title: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid and non-mucoid type.
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections. One thousand two hundred and twenty strains of mucoid and non-mucoid types of P. aeruginosa isolated from different patients were examined at Siriraj Hospital from January 2001-October 2003. The prevalences of P. aeruginosa mucoid type and non-mucoid type were 3.6% and 96.4%, respectively. Susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method as recommended by NCCLS. The isolates with mucoid phenotypes were more susceptible than the non-mucoid isolates. The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of both types should provide guidelines for the selection of appropriate drugs for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Somporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srifuengfung
authors.forename: Chuntima
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiensasitorn
authors.forename: Thitiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yungyuen
authors.forename: Chertsak
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dhiraputra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents