Staphylococcal pneumonia in ventilated patients: a twelve-month review of cases in an intensive care unit.
We reviewed staphylococcal lower respiratory tract infections in our intensive care unit over a 12-month period. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from tracheal aspirates more commonly in patients with intracranial trauma (P < 0.001), between one and six days (mean = 3) after admission to the intensive care unit. Bacteriophage typing of all S. aureus lower respiratory tract isolates from the 17 patients with head injury did not provide evidence for a common external source of infection or patient-to-patient transmission.
Inglis
T J
TJ
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, UK.
Sproat
L J
LJ
Hawkey
P M
PM
Gibson
J S
JS
D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification