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Etiology of Respiratory tract infections using Physiological markers patterns for diagnosis in Hillah patients | ||
| journal of al-qadisiyah for pure science(quarterly) | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-10 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali H. Al-Marzoq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study, 210 respiratory patients' specimens were collected to reveal the main causative agents of respiratory infections. The study performed from 1/12/2008 to 1/7/2009 in Babylon province (Marjaan hospital , Babylon Maternity and Children Hospital and Al-Hillah Teaching Hospital). Bacterial infection represented by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (24.76%), Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (15.32%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (12.8%), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (10.95%), Staphylococcus aureus (9.52%), Haemophilus influenzae (8.1%), Chlamydia pneumoniae (7.14%), Moraxella catarrhalis (6.2%) and Acintobacter spp. (5.23%). Sex distribution of Respiratory infection causes isolated from patients formed 124(59%) for male while 86(41%) for female. The age (1-9 years) formed the highest ratio of respiratory infection 50(23.8%). Residential distribution of Respiratory infection causes isolated from patients found to be higher in rural than urban area; 81(38.6%) for urban patients while 129(61.4%) for rural patients. Distribution of pneumonia Cases according to Family History of Asthma and Severity Found to be major cause of sever pneumonia 105(50%). 133 (63.3%) pneumonia patients found smoking. other physiological measurements found revealed higher than normal value like C-reactive protein, ESR, Total WBCs. | ||
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