Publication: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid and non-mucoid type
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2004-12-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.35, No.4 (2004), 893-896
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Somporn Srifuengfung, Chuntima Tiensasitorn, Thitiya Yungyuen, Chertsak Dhiraputra Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid and non-mucoid type. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.35, No.4 (2004), 893-896. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21456
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Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid and non-mucoid type
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections. One thousand two hundred and twenty strains of mucoid and non-mucoid types of P. aeruginosa isolated from different patients were examined at Siriraj Hospital from January 2001-October 2003. The prevalences of P. aeruginosa mucoid type and non-mucoid type were 3.6 % and 96.4%, respectively. Susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method as recommended by NCCLS. The isolates with mucoid phenotypes were more susceptible than the non-mucoid isolates. The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of both types should provide guidelines for the selection of appropriate drugs for treatment.