RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN NATIONAL MINAMI-KYUSHU HOSPITAL

• Published in: Japanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 321 - 325
• Main Authors: IWAMI, Fumiyuki, WAKIMOTO, Joeji, KAWABATA, Masaharu, OSAME, Mitsuhiro, MATSUYAMA, Wataru, NAKASHIMA, Masanobu, MIZOGUCHI, Akira, HAMASAKI, Tetsurou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1998; 一般社団法人 国立医療学会
• Subjects: Ampicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Cost for therapy; Gram staining; Smoking; アンピシリン耐性肺炎球菌; グラム染色; 喫煙; 治療費
• ISSN: 0021-1699; 1884-8729
• DOI: 10.11261/iryo1946.52.321

We investigated 108 patients who admitted to National Minami-Kyushu Hospital for respiratory infection between August 1996 and July 1997. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the most frequent pathogen followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Moraxella catarrhalis. About 30% of Streptococcus pneumoniae showed the resistance to Ampicillin. We could detect the pathogen by gram staining in about 70% of the patients, and these patients improved in a shorter term and more economical than the other patients. Moraxella catarrhalis was the most frequent pathogen in patients with home oxygen therapy. Gram negative bacilli were the most frequent pathogen in patients without obvious pneumonia shadow.