%0 Journal Article
%T Bacteriological Profile of Infections Encountered in a Pneumology Service in a Moderate-Income Country [Pneumology Department of CHU Cocody (Côte d¡¯Ivoire)]
%A Brou Jean Marcel Ahui
%A Alitonde Eudoxie Djegbeton
%A Alima Kone
%A Marc-Olivier Koffi
%A Kouame Clarisse Elogne
%A Mobio Nancy Hermine
%A Benjamin Kouraogo
%A Erick Akouatia
%A Constante Virginie Brou-Gode
%A Kigninlman Horo
%A Boko Alexandre Kouassi
%A Ngoran Koffi
%J Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases
%P 1-11
%@ 2163-9418
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrd.2024.141001
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Introduction:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Infections represent a real public health problem aggravating the mor</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">bidity and mortality of hospitalized patients.</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This was a r</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">etrospecti</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ve study with descriptive purposes over a period of
05 years, in th</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">e Pneum</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ology
Department of the University Hospital of Cocody.</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The average age in our population was 42 years. We
observed a male predo</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">- </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">minance of 64.5%, with a sex ratio of 1.8. Medical
history was dominated by HIV i</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">nfection (23.5%), followed by
tuberculosis (15.6%). Concerning lifestyle, smoking was found in 38% of cases.
Symptoms progressed chronically in 80% of cases. An infectious syndrome was
found in 75% of cases. Microbial culture was positi</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ve in 42%
of cases. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Klebsiella pneumoniae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> were
encountered in 26.4% of cases each, followed by </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Echerichia coli</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> in 10.4%
of cases. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Klebsiella pneumoniae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> in
the first three years topped the list, but gradually. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> maintained its leadership over the last </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">three years. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> isolates expressed a resistance rate of 9.8% to ceftazidime
%K Bacterial Pleural
%K Pneumonia
%K Nosocomial Infection Sub-Saharan Africa
%K Antibiotic Therapy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131238