ArticleWorld journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery2020
Tracheostomy colonisation and microbiological isolates of patients in intensive care units-a retrospective study.
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- Biofilm Formation on Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Culture Data and Sampling Method.MicrobiologyOpen · 2025Pooled it
- Active Screening forJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Factors associated withJournal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of patients receiving home care and the occurrence and management of healthcare-associated infections: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Observational
- [Factors related with microbiological contamination of surgical site in patients undergoing tracheotomy].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023Observational
- The Frequency of Occurrence of Resistance and Genes Involved in the Process of Adhesion and Accumulation of Biofilm inMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Biofilm Formation of ClinicalPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Microbiological profiles of tracheostomy patients: a single-center experience.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo find out the type of bacteria colonising the tracheostomy tube and to determine the antibiotic sensitivity pattern and resistance in patients who have had tracheostomy in intensive care unit (ICU) set up and to initiate proper empirical treatment in such patients.
methodsThe study was a retrospective review of patients who underwent tracheostomy at Ministry of Health, Sur Hospital, Oman January 2005 and December 2015. The Hospital has 4 bedded pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and 10 bedded adult ICU which is headed by consultant anaesthetists, consultant physicians, ICU trained nurses and respiratory therapists. All patients who required mechanical ventilation and were therefore subject to an orotracheal intubation and those who underwent a conventional tracheostomy were considered for inclusion. Patients who had been intubated in other hospitals or ICUs, other airways infection issues were excluded from this study. Data's were collected from computer based hospital management system, operation theatre and registers in Medical records department and entered in a preformed questionnaire before thorough analysis. The specimens for swab was obtained from the cut tracheostomy tube tips and the samples were sent to microbiology laboratory for isolation of the organism and obtain an antibiogram to know the susceptibility and resistance to antibiotics. Data were analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 16, Chicago, Inc) and the values are reported as number (%). The commonest isolated organism was
resultsDuring the ten year retrospective study, there were 108 patients included in our study with 56 males and 51 females. Fourteen different microorganisms were isolated during our study which included
conclusionsIn summary, this study presents the most common microorganisms colonized from tracheostomy of hospitalized patients and their pattern of antibiotic resistance. As our study showed,
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