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PYOCINE-TYPING OF HOSPITAL STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS PYOCYANEA.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 17 ·1964-05-00 ·Pages 236-42

DARRELL JH, WAHBA AH

Abstract

A method of typing Pseudomonas pyocyanea is described which makes use of the property of bacteriocine production. The method was applied in an epidemiological study of Ps. pyocyanea infection in a general hospital. It was found that the majority of strains believed on epidemiological grounds to be of common origin were allotted to the same pyocine type. In the course of this study, Ps. pyocyanea was isolated from 219 patients; 474 strains from 149 of these were typed. There was evidence of cross-infection among patients in a urogenital surgical ward, but in other parts of the hospital there appeared to be little cross-infection. A number of individual instances of auto-infection, possibly arising from the bowel flora, were seen.

Keywords
ANTIBIOTICS BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNICS CROSS INFECTION EPIDEMIOLOGY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
MeSH Terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteriological Techniques Cross Infection Epidemiology Humans Pseudomonas Infections Pseudomonas aeruginosa Urinary Tract Infections
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
DARRELL J H
WAHBA A H
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical pathology
Abbr.
J Clin Pathol
ISSN
0021-9746
Published
1964-05-00
Pages
236-42
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0376601
PMCID
PMC480731
Subset
OM
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