title: [Study of the cases with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by sputum culture].
abstract: We evaluated the clinical features of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases determined by sputum culture between April, 2005 and December, 2006. The clinical features of most cases were: (1) pneumonia in the elderly with cerebrovascular diseases, (2) previous administration of carbapenems and antipseudomonal cephems, (3) PIPC, CAZ and ISP sensitve MDRP, (4) MRSA was isolated concurrently, (5) not necessary of therapy against MDRP, (6) good outcome.
authors.affiliation: Center for Respiratory Diseases, Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital.
authors.forename: Niro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okimoto
authors.forename: Fumiyo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nanba
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kibayashi
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Kohichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asaoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015377:Cilastatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077728:Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004338:Drug Combinations; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000494:pharmacology; D007564:Japan; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D015377:Cilastatin; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D015378:Imipenem; D000583:Amikacin; D000077728:Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination