Etiological analysis of 61 286 hospitalized specimens from a tertiary hospital over 5 years

• Published in: Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue Vol. 31; no. 5; p. 629
• Main Authors: Lin, Lingzhi, Wang, Jinrong, Gao, Pan, Guo, Shufen, Shao, Liye, Guo, Wei, Ma, Zhen, Cui, Zhaobo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.05.2019
• ISSN: 2095-4352
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4352.2019.05.021

To investigate the detection and distribution of hospitalized specimens from a tertiary hospital over 5 years. Specimens of sputum, urine, blood, secretions and puncture fluid were collected from patients admitted to the Harrison International Peace Hospital from November 2013 to November 2018. The origin of specimens, the distribution of departments and the distribution of pathogenic bacteria isolated were analyzed retrospectively. A total of 61 286 specimens were sent for examination during the 5 years. The top 5 specimens were sputum culture (n = 18 302, 29.9%), sputum smear (n = 11 253, 18.4%), blood culture (n = 9 713, 15.8%), urine culture (n = 6 448, 10.5%) and secretion culture (n = 6 133, 10.0%), accounting for 84.6% (51 849/61 286). Sputum specimens accounted for 48.2% (29 555/61 286) with the largest proportion. The number of specimens from medical wards was much higher than that from surgical wards (specimens: 25 468 vs. 10 521), respiratory medicine, department of critical care medicine and emerg