TABLE 1.
Characteristics of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa
| Strain no. | Source | Date isolatedb | Hospital/ward | Resistance phenotypea
|
PFGE pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZP | IPM | ATM | |||||
| DU6061/00 | Urine | 2/21/2000 | B/1 | S | R | S | B3 |
| DU1900/00 | Fluid | 1/30/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A1 |
| DU8622/00 | Urine | 3/13/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A4 |
| DU9449/00 | Urine | 3/20/2000 | B/2 | S | R | S | A1 |
| DU15578/00 | Urine | 5/8/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A |
| DU16517/00 | Urine | 5/15/2000 | B/2 | R | R | I | A1 |
| DU16591/00 | Urine | 5/15/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A1 |
| DU20080/00 | Urine | 6/12/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A |
| DU22390/00 | Urine | 6/29/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A4 |
| DU22812/00 | Urine | 7/3/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A1 |
| DU29551/00 | Urine | 8/22/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A1 |
| DU32205/00 | Urine | 9/11/2000 | B/2 | S | R | S | A1 |
| DU35095/00 | Urine | 10/3/2000 | B/2 | S | R | S | A1 |
| DU36277/00 | Urine | 10/11/2000 | B/2 | S | R | I | A1 |
| DM10075/00 | Fluid | 6/3/2000 | A/42 | S | R | S | B1 |
| DU19510/00 | Urine | 6/6/2000 | A/42 | S | R | S | B |
| DU10114/00 | Urine | 3/24/2000 | A/45 | S | R | S | B |
| DM14158/00 | Catheter | 8/3/2000 | A/45 | S | R | R | A |
| DM14511/00 | Catheter | 8/8/2000 | A/45 | S | R | R | A |
| DM14668/00 | Wound | 8/11/2000 | A/45 | S | R | R | A |
| DM11013/00 | Wound | 6/19/2000 | A/46 | R | R | R | A |
| DM11376/00 | Wound | 6/25/2000 | A/46 | R | R | R | A3 |
| DU14610/00 | Urine | 4/29/2000 | A/47 | S | R | R | B4 |
| DM727/00 | Catheter | 1/12/2000 | A/48 | S | R | I | C |
| DU32495/00 | Urine | 9/13/2000 | A/48 | S | R | S | B2 |
| DU2658/00 | Urine | 1/23/2000 | A/54 | S | R | I | A |
| DU22185/00 | Urine | 6/28/2000 | A/63 | S | R | R | A3 |
| DU7670/00 | Urine | 3/4/2000 | A/73 | S | R | S | B |
| DU9519/00 | Urine | 3/20/2000 | A/73 | S | R | S | B |
| DU14720/00 | Urine | 4/29/2000 | A/73 | S | R | S | B |
| DU17318/00 | Urine | 5/22/2000 | A/73 | S | R | S | B4 |
| DU31106/00 | Urine | 9/2/2000 | A/74 | R | R | I | A2 |
| DU33961/00 | Urine | 9/25/2000 | A/74 | R | R | I | A |
| DM5599/00 | Wound | 3/25/2000 | A/75 | S | R | S | A1 |
| DU40799/00 | Urine | 11/17/2000 | A/76 | R | R | S | B2 |
| DU45969/00 | Urine | 12/30/2000 | C | S | R | S | B |
a
Abbreviations: TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam; IPM, imipenem; ATM, aztreonam; S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.
b
Month/day/year.