Open AccessExamination of Blood and Tracheal Aspirate Culture Results in Intensive Care Patients: 5-year analysis
Author(s) -
Hülya Çaşkurlu,
İsmail Davarcı,
Mücahide Esra Koçoğlu,
Yasemin Çağ
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medeniyet medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2149-2042
pISSN - 2149-4606
DOI - 10.5222/mmj.2020.89138
Subject(s) - meropenem , medicine , blood culture , intensive care , pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , acinetobacter baumannii , ventilator associated pneumonia , penicillin , streptococcus pneumoniae , antimicrobial , bacteria , intensive care medicine , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics
Majority of nosocomial infections are seen in intensive care units (ICUs) and they course with higher rates of mortality, and morbidity rates. In this study, we aimed to investigate the distribution of microorganisms isolated from the tracheal aspirate and blood cultures of ICU hospitalized patients, and their antibiotic resistance profiles.