Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a survey of resistance in 136 hospitals in Spain. The Spanish Pseudomonas aeruginosa Study Group

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Apr;43(4):981-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.4.981.

Abstract

We carried out a nationwide study with all of the isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected in a week in 136 hospitals in Spain. The data on 1,014 isolates included resistance to the following antimicrobials: piperacillin-tazobactam, 7%; meropenem, 8%; amikacin, 9%; tobramycin, 10%; piperacillin, 10%; ticarcillin, 13%; imipenem, 14%; ceftazidime, 15%; cefepime, 17%; ciprofloxacin, 23%; aztreonam, 23%; ofloxacin, 30%; gentamicin, 31%. The most frequent serotypes were O:1 (25.1%), O:4 (21.6%), and O:11 (11.3%).

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / immunology
  • Serotyping
  • Spain

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents