TRANSFER OF PLASMID-MEDIATED ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ISOLATED IN AUCKLAND
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 12 (3) , 303-310
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-12-3-303
Abstract
Of 422 clinical strains of P. aeruginosa, 23 (5.5%) were resistant to gentamicin; 19 were also resistant to tobramycin and sisomycin; and 1 was resistant to tobramycin, sisomycin and amikacin. Of the gentamicin-resistant strains, 20 were also resistant to kanamycin. Sixteen strains with a high level of resistance to gentamicin (MIC [minimal inhibitory concentration] > 160 .mu.g/ml) transferred all their resistance determinants to recipient strains of P. aeruginosa and 4 transferred some resistance to determinants to P. aeruginosa but none transferred resistance to a recipient strain of E. coli K12. Gentamicin resistance in strains of P. aeruginosa isolated in Auckland is mediated by R plasmids.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: