Importance of carbenicillin and gentamicin cross-resistant serotype 0:12 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in six Athens hospitals.

European journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 6 ·No. 3 ·1987-06-00 ·Pages 300-3

Legakis NJ, Koukoubanis N, Malliara K, Michalitsianos D, Papavassiliou J

Abstract

One hundred and six clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, collected from various hospitals were typed with O-antisera and studied for their susceptibility to antibiotics and phages. Forty-four of 49 multiresistant isolates belonged to the O12 serogroup, a serogroup rarely found among strains of other resistance phenotypes. Eleven of the 45, O12 isolates were resistant to all phages, and 31 were sensitive only to phage 68. The latter pattern was encountered in nine of the 61 strains comprising the other O-serogroups.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriophage Typing Carbenicillin/pharmacology Cross Infection/microbiology Gentamicins/pharmacology Greece Humans Penicillin Resistance Phenotype Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa/classification,drug effects,genetics Serotyping

Chemicals

Gentamicins Carbenicillin

Authors & Affiliations

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Legakis N J

Koukoubanis N

Malliara K

Michalitsianos D

Papavassiliou J

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Article Info

Journal

European journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

Eur J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0722-2211

DOI

10.1007/BF02017618

Published

1987-06-00

Pages

300-3

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

8219582

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF02017618

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