title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a survey of resistance in 136 hospitals in Spain. The Spanish Pseudomonas aeruginosa Study Group.
abstract: We carried out a nationwide study with all of the isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected in a week in 136 hospitals in Spain. The data on 1,014 isolates included resistance to the following antimicrobials: piperacillin-tazobactam, 7%; meropenem, 8%; amikacin, 9%; tobramycin, 10%; piperacillin, 10%; ticarcillin, 13%; imipenem, 14%; ceftazidime, 15%; cefepime, 17%; ciprofloxacin, 23%; aztreonam, 23%; ofloxacin, 30%; gentamicin, 31%. The most frequent serotypes were O:1 (25.1%), O:4 (21.6%), and O:11 (11.3%).
authors: Servicio de Microbiología y Enfermedades Infecciosas-VIH, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. ebouza@microb.net
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Bouza
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Garcia-Garrote
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Cercenado
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Marin
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Diaz
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents