J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1974 Mar;9(1):125-128. 10.4055/jkoa.1974.9.1.125.

Pseudomonas in Orthopedic Infection

• Moon MS
• Kim ST
• Park YK

• KMID: 2471609
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1974.9.1.125

Abstract

90 strains of Pseudomonas aeroginosa were isolated from various orthopedic conditions, infected with pseudomonas alone or in combination with other organisms during the 2 year period from Aug. 1971 to July 1973. The emergence of drug resistance are discussed for these bacteriological isolates after antibiotic sensitivity test. Antibiotics used for sensitivity test are penicillin, ampicillin, cloxacillin, chlorampenicol, erythromycin, streptomycin, kanamycin and gentamicin. Among these antibiotics, gentamicin was found to have good activity against pseudomonas. while others have become unreliable to use therapeutically. There is also a trend of gradual increase of drug resistant Gram-negative bacilli as a causative organism. This is particularly true of wound infection in which Pseudomonas seems to prevail.

MeSH Terms

Ampicillin
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cloxacillin
Drug Resistance
Erythromycin
Gentamicins
Kanamycin
Orthopedics*
Penicillins
Pseudomonas*
Streptomycin
Wound Infection
Ampicillin
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cloxacillin
Erythromycin
Gentamicins
Kanamycin
Penicillins
Streptomycin

Reference

1. Arcieri G. The General usages, Dosages & Clinical Toxicology of Gentamicin First Asian Symposium on Gentamicin. Oct. 1973.