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Medisur 2014; 12 (1)

Results of Performing Blood Cultures at Hospital Admission in Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia

González MI, Fragoso MMC, Corona MLA

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 135-139
PDF size: 157.28 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: community-acquired pneumonia is a major health problem worldwide, in Cuba and in the province of Cienfuegos.
Objective: to report the results of blood cultures performed at hospital admission in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Methods: a prospective descriptive study was conducted in the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos, during the second half of 2012. It included 52 patients with community-acquired pneumonia who underwent blood culture at their admission to the hospital.
Results: only five patients (9.6% of the cases) had a positive test result; Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from only one positive culture; Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated from the rest.
Conclusions: the percentage obtained in this study confirms the low diagnostic yield of blood cultures performed at admission in patients with community-acquired pneumonia; the low isolation rate of S. pneumoniae in our study was also significant.


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