Determination of oropharyngeal pathogenic colonization in the elderly community

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-318

  Wang, Shuang ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Chu, Yun Zhuo ^a   Zhu, Li Ying ^a   Liu, Feng Zhi ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Elderly community; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; THROAT CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OROPHARYNX;

EID: 62749174329     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ye Y, Wang Y, Shen Z. National operating instructions clinical testing procedures. 3rd ed. Nanjing: Southeast University Press; 2006: 715-926.
2. Clinical and laboratory standards institute. Performance standards for susceptibility testing. Sixteenth informational supplement. Clinical and laboratory standards institute 2006: 112-116.
3. Mackowiak PA. The normal microbial flora. N Engl J Med 1982; 307: 83-93.
4. Aniansson G, Alm B, Andersson B, Larsson P, Nylen O, Peterson H, et al. Nasopharyngeal colonization during the first year of life. J Infect Dis (Suppl 1) 1992; 165: s38-s42.
5. Bernstein JM. Waldeyer's ring and otitis media: the nasopharyngeal tonsil and otitis media. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol (Suppl 1) 1999; 49: s127-s132.
6. Shu A, Kazuyuki I, Katsuji O. Prevalence of potential respiratory pathogens in the mouths of elderly patients and effects of professional oral care. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2001; 32: 45-55.
7. Hidenobu S, Kamyar A. Aspiration pneumonias: underdiagnosed and under-treated. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2007; 13: 192-198.
8. Chen DK, Zhao L, Tao FR, Xu HT, Zhang XZ. Investigation of bacterial parasites in oropharynx of the healthy elderly. Chin J Geriatric (Chin) 2001; 20: 56-57.
9. Janssens JP, Krause KH. Pneumonia in the very old. Lancet Infect Dis 2004; 4: 112-124.
10. Gutie?rrez F, Masia? M, Mirete C, Soldán B, Rodríguez JC, Padilla S, et al. The influence of age and gender on the population-based incidence of community-acquired pneumonia caused by different microbial pathogens. J Infection 2006; 53: 166-174.
11. Gosney M, Punekar S, Playfer JR, Bilsborrow PK, Martin MV. The incidence of oral Gram-negative bacteria in patients with Parkinson's disease. Euro J Intern Med 2003; 14: 484-487.
12. Valenti WM, Trudell RG, Bentley DW. Factors predisposing to oropharyngeal colonization with gram-negative bacilli in the aged. N Engl J Med 1978; 298: 1108-1111.
13. Mackowiak PA, Martin RM, Jones SR, Smith JW. Pharyngeal colonization by gram-negative in aspiration-prone persons. Arch Intern Med 1978; 138: 1224-1227.
14. Palmer LB, Albulak K, Fields S, Filkin AM, Simon S, Smaldone GC. Oral clearance and pathogenic oropharyngeal colonization in the elderly. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164: 646-648.
15. Koulenti D, Rello J. Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia: aetiology and management. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2006; 12: 198-204.
16. Yoshimoto A, Nakamura H, Fujimura M, Nakao S. Severe community-acquired pneumonia in an intensive care unit: risk factors for mortality. Intern Med 2005; 44: 710-716.
17. Arancibia F, Bauer TT, Ewig S, Mensa J, Gonzalez J, Niederman MS, et al. Community-acquired pneumonia due to Gram-negative bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: incidence, risk, and prognosis. Arch Intern Med 2002; 162: 1849-1858.
18. Liu YN, Chen MJ, Zhao TM, Wang H, Wang R, Liu QF, et al. A multicentre study on the pathogenic agents in 665 adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia in cities of China. Chin J Tuberc Respir Dis (Chin) 2006; 29: 3-8.
19. Respirology Medical Science of Chinese Medical Association. Guidelines for the management of adults with community-acquired pneumonia: diagnosis and treatment. Chin J Tuberc Respir Dis (Chin) 2006; 29: 651-655.
20. File TM. Community-acquired pneumonia. Lancet 2003; 362: 1991-2001.
21. Song J, Oh W, Kang C, Chung D, Peck K, Ko K, et al. Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients in Asian countries: a prospective study by the Asian network for surveillance of resistant pathogens. Int J Antimicrob Agent 2008; 31: 107-114.