Naeem Akhtar.
In Vitro Activities of Beta-Lactams, Quinolones and Aminoglycosides against Clinical isolates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
J Ayub Med Coll Abottabad Oct - Dec 1999;11(2):17-9.
Department of Pathology, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur

During the years 1994-1995 clinical specimens of sputum pus from wounds & abscesses, acrd discharge from chronic suppurative otitis media were collected from patients in out-patient and in-patient departments of Bahawal Victoria Hospitul, Bahawalpur. These specimens were cultured on MacConkey and 5% blood agar plates at Microbiology laboratory, Department of Pathology. Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur. Pseudomonas aeruginosa could he isolated from 186 specimens (pus, 69; sputum 32; ear discharge, 85). Cumulative percentage susceptibility of the isolates to the antibiotics tested was : amoxycillin 16.1 %, amoxycillin-clavulanic acid 17.6%, sulbactam-ampicillin 34.2%, cefazolin 21.5%, cefaclor 23%, cefizoxime 36.8%, cefotaxime 31.8%, cefixime 32.2%, cefoperazone 69.2%, ceftazidime 79.4%, aztreonam 81.2%, gentamicin 66.1%, tobramycin 78.5%, ofloxacin 85.8%, ciprofloxacin 85.2% and enoxacin 79%. No significant difference in susceptibility of the isolates from different sources was observed. However, isolates from wounds and abscesses were relatively more resistant than isolates from other sources.

Category: Microbiology
Keywords: Enoxacin. Ciprofloxacin. Ofloxacin. Tobramycin. Gentamicin. Aztreonam. Ceftazidime. Cefoperazone. Cefixime. Cefotaxime. Cefizoxime. Cefaclor. Cefazolin. Ampicillin. Sulbactam. Clavulanic Acid. Amoxycillin. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Aminoglycosides. Quinolones. Beta-Lactams.

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