Profile of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia cases admitted to Basra General Hospital, Iraq.
Over an 18-month period 485 throat swabs and sputum samples were taken from patients admitted to Basra General Hospital, Iraq, with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia. Most patients (94.0%) had community-acquired pneumonia; 29 (6.0%) had hospital-acquired pneumonia. Patients aged < or = 15 years and males had the highest incidence of pneumonia. Cases were analysed by type of pneumonia: bronchial (76.3%) versus lobar (23.7%), and primary (81.0%) versus secondary (19.0%). The most common pathogen was Streptococcus pneumoniae (43.9%) followed by Mycoplasma pneumoniae (19.4%); a low percentage were Proteus spp. (1.2%). Twenty patients were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Department of Biology, College of Education, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq. aminabdulah@yahoo.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011511:Proteus; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae