Treatment of aspiration or tracheostomy-associated pneumonia in neurologically impaired children: Effect of antimicrobials effective against anaerobic bacteria

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-177

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antimicrobial therapy; Aspiration pneumonia; Ceftriaxone; Clindamycin; Neurologically impaired; Ticarcillin clavulanate; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0029987974     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5876(96)01332-8     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Brook, I. and Finegold, S.M. (1980) Bacteriology of aspiration pneumonia in children. Pediatr. 65, 1115-1120.
2. Brook, I. (1979) Bacterial colonization tracheobronchitis and pneumonia, following tracheostomy and long-term intubation in pediatric patients. Chest 74, 420-424.
3. Gudiol, F., Manresa, F., Pallares, R., Dorca, J., Rufi, G., Boada, J., Ariza, X., Casanova, A. and Viladrich, F. (1990) Clindamycin vs. penicillin for anaerobic lung infections, high rate of penicillin failures associated with penicillin-resistant Bacteroides melaninogenicus. Arch. Intern. Med. 150, 2525-2529.
4. Rosenblatt, J.J. and Brook, I. (1993) Clinical relevance of susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria. Clin. Infect. Dis. 16 (Suppl. 4), S446-S448.
5. Bartlett, J.G. and Finegold, S.L. (1972) Anaerobic pleuropulmonary infections. Medicine 51, 413-450.
6. Gibbons, R.J. (1974) Aspects of the pathogenicity and ecology of the indigenous oral flora of man. In: Ballows, A., Dehaan, R.M., Dowell, V.R. and Guze, L.B. (Eds.), Anaerobic Bacteria: Role in Disease.
7. Brook, I. (1981) Aspiration pneumonia in institutionalized children. Clin. Pediatr. 20, 117-122.
8. Brook, I., Calhoun, L. and Yocum, P. (1980) Beta-lactamase-producing isolates of Bacteroides species from children. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 18, 164-165.
9. Levison, M.E., Maguna, C.T., Lorber, B., Abrutyn, A., Pesanti, E.L., Levy, R.S., MacGregor, R.R. and Schwartz, A.R. (1983) Clindamycin compared with penicillin for the treatment of anaerobic lung abscess. Ann. Intern. Med. 98, 466-471.
10. Finegold, S.M. (1977) Anaerobic Bacteria in Human Disease. New York, Academic Press.
11. Brook, I. (1989) Pediatric anaerobic infections - diagnosis and management. CV Mosby Company, 2nd Edn. St. Louis, MO.
12. Berne, T.V., Yellin, A.W., Appleman, M.D. and Heseltine, P.N.R. (1982) Antibiotic management of surgically treated gangrenous or perforated appendicitis. Am. J. Surg. 144, 8-13.