Qadri S M, Lee G C, Ueno Y, Burdette J M
Department of Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1993 May;85(5):388-90.
Although most respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses, bacterial pathogens are responsible for higher morbidity and mortality. Because virtually nothing is known about the etiology of bacterial respiratory pathogens in Saudi Arabia, this study examined the incidence of these organisms in 5426 patients over a 1-year period. Of the bacterial pathogens isolated from 904 patients, the most common organism was Hemophilus influenzae (31%), followed by pneumococci (22%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16%), and others (31%). Because the first two organisms accounted for more than 50% of isolates, their susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics was also reviewed. The results are presented here.
尽管大多数呼吸道感染是由病毒引起的,但细菌病原体却导致了更高的发病率和死亡率。由于对沙特阿拉伯细菌呼吸道病原体的病因几乎一无所知,本研究在一年时间内对5426名患者中这些病原体的发生率进行了检查。在从904名患者中分离出的细菌病原体中,最常见的是流感嗜血杆菌(31%),其次是肺炎球菌(22%)、铜绿假单胞菌(16%)和其他细菌(31%)。由于前两种病原体占分离株的50%以上,因此还对它们对常用抗生素的敏感性进行了评估。结果如下。