Enteral nutrition as source of nosocomial pneumonia
Folha méd
;
111(1): 53-5, jul.-set. 1995. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-166689
ABSTRACT
Ten out of thirteen patients with nosomial pneumonia were among those identified for nasogastric tube feedings with solutions contaminated with > 10(5) cfu/ml. Isolates from four of them had identical antimicrobial suscesptibilities patterns than those from the enteral nutrition solutions. Our investigation suggests that the nasogastric tube feeding is a potencial route of pneumonia
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Cross Infection
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Enteral Nutrition
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Folha méd
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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