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Clinical features of Escherichia coli pneumonia

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Escherichia coli pneumonia was clinically reviewed. Twenty-two patients with E. coli pneumonia were admitted for treatment to Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital, between January 2006 and December 2008. Clinical features were retrospectively reviewed. Results showed that: (1) hospital-acquired pneumonia occurred in elderly patients with underlying diseases, such as cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; (2) more patients had complications of urinary-tract infection or alimentary infection due to E. coli; (3) previous administration of antibacterial agents did not become a risk factor; (4) resistance to ampicillin (ABPC) and levofloxacin (LVFX) was observed; and (5) mortality was 22.7%.

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  1. Center of Respiratory Diseases, Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital, 2-1-80 Nakasange Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8505, Japan

    Niro Okimoto, Toshikiyo Hayashi, Mitsunori Ishiga, Fumiyo Nanba, Michihiro Kishimoto, Shinichi Yagi, Takeyuki Kurihara, Naoko Asaoka & Sadao Tamada

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Okimoto, N., Hayashi, T., Ishiga, M. et al. Clinical features of Escherichia coli pneumonia. J Infect Chemother 16, 216–218 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-010-0034-z

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