Nosocomial Fungal Infections of Lower Respiratory Tract: Analysis of 87 Cases
- VernacularTitle:87例医院获得性下呼吸道真菌感染分析
- Author:
Xuefang WEI
;
Shuyu GUI
;
Jiabin LI
;
Yibo SHAO
;
Lei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nosocomial infections;
Lower respiratory tract;
Fungus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the precaution against nosocomial fungal infections of lower respiratory tract(NFILRT).METHODS A retrospective analysis on eighty-seven cases who catched NFILRT during the years 2002 to 2004 was done.RESULTS 80.46% Cases were over 60 and the average age was 67.95 and the average in-hospital days were 46.95;most of the NFILRT patients had serious underlying diseases.Before the NFILRT,immunosuppressive agents had been injected to 47.13% cases and 42.53% patients had taken anti-acid medicine;94.25% cases had received antimicrobial agents and the average days of using antimicrobial agents were 11.01 days,and among these patients 62.20% had received more than two kinds of antimicrobial agents.About 32.18% of the NFILRT cases were associated with tracheal intubation,incision of trachea and mechanical ventilation;some patients had no clinical symptoms referred to the respiratory tract;the mortality rate was 26.44% and it couldn′t be obviously cut down by using antifungal agents.CONCLUSIONS It is very important to prevent NFILRT by using antimicrobial agents reasonably and enhancing immunity in these patients.
