Patterns and density of early tracheal colonization in intensive care unit patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to describe the patterns and density of early tracheal colonization among intubated patients and to correlate colonization status with levels of antimicrobial peptides and inflammatory cytokines.

Design

The was a prospective cohort study.

Setting

The study was conducted in medical and cardiovascular intensive care units of a tertiary referral hospital.

Patients

Seventy-four adult patients admitted between March 2003 and May 2006 were recruited for the study.

Interventions

Tracheal aspirates were collected daily for the first 4 days of intubation using standardized, sterile technique and sent for quantitative culture and cytokines, lactoferrin and lysozyme measurements.

Measurements and main results

The mean acute physiolo

SUBMITTER: Durairaj L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762407 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature