofiberscopes.
Two hundred forty-nine fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedures were surveyed for the presence of bronchoscopy-related pneumonia. The first 103 procedures were performed during a period when the fiberscope was presemably contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chart review of these 103 procedures and prospective epidemiologic surveillance of the remaining 146 procedures revealed no cases of bronchoscopy-related pneumonia.
D001980:Bronchi / Q000382:microbiology; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation