title: Epidemiological study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical specimens.
abstract: The epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection was studied in Siriraj Hospital. During April 1989-June 1990, P. aeruginosa 436 strains were isolated from clinical specimens of 260 patients, ie blood (19 strains), pus (192 strains), sputum (159 strains) and urine (66 strains). By using a combination of serogroups and pyocin types as epidemiological markers, it was found that there were 10 serogroups and 8 pyocin types which can be differentiated into 33 serogroup/pyocin types or patterns. The most common pattern was E 211111 (26.3%) followed by B 121614 (24.5%), G 373112 (13%) and L 888888 (7.1%), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srifuengfung
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thanagrumetha
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015415:Biomarkers; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers