Article
[Pseudomonas aeruginosa and beta-lactam resistance phenotypes (Tunisia 1989-1990)].
Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis - 1 Jan 2000
Kamoun A, Ben Hassen A, Fendri C, Ben Redjeb S
Abstract excerpt
366 strains of P. aeruginosa were studied. More than half of samples were issued from urology (40%) and general surgery (21%) and samples are mostly urine specimens (46%). The phenotypes of resistance to 3 beta-lactams (respectively ticarcillin, cefotaxime and ceftazidime) showed that 73% of the...
Topics
- Cefotaxime
- Ceftazidime
- Cephalosporinase
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Penicillinase
- Phenotype
- Population Surveillance
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Serotyping
- Ticarcillin
- Tunisia
- beta-Lactamases
