Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Background: The aim of the present study was to gain national data on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired infections in the Faroe Islands and to compare these data with data from other geographical areas. Methods: A prospect...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1862 2023-05-15T16:10:24+02:00 Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands Todorovic Markovic, Marija Pedersen, Court Gottfredsson, Magnus Todorović, Mirjana Gaini, Shahin Læknadeild (HÍ) Faculty of Medicine (UI) Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Health Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2019-01-07 16 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1862 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC BMC Infectious Diseases;19(1) https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 Todorovic Markovic, M., Pedersen, C., Gottfredsson, M. et al. Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands. BMC Infectious Diseases 19, 16 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 1471-2334 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1862 BMC Infectious Diseases doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Infectious Diseases Community-acquired infection Etiology Focus of infection Sepsis Smitsjúkdómar Smitleiðir info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1862 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 2022-11-18T06:51:57Z Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Background: The aim of the present study was to gain national data on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired infections in the Faroe Islands and to compare these data with data from other geographical areas. Methods: A prospective, observational study involving all patients > = 16 years admitted at the Department of Medicine at the National Hospital, Torshavn, Faroe Islands from October 2013 until April 2015. Results: Of 5279 admissions, 1054 cases were with community-acquired infection and were included in the study. Out of these 1054 cases, 471 did not meet the criteria for SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), while the remaining 583 cases had sepsis. Mean age was 68 years. At least one comorbidity was found in 80% of all cases. Documented infections were present in 75%, and a plausible pathogen was identified in 29% of all cases. The most common gram-positive pathogen was Staphylococcus aureus, and the most frequent gram-negative pathogen was Escherichia coli. The most common focus of infection was lower respiratory tract, followed by urinary tract, and skin-soft tissue/bone-joint. Bacteremia was found in 10% of the cases. Conclusion: In community-acquired infections in hospitalized patients in the Faroe Islands the lower respiratory tract and the urinary tract were the most frequent foci of infection. Gram-negative pathogens and Escherichia coli were the most frequent pathogens in infection without Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, in sepsis and in bacteremia. Our data on clinical characteristics and microbiological etiology provide new information which may be used to develop local guidelines for the managing of patients admitted with community-acquired infections. This work was made possible by funding from the Research Council Faroe Islands (Grant number 0330) and the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. The funders of this research had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Torshavn Opin vísindi (Iceland) Faroe Islands National hospital of the Faroe Islands ENVELOPE(-6.776,-6.776,62.003,62.003) BMC Infectious Diseases 19 1 |
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Infectious Diseases Community-acquired infection Etiology Focus of infection Sepsis Smitsjúkdómar Smitleiðir Todorovic Markovic, Marija Pedersen, Court Gottfredsson, Magnus Todorović, Mirjana Gaini, Shahin Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands |
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Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Background: The aim of the present study was to gain national data on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired infections in the Faroe Islands and to compare these data with data from other geographical areas. Methods: A prospective, observational study involving all patients > = 16 years admitted at the Department of Medicine at the National Hospital, Torshavn, Faroe Islands from October 2013 until April 2015. Results: Of 5279 admissions, 1054 cases were with community-acquired infection and were included in the study. Out of these 1054 cases, 471 did not meet the criteria for SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), while the remaining 583 cases had sepsis. Mean age was 68 years. At least one comorbidity was found in 80% of all cases. Documented infections were present in 75%, and a plausible pathogen was identified in 29% of all cases. The most common gram-positive pathogen was Staphylococcus aureus, and the most frequent gram-negative pathogen was Escherichia coli. The most common focus of infection was lower respiratory tract, followed by urinary tract, and skin-soft tissue/bone-joint. Bacteremia was found in 10% of the cases. Conclusion: In community-acquired infections in hospitalized patients in the Faroe Islands the lower respiratory tract and the urinary tract were the most frequent foci of infection. Gram-negative pathogens and Escherichia coli were the most frequent pathogens in infection without Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, in sepsis and in bacteremia. Our data on clinical characteristics and microbiological etiology provide new information which may be used to develop local guidelines for the managing of patients admitted with community-acquired infections. This work was made possible by funding from the Research Council Faroe Islands (Grant number 0330) and the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. The funders of this research had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, and ... |
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Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands |
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Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands |
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Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands |
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BMC Infectious Diseases;19(1) https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 Todorovic Markovic, M., Pedersen, C., Gottfredsson, M. et al. Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands. BMC Infectious Diseases 19, 16 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 1471-2334 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1862 BMC Infectious Diseases doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3650-3 |
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