TABLE 2.
Percentages of imipenem resistance and presence of clonality in 10 Colombian hospitals in 2004
| Hospital and department | City |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| % of isolates resistant (total no.) | Pulsotype(s) (no. of strains)b | ||
| Aa | |||
| Wards | Barranquilla | 8.0 (87) | A1 (4), A2 (3), A3 (unique) |
| ICUc | 9.7 (82) | ||
| B | |||
| Wards | Bucaramanga | 7.4 (27) | ND |
| ICU | 10.5 (19) | ||
| C | |||
| Wards | Bogotá | 15.7 (51) | C1 (2), C2-C9 (unique) |
| ICU | 45.5 (11) | ||
| Da | |||
| Wards | Pereira | 11.4 (35) | D1 (2), D2 (unique), D3-D10 (unique) |
| ICU | 36.7 (30) | ||
| Ea | |||
| Wards | Cali | 5.8 (86) | E1 (2), E2 (unique), E3-E5 (unique) |
| ICU | 2 (49) | ||
| F | |||
| Wards | Medellín | 28 (43) | F1 (5), F2 (4), F3-F16 (unique) |
| ICU | 71.4 (21) | ||
| G | |||
| Wards | Medellín | 6.8 (59) | G1-G6 (unique) |
| ICU | 18.2 (55) | ||
| H | |||
| Wards | Bogotá | 30.8 (107) | H1-H3 (unique) |
| ICU | 40 (30) | ||
| I | |||
| Wards | Bucaramanga | 8 (49) | J1 (unique) |
| ICU | 5.9 (17) | ||
| J | |||
| Wards | Bogotá | 11.8 (34) | ND |
| ICU | 25 (4) | ||
a
Hospital from which VIM-2-carrying bacteria were isolated.
b
ND, not determined. Bold indicates a MBL-positive pulsotype.
c
ICU, intensive care unit.