- Bacteriology of middle meatal aspirate of adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Lagos. University Teaching Hospital, Lagos. [Journal Article]
- Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) significantly lowers the quality of life of patients. The common use of broad spectrum antibiotics for its treatment may alter the pathogens that promote the persistence of this condition. However, the data concerning the distribution of bacteria species. in patients with CRS are not consistent.
- The bacterial flora of acute appendicitis at the Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea. [Journal Article]P N G Med J. 2012 Mar-Dec; 55(1-4):12-5.PN
- Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen requiring an emergency appendicectomy. Complications such as perforation and peritoneal contamination leading to peritonitis can result from delay in presentation and an emergency operation. This study prospectively recruited 101 patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis to correlate the bacterial flora with the severity of appendicitis. The …
- Anaerobic infections in children. [Review]
- Anaerobic bacteria commonly cause infection in children. Anaerobes are the most predominant components of the normal human skin and mucous membranes bacterial flora and are therefore a common cause of bacterial infections of endogenous origin. Because of their fastidious nature, they are difficult to isolate from infectious sites and are often overlooked. Anaerobic infections can occur in all bod…
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- [Bacterial flora in paranasal sinuses of the chronic inflammation]. [Journal Article]Otolaryngol Pol. 2007; 61(4):595-7.OP
- CONCLUSIONS: In our trial 15 different bacterial types were identified. In 72% cases aerobic bacteria were cultured. The most commonest pathogens were: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus coagulase negative.
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- [Diagnosis and therapy of aspiration pneumonia]. [Review]
- Aspiration pneumonia is an important and frequent complication following aspiration of infectious material from the oropharynx or stomach. Therefore the microbiological flora generally comprises a mixed spectrum of microbes including aerobic, microaerobic and anaerobic mircoorganisms. There are a number of risk factors for aspiration such as compromised consciousness or esophageal diseases. Aspir…
- Endoscopically guided aerobic cultures in postsurgical patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopically guided aerobic cultures in postsurgical patients with acute exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis most commonly grew S. aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, and pseudomonal species. These cultures altered antibiotic treatment management decisions in a significant number of cases regardless of patients' clinical characteristics or history of previous culture.
- Control of bacterial pneumonia during mechanical ventilation. [Review]
- Pneumonia complicates the course of 50% of patients on mechanical ventilation, requiring three or more days of mechanical ventilation and potentially increasing the relative risk of mortality by 20-40%. The predominant potentially pathogenic micro-organisms are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus (sensitive to methicillin in the previously healthy host), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (aerobi…
- Anaerobic pulmonary infections in children. [Review]
- Pulmonary infections due to anaerobic bacteria usually occur in children prone to aspiration. The source of the anaerobic bacteria is the oropharyngeal bacterial flora, where these organisms outnumber aerobic and facultative organisms in a 10:1 ratio. The most common lower respiratory tract infections where anaerobic bacteria are recovered mixed with aerobic organisms are aspiration pneumonia, lu…
- Role of anaerobic bacteria in infections following tracheostomy, intubation, or the use of ventilatory tubes in children. [Journal Article]
- Colonization of the tracheobronchial tree with microorganisms almost always follows tracheal intubation, tracheostomy, or the use of ventilatory tubes. Infection of the tracheostomy wound site frequently occurs after prolonged use of the tracheostomy. The long-term-ventilated child is at high risk for developing tracheobronchitis or nosocomial pneumonia, generally involving aerobic gram-negative …
- Oral bacterial flora of dogs with and without rabies: a preliminary study in Thailand. [Journal Article]
- The authors studied the bacterial flora of the dog oral cavity and of bite wounds, Aerobic bacteria were isolated from mouth swabs of 16 normal and 5 rabid dogs as well as from infected dog-bite wounds from 18 patients. A total of 20 different microbial species were recovered from mouth swab cultures. The most frequently isolated organisms were Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp pneumoniae, Escherichia co…
- [Incidence of anaerobic bacteria in respiratory tract infections]. [Journal Article]
- Anaerobic bacteria are predominant components of normal oral cavity, upper respiratory tract, gastrointestinal, genital and skin flora. They are involved in infections such as pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, lung abscess and empyema. Laboratory diagnosis of anaerobic infections is based on recovering the etiological agents from clinical materials. Appropriatte specimens include: pus, purulent fl…
- Bacteriology and beta-lactamase activity in acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. [Journal Article]Int J Infect Dis. 2001; 5(2):74-7.IJ
- CONCLUSIONS: The rapid detection of BL activity in sputum specimens may have implications for the antimicrobial management with AECB.
- Anaerobic infections in children. [Review]Adv Pediatr. 2000; 47:395-437.AP
- Anaerobic bacteria commonly cause infection in children. Anaerobes are the most predominant components of the normal human skin and mucous membrane bacterial flora, and are therefore a common cause of bacterial infections of endogenous origin. Because of their fastidious nature, they are difficult to isolate from infectious sites and are often overlooked. Anaerobic infections can occur in all bod…
- Severe pneumonia. When and why to hospitalize. [Review]Postgrad Med. 1999 Apr; 105(4):117-24.PM
- Relatively simple objective criteria are now available to predict which patients are at risk for bad outcomes from community-acquired pneumonia. In general, these include older patients and those with certain coexisting illnesses (especially neoplastic disease) or findings of altered mental status, hypotension, severe tachycardia, tachypnea, fever, acidemia, azotemia, hypoxemia, hyperglycemia, an…
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- Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infection after trauma. [Journal Article]
- Clinical and laboratory data from 1973 to 1988 were retrospectively reviewed to study the microbiology of infection following trauma. A total of 368 specimens obtained from 340 trauma patients showed bacterial growth. The traumas included lacerations (163), blunt trauma (76), penetrating trauma (65), bites (20), and open fractures (10). Anaerobic bacteria only were isolated in 119 (32%) specimens…
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- Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infections after trauma in children. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Many infections that follow trauma in children involve multiple organisms.
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- Aerobic and anaerobic infection associated with malignancy. [Journal Article]
- The goal of this work was to study the microbiology and clinical characteristics of patients with infections associated with malignancy treated over a period of 17 years. A total of 668 specimens were obtained from 605 patients. The malignancies include 224 hematological malignancies and 381 nonhematogenic malignancies. Anaerobic bacteria only were isolated in 201 (30%) specimens, aerobic bacteri…
- Microbiology of nosocomial sinusitis in mechanically ventilated children. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the polymicrobial aerobic-anaerobic flora of nosocomial sinusitis in mechanically ventilated children.
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- Anaerobic flora in endodontic infections. [Clinical Trial]
- Microbiological and clinical data from 56 patients with endodontic infections were evaluated. Samples were collected using autoclaved paper points. Specimens were processed for isolation of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial sensitivity and resistance profiles of the recovered isolates was also performed. Forty nine positive cultures (87.5%) were obtained from the 56 consecutive necrot…
- [Theoretical basis for the antibiotic therapy of the upper part of the respiratory system]. [Review]Otolaryngol Pol. 1997; 51 Suppl 25:155-60.OP
- The paper presents the views on the etiology of infections in the respiratory system. Beside the so called "old pathogens" such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haenophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, "atypic" microorganisms are becoming more and more important, i.e. Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Chlamydia pneumoniae. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is observed…
- Microbiology of acute purulent pericarditis. A 12-year experience in a military hospital. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The findings in our study highlight the potential importance of anaerobic bacteria in acute pericarditis.
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- Bacteremia shortly after placental separation during cesarean delivery. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Bacteremia was common after labor in this population, especially in preterm deliveries and those with positive chorioamnionic-placental culture. Many of the isolates are capable of causing endocarditis. Appraisal of the risk of bacteremia and the risk of bacterial endocarditis should be made in individual patients to assess the need for antibiotic prophylaxis.
- Microbiology of mediastinitis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: These data highlight the polymicrobial aerobic-anaerobic nature of mediastinitis.
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- Pneumonia in mechanically ventilated children. [Journal Article]
- The quantitative aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of bronchial aspirates, obtained using protective brush catheters, from 10 children with ventilator-associated pneumonia, is presented. Aerobic or faculative organisms only were isolated in 1 child, anaerobic bacteria only in 3, and aerobic mixed with anaerobic bacteria in 6. There were 10 aerobic or faculative and 17 anaerobic isolates. The pre…
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- Microbiology of chronic suppurative otitis media in children in Surabaya, Indonesia. [Journal Article]
- The aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of 38 children from Surabaya, Indonesia, who suffered from chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was studied using strict microbiological methodology. A total of 106 isolates (49 anaerobic and 57 aerobic) were recovered. Aerobic organisms alone were isolated from 11 (29%), anaerobic bacteria only in 4 (11%) and mixed aerobic and anaerobic flora were presen…
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- Anaerobic lung infections. [Review]
- Aspiration is the leading cause of anaerobic lung infections. Risk factors for these infections include a depressed level of consciousness, a history of seizure, general anesthesia, central nervous system or neuromuscular disease, cerebrovascular accident, impaired swallowing and use of a tracheal or nasogastric tube. Clinical presentation includes fever, weight loss, malaise and cough productive…
- Paronychia: a mixed infection. Microbiology and management. [Journal Article]
- Cultures of paronychia of the fingers have grown aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Each was recovered individually in only about a quarter of the patients and a mixed aerobic/anaerobic flora was isolated in half of the patients. The predominant anaerobic organisms were Gram-positive anaerobic cocci, Bacteroides species and Fusobacterium species. The predominant aerobic organisms were Staphylococcus…
- [Aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection]. [Journal Article]Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 1993; 61(3-4):144-7.PA
- Bronchial aspirates collected from a group of 100 patients with respiratory infections undergoing broncho-fiberscopic examination have been tested bacteriologically. Twenty five patients was suffered from bronchopneumonia, 35 patients have had acute bronchitis, and 40 patients chronic bronchitis. Aerobic bacterial flora has been detected in 15% of patients, anaerobic flora in 13%, an mixed bacter…
- Which prophylactic regimen for which surgical procedure? [Journal Article]
- For optimal prevention of infection subsequent to a surgical intervention, it is necessary to follow a series of general principles, including the classification of the type of surgical intervention, the characteristics of the antibiotic used, and the route and the time of its administration. Moreover, with reference to the different types of surgery, other factors assume importance: the etiology…
- Treatment of infections caused by anaerobes. [Review]J Chemother. 1991 Feb; 3 Suppl 2:7-11.JC
- In summary, the selection of a specific antimicrobial agent for the treatment of infections caused by anaerobic microorganisms depends upon the site of infection, the suspected anaerobic and aerobic microorganisms causing the infection, and the pharmacokinetics and drug distribution of the antimicrobial agent. Appropriate surgical debridement or drainage of abscess material is as important, if no…