title: Serotyping, sites of isolation and resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: 407 strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa form in-patients and out-patients were serotyped according to Habs' schema. 11.3% of the isolates were non-typable and among the other strains serotypes 6 and 10 were the most prevalent (20.4 and 14.0%, respectively). Type 14 was not observed. Most of the strains isolated from sputum were non-typable, whereas serotype 6 predominated in specimens from urine, wounds and ears. The susceptibility of the isolates to antipseudomonal agents was estimated: 4.7% of the isolates (mainly serotypes 2, 4, and 11) were resistant to gentamicin and among these strains parallel resistance to tobramycin and netilmicin was observed in 47.4%.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001437:Bacteriuria; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004423:Ear / Q000382:microbiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents