Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 358, Issue 9281, 18 August 2001, Pages 557-558
The Lancet

Research Letters
Spread of a multiresistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an adult cystic fibrosis clinic

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Summary

We initiated a prospective surveillance study to investigate possible Pseudomonas aeruginosa cross-infection in our cystic fibrosis centre. We characterised isolates by pyocin typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. 22 (14%) of 154 patients with chronic P aeruginosa had isolates with similar and new pyocin and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types. The shared isolates showed unusual phenotypic features: they were non-pigmented, non-motile, and resistant to a number of antipseudomonal antibiotics. Cross-infection by a multiresistant P aeruginosa strain has therefore occurred in patients attending our cystic fibrosis centre. We recommend microbiological surveillance in other cystic fibrosis centres.

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