Collection Details |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specimen source
Tracheostomy aspirate
Bronchoalveolar lavage
|
1,394
709
|
(66.3 %)
(33.7%)
|
246
36
|
(87.2%)
(12.8%)
|
1,148
673
|
(63.0%)
(37.0%)
|
<0.001
|
Child’s age at culture collection |
1.2 |
[0.7, 2.1] |
0.7 |
[0.5,
1.3] |
1.3 |
[0.7, 2.1] |
<0.001 |
Diagnosis of acute respiratory infectionc at culture
collectiond
|
630 |
(33.7%) |
129 |
(45.7%) |
501 |
(31.6%) |
<0.001 |
Encounter type at culture collection
Hospital admission
Office visit
Specimen collection only
|
1,864
145
94
|
(88.6%)
(6.9%)
(4.5%)
|
264
13
5
|
(93.6%)
(4.6%)
(1.8%)
|
1,600
132
89
|
(87.9%)
(7.2%)
(4.9%)
|
0.31
|
Department at culture collection
Acute care
Bronchoscopy Suite
Critical care
Emergency Department
Pulmonology, Otolaryngology Clinic
Other Clinice
|
1,171
364
196
128
113
131
|
(55.7%)
(17.3%)
(9.3%)
(6.1%)
(5.4%)
(6.3%)
|
191
8
58
6
13
6
|
(67.7%)
(2.8%)
(20.6%)
(2.1%)
(4.6%)
(2.1%)
|
980
356
138
122
100
125
|
(53.8%)
(19.5%)
(7.6%)
(6.7%)
(5.5%)
(6.9%)
|
<0.001
|
Culture Results |
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|
|
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|
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Pathogenic organisms identifieda
Overall
By species
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Serratia marscescens
Moraxella catarrhalis
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella oxytocya
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Enterobacter species
Group A Streptococcus
Haemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
|
282
107
98
39
30
20
13
11
9
9
8
6
2
|
(13.4%)
(5.1%)
(4.7%)
(1.9%)
(1.4%)
(1.0%)
(0.6%)
(0.5%)
(0.4%)
(0.4%)
(0.4%)
(0.3%)
(0.1%)
|
282
107
98
39
30
20
13
11
9
9
8
6
2
|
(100%)
(37.9%)
(34.8%)
(13.8%)
(10.6%)
(7.1%)
(4.6%)
(3.9%)
(3.2%)
(3.2%)
(2.8%)
(2.1%)
(0.7%)
|
–
–
|
–
–
|
–
–
|
Polymicrobial growth |
83 |
(3.9%) |
83 |
(29.4%) |
– |
– |
– |
WBCs quantified on gram stainf
Many
Moderate
Few
Very few
None
|
806
454
401
289
135
|
(38.3%)
(21.6%)
(19.1%)
(13.7%)
(6.4%)
|
144
62
44
20
10
|
(51.1%)
(22.0%)
(15.6%)
(7.1%)
(3.5%)
|
662
392
357
269
125
|
(36.4%)
(21.5%)
(19.6%)
(14.8%)
(6.9%)
|
<0.001
|