title: Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from swimming pools in northern Greece.
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important agent of opportunistic infection in aquatic environments. Our aim was to evaluate the occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of P. aeruginosa in the water of swimming pools in northern Greece. Water samples were obtained from hydrotherapy pools, jacuzzis/spas and swimming pools. A total of 16.6% (45/271) of the samples were positive for P. aeruginosa. Of the amenities examined, the most contaminated were hydrotherapy pools (25% of samples positive). A small percentage of isolates (20.0%) showed resistance to antibiotics. Compared with other studies, the prevalence of P. aeruginosa in swimming pools was relatively low, while the antibiotic resistance pattern of these community isolates was not high.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hygiene, AHEPA Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. iltirodimos@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tirodimos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arvanitidou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dardavessis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bisiklis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alexiou-Daniil
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013551:Swimming Pools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification