title: Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory samples from patients with tracheostomy in a long-term-care facility.
abstract: We aimed to study the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory samples from institutionalized patients with chronic tracheostomy. A total of 264 pairs of nasopharyngeal and endotracheal cultures were collected. There was no difference in the proportion of positive cultures between children (21%) and adults (18%). However, the proportion of positive endotracheal cultures was higher than that of nasopharyngeal cultures in adults (18% versus 3%, respectively; P < 0.001) but not in children (17% in both sites).
authors: National Center for Infection Control, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel. amosa@tasmc.health.gov.il
authors: Amos
authors: A
authors: Adler
authors: Debby
authors: D
authors: Ben-David
authors: Mitchell J
authors: MJ
authors: Schwaber
authors: Samira
authors: S
authors: Masarwa
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Schwartz
authors: Nurith
authors: N
authors: Porat
authors: Tali
authors: T
authors: Kotlovsky
authors: Maya
authors: M
authors: Shklyar
authors: Nikolay
authors: N
authors: Polivkin
authors: Irina
authors: I
authors: Weinberg
authors: Avraham
authors: A
authors: Lazary
authors: Nissim
authors: N
authors: Ohana
authors: Ron
authors: R
authors: Dagan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult