title: Survey of susceptibility to selected antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with tumor disease and their relationship to serotype.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zatkovic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trupl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Majtán
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents