ssrpk
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 154
Posts: 2,819
|
hi,
i don't understand one thing......E.coli n te nosocomial setting can case pneumonia ..... maybe alonmg with P.aeruginosa and S.aureus!
exactly which route do these guyz(E.coli) take to reach the lung and under wht condition?
___________________
life is guud
|
| bactitech
Forum Elite
Topics: 25
Posts: 496
|
I'm sorry, but I haven't a clue. I do know that patients in ICU's become colonized with gram negatives in their respiratory tracts very quickly. Whether they actually cause pneumonia depends on history, xrays, and lots of input that I don't have access to as a MT.
Perhaps you will run into an infectious disease doc along the way - ask him/her this question.
Sorry I can't help. I read out cultures, but that's pretty much it.
___________________
Clinical Microbiology since 1974
|
| ssrpk
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 154
Posts: 2,819
|
oh! never mind 
___________________
life is guud
|
| whitmer
Forum Newbie
Topics: 1
Posts: 17
|
Easy answer - wiping the wrong way!! Stool-to-Vagina-to-Urinary Tract Infection-to-Kidneys-to-Septicemia-to-Lungs-to- Pneumonia.
|
|
| |
| | | | |
