SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.40 número3El procedimiento de limpieza como garantía del proceso de esterilizaciónViolencia intrafamiliar mortal índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Articulo

Indicadores

  • No hay articulos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

  • No hay articulos similaresSimilares en SciELO

Compartir


Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología

versión On-line ISSN 1561-3003

Resumen

RODRIGUEZ ACOSTA, Carmen  y  MARTINEZ PEREZ, Jorge Luis. Vigilancia microbiológica en infecciones respiratorias bajas. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2002, vol.40, n.3, pp. 189-202. ISSN 1561-3003.

A bacteriological study of the sputum was conducted in patients with infection of the lower respiratory tract in order to identify the germs involved and to know the resistance of those antimicrobial drugs that are more frequently used in our environment. The samples were previously selected by Gram staining and a quantitative culture and a bacterial identification were performed. Bacterial growth was observed in 48 % of the studied patients. There was a predominance of Gram negative germs, mainly pseudomonas and enterobacteria. The resistance to antimicrobial drugs varied according to the isolated germ. It was concluded that this sputum validation method should be established as a quality control of the sample and that quantitative culture methods should be also used to know in a systematic way the identification of germs circulating in the hospital atmosphere and their susceptibility and resistance to antibiotics.

Palabras clave : GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; SPUTUM [microbiology]; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS [diagnosis]; LUNG DISEASES [diagnosis]; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License