[Pseudomonas aeruginosa and hospital-acquired infections].
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is involved in 10% of hospital-acquired infections as well in adults as in children. The origin of the colonization is as well endogenous as exogenous favoured by the water environment or the hand carriage. The adequate use of antibiotics is the main way to prevent hospital-acquired infections due to P. aeruginosa. Indeed, the use of fluoroquinolones is the main risk factor to select multiresistant P. aeruginosa.
Raymond
J
J
Service de bactériologie, hôpital Cochin, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75679 Parisx 14, France. j.raymond@svp.ap-hop-paris.fr
D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology