UNLABELLED Despite development of combustiology, infections continue to be the most important cause of death among patients with burns. Sepsis is the most severe clinical presentation of infection in patients after thermal injuries who require immediate treatment. Early diagnosis and proper treatment of sepsis are important in the clinical management that is often hampered for multiple reasons,...

The effects of antibiotic treatment on the results of protected specimen brushing (PSB) in ventilator-associated pneumonia were prospectively assessed by performing this procedure before antibiotic treatment, and 12, 24, 48 and 72 h after initiation of antibiotic treatment, in 35 ventilated patients who developed pneumonia during mechanical ventilation. The number of micro-organisms isolated, t...

To investigate the spread of multiple-resistant strain in a burn ward to inform clinical administration of antibiotic drugs, burn wound treatment and decision-making for infection control. A 3-year retrospective analysis was conducted. Specimens from wounds, blood, catheter, sputum, urine and stool collected from inpatients of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Medicine be...

UNLABELLED Nosocomial sinusitis is a common complication of patients in ICUs. Its diagnosis is important, and early treatment is required to avoid serious complications such as pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, and intracranial abscesses. AIM To identify the germs causing sinusitis in ICUs by nasal swabs and maxillary sinus puncture, and to correlate these results. METHODS ICU patients with a ...

BACKGROUND The emergence of infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) has led to the resurrection of colistin use. The data on colistin use and drug-related adverse effects in children are scarce. AIMS In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of colistin use in critically ill pediatric patients. STUDY DESIGN This study has a retrospect...

Amaç: Pnömoni, KOAH, Bronşektazi, Hışıltı (Wheezing), Astım ve Bronşit tanıları ile göğüs hastalıkları servisine başvuruda bulunan hastaların balgam kültür sonuçlarında üreyen bakteri/bakterilerin antibiyotik direnç profillerinin belirlenmesidir. Materyal Metot: Ocak 2021- Şubat 2022 tarihleri arasında Göğüs Hastalıkları Servisinde yatarak tedavi gören tanılı olgularda çalışılan kültürleri, mik...

Introduction: VAP increases the patient stay in ICU and indirectly cost of management. Based on time onset VAP, it can be divided into two types. Early-onset occurs during first four days mechanical ventilation is usually caused by antibiotic sensitive bacteria. Late-onset develops five or more after initiation MV multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens.5 Early diagnosis with appropriate therapy re...

In a 1969 address to the US Congress, the Surgeon General suggested that it was time to close the book on infectious diseases [1]. Twenty years of successes associated with clinical use of penicillin and other antimicrobial agents had buoyed the hopes of clinicians and the public alike. Moreover, the pharmaceutical industry was on the verge of a dramatic expansion in developing new antimicrobia...