Survey of multiply resistant Providencia stuartii in a chronic care unit.
Providencia stuartii was cultured over a 4-year period from the urinary tract, throat, perineum, axilla and stools of patients in a long-term chronic care unit, the most common site of colonization being the urinary tract. A total of 17 patients had Prov. stuartii bacteraemia and manipulation of the urinary tract preceded bacteraemia in 10 cases. Eighty-two per cent of the patients had long-term urinary tract colonization from 1 month to 4 years. Although most isolates were resistant to all aminoglycosides except amikacin, the organisms were all susceptible to thienamycin, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime and moxalactam.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002641:Chicago; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011532:Providencia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission