| [clinical features and etiology of community-acquired pneumonia at a general hospital between 1994 and 1997]. | to characterize the clinical features and etiology of recently encountered cases of community-acquired pneumonia (cap), we carried out a hospital-based retrospective study of 120 episodes of cap (115 patients) at tagami hospital, nagasaki city between 1994 and 1997. we identified the causative pathogens in 55 episodes (50 patients) by sputum gram stain and quantitative culture, for a determination rate of 45.8%. streptococcus pneumoniae (17 episodes) and haemophilus influenzae (15 episodes) were ... | 2000 | 10879028 |
| hospital-acquired pneumonia in general wards of a japanese tertiary hospital. | hospital-acquired pneumonia (hap) is an important nosocomial disorder because both its mortality and morbidity are high. the japanese respiratory society (jrs) has proposed a new guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hap. clinical investigations of hap were conducted to assess the current status of hap in accordance with this guideline. | 2004 | 14982613 |
| antimicrobial susceptibilities of potential bacterial pathogens in adults with acute respiratory tract infections prospective epidemiological network investigating community-acquired infection surveillance in nagasaki (penicillin) study. | the prevalence and the antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacterial pathogens in acute upper respiratory tract infections (aurtis) is not clear. we conducted a prospective community-based multicenter study in 45 centers across nagasaki, japan, between december 2001 and april 2002. we examined the nasopharyngeal or throat isolates in 930 adult outpatients with aurtis. potential bacterial pathogens, including streptococcus pyogenes (from 6.8% patients), s. pneumoniae (5.3%), s. milleri group (2.0%) ... | 2005 | 15808319 |