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Transferable Resistance to Carbenicillin and Gentamicin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa


AJ van Rensburg

Abstract

Antibiograms on 482 routine isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa yielded 64 (13,3%) carbenicillin-resistant strains. In 40 of these strains resistance could be ascribed to R factors. R factors accounted for resistance in 3 out of 11 gentamicin-resistant strains. The significance of resistance in Ps. aeruginosa is discussed.

S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1185 (1974).

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