Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Epidemiology of Imipenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study the antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients in burn wards in a hospital of Guangzhou. METHODS A total of 48 imipenem-resistant isolates were collected,antimicrobial susceptibility was tested by KirbyBauer disk diffusion method.Random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD) typing was carried out to analyze the homology. RESULTS All isolates were multiresistant,the orders of sensitivity rates of antibiotics were CIP,TOB,AMK,GEN,and FEP.Forty eight strains were classified into types A,B,C,and D based on RAPD pattern,types A and B were the most epidemic clones. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of imipenemresistant P.aeruginosa in burn wards of the hospital is due to nosocomial infection.The prevalent strains are multiresistant.