Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Poonam Verma and Jane C. Benjamin Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 88 ISBN: 9783659355868
Описание
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections, reported world-wide. The gram negative, rod shaped bacterium is ubiquitous with normal nutritional requirement. P. aeruginosa is commonly encountered in health-associated infections. According to CDC, incidence of P. aeruginosa infections in U.S. hospitals averages about 0.4 % and the bacterium is the fourth most commonly isolated nosocomial pathogen accounting for 10.1% of all hospital acquired infections. Despite advances in sanitation facilities and the introduction of wide variety of antimicrobial agents with antipseudomonal activities of P. aeruginosa continue to be cause of life-threatening infections. With growing concerns about the development of biocidal resistance and cross-resistance with antibiotics, clinical isolates should be under continual surveillance and other possible mechanisms of resistance should be investigated. Also, antiseptic and disinfectant products can varies significantly in...
