Survey of susceptibility to selected antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with tumor disease and their relationship to serotype.
A total of 51 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains had been isolated over a year from patients with tumor diseases in the National Institute of Oncology in Bratislava. All strains were subjected to serotyping; in 45 strains quantitative susceptibility to selected antibiotics was determined by the microdilution method. When comparing susceptibility of individual serotypes, resistance of strains belonging to serotype O12 to a number of beta-lactam, aminoglycoside and quinolone antibiotics was found. In addition, resistant strains occurred even among serotype O4 and polyagglutinating strains. The resistant strains as causative agents of nosocomial infections may represent a serious risk particularly for patients of oncological wards.
Zatkovic
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Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Trupl
J
J
Majtán
V
V
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents