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Concordance of antibiotic prophylaxis, direct Gram staining and protected brush specimen culture results for postoperative patients with suspected pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2006

J.-M. Maillet ,
F. Fitoussi ,
D. Penaud ,
G. Dennewald  and
D. Brodaty
J.-M. Maillet
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France
F. Fitoussi
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France
D. Penaud
Affiliation:
Pneumology, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France
G. Dennewald
Affiliation:
Pneumology, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France
D. Brodaty
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France
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Background and objectives: Antibiotic therapy alters the diagnostic value of protected brush specimens. With protected brush specimens alone, diagnosing pneumonia requires 24 or 48 h. Addition of direct Gram staining shortens this delay. Antibiotic prophylaxis, recommended after major surgery, may influence the contribution of Gram staining to diagnosing postoperative pneumonia. Methods: During a 1-yr period, we retrospectively studied all patients on mechanical ventilation suspected of having postoperative pneumonia who had undergone fibreoptic bronchoscopy with protected brush specimens. Postoperative pneumonia was diagnosed when quantitative protected brush specimens culture results yielded 103 colony-forming units mL−1. Results: Fifty patients were clinically suspected of having postoperative pneumonia after cardiac (n = 42), vascular (n = 5) or thoracic (n = 3) surgery. Eleven (22%) samples were obtained during antibiotic prophylaxis. Twenty-two (44%) episodes were microbiologically proven. Gram-stain sensitivity was 95.5%, with 82.1% specificity, 80.7% positive-predictive value and 95.8% negative-predictive value. Concordance between direct Gram-stain-identified pathogens and Gram stain of cultured pathogens was significantly less frequent during antibiotic prophylaxis (63.6%) than afterwards (94.9%) (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Antibiotic prophylaxis diminished the diagnostic value of Gram staining of protected brush specimens. When protected brush specimens was performed during antibiotic prophylaxis, Gram staining accurately enabled early exclusion of postoperative pneumonia because of its excellent negative-predictive value. After antibiotic prophylaxis, Gram staining permitted early diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia identification of the responsible pathogen.

Keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXISGRAM'S STAINPOSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONSPNEUMONIABRONCHOSCOPY, protected brush specimen
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EACTA Original Article
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 563 - 567
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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