title: Antibiotic sensitivity of isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: A study was carried out to determine the pattern of in vitro antibiotic sensitivity of a cross section of the isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from diverse clinical sources during a one year period. One hundred and eighty-six isolates were investigated by disc diffusion method employing multidiscs. Majority of the isolates were sensitive to amikacin (89.7%), tobramycin (75.81%), norfloxacin (68.48%), piperacillin (68.25%), and ceftazidime (58.81%). Other antibiotics were effective for a lesser number of isolates. A few isolates were simultaneously resistant to several antibiotics, viz. gentamicin, carbenicillin, tobramycin, ceftazidime and augmentin. The significance of the findings is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shawky
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gugnani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012529:Saudi Arabia