scholarly journals Epidemiological Analysis of 135 Cases of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Managed at a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Aurélien Ndoumbe ◽  
Paul Boris Ngoyong Edu ◽  
Chantal Simeu ◽  
Samuel Takongmo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Surgical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Surgical Intensive Care ◽  
Epidemiological Analysis

scholarly journals Clinical Care Needs of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the Intensive Care Unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrollah Alimohammadi ◽  
Marzieh Ziaeirad ◽  
Alireza Irajpour ◽  
Bahram Aminmansour
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Care Needs

scholarly journals Comparison of bacteriophage typing, serotyping, and biotyping as aids in epidemiological surveillance of Klebsiella infections

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 638-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
R P Rennie ◽  
C E Nord ◽  
L Sjoberg ◽  
I B Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Soft Agar ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Surgical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Surgical Intensive Care ◽  
Epidemiological Analysis ◽  
Bacteriophage Typing ◽  
Phage Types ◽  
Agar Layer

Bacteriophage typing was used to subdivide Klebsiella obtained from patients in a surgical intensive care unit during a 2-year period. The 15 phages employed to type the strains were propagated by a soft-agar layer technique. In all, 23 phage types were found among the 120 clinical strains. The phage types of repeat isolates were reproducible. Only 70% of the strains tested were phage typable, but when used in conjunction with capsular serotyping and biotyping, a much greater subdivision of the Klebsiella strains was achieved. The addition of phage typing to serobiotyping for epidemiological analysis suggested that the number of cross-infecting Klebsiella strains in the intensive care unit was few, but that these strains persisted in the unit for long periods of time and could infect different body sites.

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