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. 2003 Mar;41(3):1192–1202. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1192-1202.2003

TABLE 1.

Origin and characteristics of the P. aeruginosa isolates

AFLP type Clonal complexa Type isolate code O serotypeb No. of isolates No. of patients No. of isolates with the following origin:
Antibiotic resistancec
Resistance to topicals (zone size [mm])d
Wound Sputum Throat Nose Urine Blood Other Catheter Probe Environment AMK ATM FEP CAZ CRO CIP IPM MEM PIP TZP TOB FlamZ FlamC Sulfa Isobet Fura
1 G Br678 11 11 3 5 4 2 I R R R R R R R R* R* R 20 16 >30 19 9
2 Br260 10 3 3 23 23 >30 24 10
3 Br599 10 5 3 1 1 3 17 15 >30 17 12
4 Br817 11 6 1 5 1 18 20 >30 18 10
5 Br906 6 4 2 2 1 1 20 19 >30 15 12
6 Br262 11 1 1 20 25 >30 20 8
7 Br815 NA 1 1 R 21 22 >30 24 14
8 Br735 E 76 19 47 2 5 6 5 1 1 7 2 R* 13 14 >30 18 10
9 Br764 11 4 4 20 17 >30 17 9
10 Br230 11 1 1 R 19 21 >30 20 10
11 Br750 11 1 1 1 R I 18 13 >30 22 20
12 Br641 12 1 1 R 18 17 >30 21 10
13 E Br642 1 3 3 R* 19 18 >30 18 10
14 G Br692 11 4 1 4 R R 20 17 >30 20 9
15 Br810 8 8 1 5 1 2 I 20 20 >30 16 11
16 Br908 8 1 1 1 20 20 >30 15 10
17 Br220 1/13 1 1 21 25 >30 16 22
18 Br231 11 4 4 R 16 20 >30 22 10
19 Br228 NA 1 1 I 15 20 >30 22 8
20 Br826 6 1 1 1 22 22 >30 18 9
21 Br607 8 2 1 2 21 21 >30 17 10
22 Br811 9 9 1 4 1 3 1 18 21 >30 14 8
23 Br693 11 8 3 4 1 1 1 1 I R 20 20 >30 17 11
24 Br617 9 1 1 1 I 20 22 >30 16 10
25 Br816 6 2 1 1 1 R 20 20 >30 18 11
26 Br618 1 2 2 1 1 20 19 >30 13 9
27 Br686 5 2 1 2 18 16 >30 17 9
28 Br783 1 1 1 1 24 24 >30 18 10
29 Br831 6 4 2 3 1 20 20 >30 16 8
30 Br737 1 1 1 1 21 20 >30 18 10
31 A Br257 6 5 5 20 21 >30 22 11
32 A Br670 6 28 2 3 9 6 3 1 3 3 R* R R* R R R* R* 19 18 >30 18 11
33 A Br776 6 15 2 1 3 4 2 3 2 R* R R R 20 19 >30 18 11
34 Br217 6 1 1 R 17 23 >30 20 10
35 C Br667 12 131 29 59 18 9 9 10 3 1 11 3 6 R* I* R R* R R R* R* R R R 18 16 >30 18 10
36 Br840 NA 1 1 19 22 >30 17 12
37 Br261 6 1 1 22 23 >30 22 8
38 Br890 3 4 2 3 1 I 21 20 >30 14 10
39 Br219 1/13 1 1 R 20 24 >30 20 15
40 Br639 NA 1 1 1 I 20 20 >30 20 14
41 Br221 NA 1 1 R 20 25 >30 22 16
42 Br680 12 1 1 1 21 24 >30 15 10
43 Br763 11 3 3 19 23 >30 16 10
44 Br218 6 1 1 I 23 27 >30 20 10
45 Br225 11/PA 2 2 R 21 22 >30 20 20
46 Br227 11 1 1 R 16 24 >30 20 8
47 Br223 NA 1 1 R R >30 >30 >30 >30 26
48 Br700 NA 1 1 1 18 17 >30 21 13
a

According to Pirnay et al. (42).

b

PA, polyagglutination; NA, no agglutination.

c

R, resistant; I, intermediate; blank cell, susceptible; *, acquired during this study; AMK, amikacin; ATM, aztreonam; FEP, cefepime; CAZ, ceftazidime; CRO, ceftriaxone; CIP, ciprofloxacin; IPM, imipenem; MEM, meropenem; PIP, piperacillin; TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam; TOB, tobramycin.

d

Mean zone of inhibition. FlamZ, Flammazine (1% SSD); FlamC, Flammacerium (1% SSD plus 2.2% cerium nitrate); Sulfa, Sulfamylon (8.5% mafenide acetate); Isobet, Isobetadine cream (10% povidone-iodine); Fura, Furacine (0.2% nitrofurazone).