Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / March 2004

*My eight-year-old German Shepherd has had several bouts of a nasty
*skin infection over the last few months, characterised by inflammation
*of the skin and a green, evil-smelling discharge.
*A lab culture identified the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
*
*Has anyone encountered this before and, most importantly, do you know
*of a successful treatment? If you do, then please let me know.

Didn't they do a sensitivity panel to determine which antibiotics this
strain is sensitive to? The treatment would depend on the results. I can't
imagine a diagnostic testing lab doing a culture and not a sensitivity for
this kind of thing...

Since it is the most easily and commonly acquired hospital infection .. in
humans .. and since it is SO hard to eradicate .. there ARE many studies as to
the effectiveness of antibiotics against this .. monster.

They have found the ONLY thing which has any effect of consequence is ..
lactoferrin .. the bodies natural antibiotic .. produced by the body .

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Adv. Clin. Exp. Med. 1998, 7, 2, 181–185

Analiza wyników badan wrazliwosci paleczek ropy blekitnej na meropenem

Evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility to meropenem

Authors:

Janina Ruczkowska, Izabela Dolna, Beata Kowalska-Krochmal, Barbara Byczynska,
Ewa Mróz

Katedra i Zaklad Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AM we Wroclawiu

Abstract:

Background. Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains present high level of resistance to
many antibiotics.

Objective. Estimation of the in vitro susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
to meropenem, one of the new carbapenems.

Material and Method. Data on the antibacterial activity of meropenem against
355 clinical isolates of hospitalized patients (Wroclaw, March 1996–October
1997) have been compiled into computer data base for analysis. The antibiotic
susceptibility was determined by the disc diffusion NCCLS method.

Results. It was estimated that 92.1% out of 355 examined Pseudomonas aeruginosa
strains were susceptible to meropenem while 3.1% showed intermediate
susceptibility (I) and 4.8% were resistant (R). Straisn I and R (n = 28) were
isolated mainly from the patients in surgical (35%) and haematological (32%)
wards, less frequently in nephrological (15%) and others (18%). Those strains
were isolated mostly from urine (39%), less frequently from swabs and pus
(22%), blood (11%) and other samples (28%). Overall, resistance to meropenem
did not exceed .9%.

Conclusion. Meropenem is very active antibiotic against clinical strains of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Key words: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, susceptibility to meropenem.

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