Impact of Using Automated Blood Culture System on the Isolation Success of Causative Agents of Parapneumonic Effusions
Journal Title: Hamidiye Medical Journal - Year 2021, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion causes high morbidity and mortality. Identification of the etiological agent is the key element for appropriate treatment. The aim of this study is to investigate whether getting the higher isolation rate of causative bacterial agent is possible by additional bedside blood culture method for parapneumonic effusion samples. Materials and Methods: Parapneumonic effusion samples taken from patients with pneumonia between January 2015 and January 2018 were studied in the referral hospital for thoracic diseases in Turkey. Samples were processed by both standard and bedside BacT/Alert blood culture method. Isolation and identification of bacterial agents were done by standard microbiological methods. The descriptive statistics were applied. Results: Fifty one patients with pneumonia accompanied by parapneumonic effusion, who met the inclusion criteria, were included in the study. Bacterial agents were isolated by standard microbiological method in 3 (5.9%) patients and in 11 (21.5%) patients by blood culture bottle at the bedside method. Conclusion: The bedside blood culture bottle method has been found more sensitive than the standard culture method for the detection of bacterial pathogens in parapneumonic effusions.
Authors and Affiliations
Özgür Batum, Güneş Şenol, Funda Çoşkun, Ayriz Tuba Gündüz, Sinem Ermin, Ufuk Yılmaz
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP693715
- DOI 10.4274/hamidiyemedj.galenos.2021.00719
- Views 178
- Downloads 0
Analysis of Severe and Critical COVID-19 Patients Treated With Favipiravir: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Background: We aimed to analyze demographic characteristics, smoking status, comorbidities, laboratory parameters and other treatments before favipiravir use in severe to critically ill patients with coronavirus disease-...
A Study of HIV Knowledge and Stigma Among Health Care Workers from Istanbul-Turkey
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a global public health problem affecting over 38 million people. While the yearly number of new cases is reducing in the world, this number is increasing in our country....
Effects of Smoking on Acute Hypobaric Hypoxia Tolerance
Background: Smoking may impair oxygen transport ability of blood and airway destructions might be seen in long term smokers. After 1-3 cigarette smoking, it leads to a rise in carboxyhemoglobin level in blood, and it has...
Ocular Findings and Multimodal Imaging Characteristics of Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients
Background: To investigate the ocular findings and multimodal imaging characteristics of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients. Materials and Methods: Patients who were followed up in our clinic for RP were evaluated retro...
Deep Neck Space Infection: Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated in a Tertiary Care Center
Background: Deep neck space infection (DNSI) is a suppurative infection of the visceral cavities of the neck, which usually begins in the form of fasciitis and progresses to abscess formation. Immediate evaluation and ma...