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7053939

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the duration and persistence of gram-negative bacillary (GNB) oropharyngeal colonization over a specified period and the risk of subsequent GNB pneumonia developing in nursing home patients, we prospectively cultured for 31 weeks the oropharynges of patients in a skilled nursing facility. Over a 31-week period, an average of 13.8 percent of the patients showed colonization (weekly prevalence rates ranged from 0 to 29 percent). No patient had pneumonia during the study period. We concluded that the presence of GNB in the oropharynx of our patients is transient, continually changing over an extended period, and that GNB colonization as a transient occurrence is not directly associated with an increased risk of GNB pneumonia. Our data also emphasize the limitations of previously described single-culture survey studies in predicting the importance of GNB oropharyngeal colonization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
The transiency of oropharyngeal colonization with gram-negative bacilli in residents of a skilled nursing facility.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't