Microbiological analyses of nasally guided catheters after less invasive surfactant administration - a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a frequent complication of premature birth. Treating RDS by continuous positive airway pressure and less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) may reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Surfactant, however, can be inactivated by bacterial infection. Therefore, potential routes of microbe transmission into the airway are of interest. The aim of this study was to evaluate microbiological contamination of catheters used for LISA procedures and its association with postnatal age.

Methods

Catheter tips used for LISA procedures via the nasal route (LISA-n) in infants with RDS were placed into a sterile eSwab container directly after the procedure, cultured and examined for microbiological contamination.

Results

Interpretable

SUBMITTER: Maiwald CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7236511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature