Hospital-acquired (HA) pleural infections, i.e. those with onset of over 48 h upon
hospitalization, are associated with high rates of mortality [
[1]
]. Health-care associated (HCA) pleural infections are defined as those manifested
at hospital admission or within 48 h of admission in patients complying with one of
the following criteria: residence in a long-term-care facility, hospitalization within
the last four weeks and receipt of intravenous medical therapy within the previous
30 days [
- Koma Y.
- Inoue S.
- Oda N.
- Yokota N.
- Tamai K.
- Matsumoto Y.
- et al.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with community-acquired, health
care-associated, and hospital-acquired empyema.
Clin Respir J. 2015; https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.12416
[2]
]. The microbiology of HA and HCA-pleural infections in Greece, has not been investigated
so far and currently, empirical antimicrobial therapy is based on microbiological
data available from other countries. We therefore aimed to identify and compare the
microbiological profile (causative pathogen and drug-sensitivity) responsible for
HA and HCA-pleural infections in Greece.Keywords
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to European Journal of Internal MedicineAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with community-acquired, health care-associated, and hospital-acquired empyema.Clin Respir J. 2015; https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.12416
- The etiology and bacteriology of healthcare-associated empyema are quite different from those of community-acquired empyema.J Infect Chemother. 2017; 23: 661-667https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2017.04.011
- Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance.Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012; 18: 268-281https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x
- The changing pathogens of complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas in a medical intensive care unit.Intensive Care Med. 2006; 32: 570-576https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-0064-7
- An overview of nosocomial infections, including the role of the microbiology laboratory.Clin Microbiol Rev. 1993; 6: 428-442
- Bacteriology and clinical outcomes of patients with culture-positive pleural infection in Western Australia: a 6-year analysis.Respirology. 2018; https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13395
- The changing spectrum of fungal infections in pulmonary and critical care practice: clinical approach to diagnosis.Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2010; 7: 163-168https://doi.org/10.1513/pats.200906-049AL
- Antibiotic resistance in cancer patients.Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014; 12: 1003-1016https://doi.org/10.1586/14787210.2014.920253
- Executive summary: Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society.Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 63: 575-582https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw504
Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 09, 2019
Accepted:
March 5,
2019
Received:
January 31,
2019
Identification
Copyright
© 2019 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
