Publication: Nosocomial pneumonias-a comparison among normal and compromised hosts in Thailand.
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1992-01-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.75, No.1 (1992), 26-29
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S. Saenghirunvattana, P. Charoenpan, S. Kiatboonsri, B. Aeursudkij Nosocomial pneumonias-a comparison among normal and compromised hosts in Thailand.. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.75, No.1 (1992), 26-29. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/22479
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Nosocomial pneumonias-a comparison among normal and compromised hosts in Thailand.
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In order to compare the etiology, clinical manifestation, and prognosis of patients acquiring nosocomial pneumonia, we studied and compared twenty normal hosts who acquired nosocomial pneumonia from Jan 1, 1989 to Dec 31, 1989 (group 1) with fifty-four immunocompromised patients with nosocomial pneumonia who were admitted between 1984 and 1990 (group 2). Both groups were similar in some patterns such as: gram-negative bacilli were common (75%, 60%), the chest roentgenogram showed initial localized lesions (75%, 73%), there was a history of prolonged hospitalization (27, 33 days) and a high mortality rate (60%, 50%). The differing findings were that the first group acquired pneumonia more often during the first 7 days after admission; transbronchial aspiration was believed to be the route of entry and most of the patients had productive cough. Blood cultures rarely yielded the organisms (5%). The second group had pneumonia at a mean of 33 days after admission, hematogenous spread to the lungs was common and blood cultures yielded the etiologic organisms more often (40.7%).