Respiratory infection in an intensive care unit.
A postmortem bacteriological study of Black children in a respiratory intensive care unit showed that Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common opportunistic pathogen and that it usually complicated a viral infection. In a parallel study of non-debilitated patients in general hospital wards Klebsiella aerogenes and Escherichia coli were the most frequently isolated organisms. Counter-immuno-electrophoresis was used for the identification of Pseudomonas-precipitating antibody in serum and tracheal secretions, and also of Pseudomonas antigen in the latter.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011234:Precipitins; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D011234:Precipitins