Gram-negative bacteria from patients seeking medical advice in Stockholm after the tsunami catastrophe.
Microbiological cultures from 229 patients seeking medical advice in Stockholm after the tsunami catastrophe of December 2004 were analysed at the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Gram-negative bacilli were the most common findings from wound cultures. Common human pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Proteus species, Klebsiella spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated. More rare species of Gram-negative bacilli, e.g. Myroides odoratus, Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Bergeyella zoohelcum were also isolated. Resistance towards ordinary antibiotics was more extensive compared to our Swedish reference material for Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis and Acinetobacter spp., but not for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, probably reflecting that the resistant isolates were nosocomially acquired in Asia.
Källman
Owe
O
Department of Clinical Microbiology, MTC, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden. owe.kallman@karolinska.se
Lundberg
Christina
C
Wretlind
Bengt
B
Ortqvist
Ake
A
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004190:Disasters; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D019156:Indian Ocean; D013548:Sweden; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*