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696671

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
Little is know about the clinical significance of isolating Citrobacter in the clinical laboratory. During a one-year period, 116 Citrobacter isolates were obtained from 77 patients with 83 suspected infectious episodes. The majority of the suspected infectious episodes involved the urinary tract (45%) or respiratory tract (41%). Citrobacter diversus was associated with 42% of the episodes, Citrobacter freundii with 29%, and Citrobacter species with 29%. In 42% of the suspected infectious episodes, the presence of Citrobacter was considered clinically significant; in the others, the significance of the Citrobacter isolates was indeterminate or considered to be commensal. Two thirds of the significant infections were hospital-acquired. Most patients (73%) from whom Citrobacter was cultured had underlying diseases or factors predisposing to infection. These data suggest that Citrobacter is a cause of significant opportunistic nosocomial infection in the hospital.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical significance of citrobacter isolates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article