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8207291

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Anaerobic cultures were performed on various kinds of specimens obtained from 67 patients with respiratory infections. The infections consisted of 33 cases of pneumonia, 14 cases of lung abscess, 6 cases of pyothorax, 9 cases of chronic lower respiratory tract infection, and 5 cases of infection of pulmonary cyst. Specimens included bronchoscopic specimens obtained using a single tube or protected catheter brush (PCB), transtracheal aspirate, percutaneous lung aspirate, aspirate using a suction tube through the tracheostomy or intubation tube, and pleural fluid. Anaerobes were isolated in 80% of pyothorax, 43% of lung abscess, and 15% of pneumonia (42% of aspiration pneumonia), respectively. Anaerobes isolated frequently in respiratory infections included Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium spp., and Peptostreptococcus spp. In regard to the type of specimen, bronchial aspirate obtained by bronchoscopy was useful in examination of pneumonia, and was useful as percutaneous lung aspirate in examination of lung abscess. But there was discrepancy of culture results between specimens obtained by different methods in the same patient. To confirm anaerobes as pathogens in respiratory infections, it is necessary to select an appropriate method to obtain specimens and to interpret the culture results comprehensively.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0387-5911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
631-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Anaerobic respiratory infection--evaluation of methods of obtaining specimens].
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract