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

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

E Bouza  1 , F Garcia-Garrote, E Cercenado, M Marin, M S Diaz
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a survey of resistance in 136 hospitals in Spain. The Spanish Pseudomonas aeruginosa Study Group

E Bouza et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Apr.

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%).

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