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ArticleMultidisciplinary respiratory medicine2021

Microbiological profiles of tracheostomy patients: a single-center experience.

Abdulaziz Alrabiah, Khaled Alhussinan, Mohammed Alyousef, Ahmed Alsayed, Abdullah Aljasser, Shatha Alduraywish, Ahmed Alammar

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Article in Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in ICU patients and hospital surfaces: β-lactamase burden, biofilm formation and clonal spread.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  2. Tracheostomy in Children: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in South India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025
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Abdulaziz AlrabiahDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh.
Khaled AlhussinanKing Saud University, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh.
Mohammed AlyousefKing Saud University, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh.
Ahmed AlsayedDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh.
Abdullah AljasserDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh.
Shatha AlduraywishDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Research Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AlammarDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study compared the prevalence of common microorganisms in obstructed and non-obstructed cases across the four quarters on the first post-tracheostomy year.

methodsA retrospective chart review of the microbiological profiles of all adult patients who underwent a tracheostomy was conducted between June 2015 and September 2019 at our hospital. Based on the tracheostomy indications, patients were allocated to obstructed or non-obstructed group. Any patient with at least one positive sample was followed up quarterly for a year. The first culture result obtained was recorded at least one month following the last antibiotic dose in each quarter.

resultsOut of the 65 tracheal aspirate results obtained from 58 patients (mean age, 57.5±16.48 years), the most common procedure and indications were surgical tracheostomy (72.4%) and non-obstructed causes (74.1%), respectively. Moreover, 47.7% of the culture results indicated

conclusionsThe most common post-tracheostomy microorganism was

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methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial colonizationtracheal culturetracheostomytracheotomy

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PMCPMC8743611

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