Author(s)

Filippo Ricciardiello, Maria Cardone, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Massimo Mesolella, Flavia Oliva, Annalisa Pianese, Carlo Antonio Leone

UOC of Otorhinolaryngology, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy.
UOC of Otorhinolaryngology, “Monaldi” Hospital, Naples, Italy.
UOC Respiratory Diseases, Physiopathology and Rehabilitation, Second University of Naples, “Monaldi” Hospital, Naples, Italy.
UOC Subintensive Respiratory Therapy Unit, “Monaldi” Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Respiratory infections are the most frequent nosocomial infections after those urinaries and surgicals. We analysed respiratory infection incidences in patients treated with different kinds of respiratory assistance (non-invasive ventilation and invasive mechanical ventilation trough tracheostomy), studying 640 patients recovering in the intensive area of respiratory disease from 2010 to 2013. We had 113 cases of respiratory infections: 42.5% in patients of non-invasive ventilation group and 57.5% of patients treated with invasive ventilation with a statistically significant difference between the two groups. The patients treated with non-invasive ventilation showed a lower incidence of nosocomial respiratory infections. Prevention guidelines are important to reduce nosocomial infections frequency.

Intensive Respiratory Area, Multi-Resistant Pathogens, Nosocomial Infections, Pneumonias, Tracheostomy

Ricciardiello, F. , Cardone, M. , Fiorentino, G. , Mesolella, M. , Oliva, F. , Pianese, A. and Leone, C. (2014) Monitoring of Respiratory Infections in the Intensive Area of Respiratory System Disease. Advances in Microbiology, 4, 560-566. doi: 10.4236/aim.2014.49062.