caa a22 4500 477070779 CHVBK 20180405111424.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01701519 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01701519 Epidemiology of community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in children [Elektronische Daten] [I. Paraskaki, E. Lebessi, N. Legakis] The epidemiology of community-acquiredPseudomonas aeruginosa infections in children during a one-year period (January through December 1993) was evaluated. A total of 6,859 clinical samples, each one representing a separate individual with suspected infection, were cultured.Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from 218 children with various infections occurring in the following order of frequency: chronic suppurative otitis media, 76.3%; appendicitis/peritonitis, 10.3%; osteomyelitis, 8.9%; skin or soft tissue infection, 6.3%; acute conjunctivitis, 3.0%; and urinary tract infection, 0.1%. A variety of O serogroups were identified: O1 (15.2%), 06 (14.7%), O11 (12.4%), O10 (11.5%), O3 (10.6%), O5 (5.1 %), and O9 (4.6%). Other serogroups and nontypable strains were recovered at a frequency of 11.2% and 14.7%, respectively. Nontypable strains predominated in chronic otitis media (18.9%), while serogroups O1 (18.3%), O6 (17.5%), and O11 (17.5%) were recovered most frequently among the typable isolates. Susceptibility ofPseudomonas aeruginosa to antipseudomonadal agents was extremely high. The rate of susceptibility to ceftazidime was 99.6%, to azlocillin 98.6%, to piperacillin 98.2%, to aztreonam 97.3%, to gentamicin and netilmicin 97.7%, and to ciprofloxacin 99.1%. All isolates were susceptible to tobramycin, imipenem, and amikacin. The results might suggest that community-acquiredPseudomonas aeruginosa infections in children can be treated successfully with any antipseudomonadal antibiotic. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Paraskaki I. Microbiology Department of "P. and A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut Lebessi E. Microbiology Department of "P. and A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut Legakis N. Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/10(1996-10-01), 782-786 0934-9723 15:10<782 1996 15 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701519 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701519 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paraskaki I. Microbiology Department of "P. and A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lebessi E. Microbiology Department of "P. and A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Legakis N. Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/10(1996-10-01), 782-786 0934-9723 15:10<782 1996 15 10096 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer