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Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Malaysian Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorPathmanathan, SGen_US
dc.contributor.authorSamat, NAen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:50:30Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:50:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractOngoing surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance against antimicrobial agents is fundamental to monitor trends in susceptibility patterns and to appropriately guide clinicians in choosing empirical or directed therapy. The in vitro activity level of eight antimicrobial drugs was assessed against 97 clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa collected consecutively for three months in 2007 from a Malaysian hospital. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined using the E-test method in addition to the hospital's routine diagnostic testing by the disk diffusion method. Respiratory and wound swab isolates were the most frequently encountered isolates. The E-test and disk diffusion methods showed high concordance in determining the in vitro activity of the antimicrobial agents against the E isolates. Piperacillin-tazobactam was the most active antimicrobial agent with 91.8% susceptibility, followed by the aminoglycosides (amikacin, 86.6% and gentamicin, 84.5%), the quinolone (ciprofloxacin, 83.5%) and the beta-lactams (cefepime, 80.4%, ceftazidime, 80.4%, imipenem, 79.4% and meropenem, 77.3%). Incidence of multidrug resistance was 19.6% (19 out of 97 isolates). Periodic antibiotic resistance surveillance is fundamental to monitor changes in susceptibility patterns in a hospital setting.en_US
dc.identifier.epage32
dc.identifier.issn1394-195X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopusWOS:000420405500006
dc.identifier.spage27
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.mjms.usm.my/MJMSvol16no2.html
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/11068
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMalaysian Journal Of Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.sourceWeb Of Science (ISI)
dc.subjectantibacterial agentsen_US
dc.subjectbacterial drug resistanceen_US
dc.subjectPseudomonas aeruginosaen_US
dc.subjectmedical sciencesen_US
dc.titleAntimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Malaysian Hospitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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