Abstract
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
To determine routes of colonization and genotypic variation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, colonization of the rectum, stomach, oropharynx, and trachea was studied chronologically in 10 patients. Ninety-one isolates of P aeruginosa were genotyped; seven different genotypes were identified. Patients developing ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by P aeruginosa were colonized at multiple body sites and may be colonized with multiple genotypes. The upper respiratory tract is the predominant initial site of colonization with P aeruginosa.
To determine routes of colonization and genotypic variation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, colonization of the rectum, stomach, oropharynx, and trachea was studied chronologically in 10 patients. Ninety-one isolates of P aeruginosa were genotyped; seven different genotypes were identified. Patients developing ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by P aeruginosa were colonized at multiple body sites and may be colonized with multiple genotypes. The upper respiratory tract is the predominant initial site of colonization with P aeruginosa.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 853-855 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |