R Factors in Hospital Infection
- 8 July 1972
- Vol. 3 (5818), 82-85
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5818.82
Abstract
In order to assess the clinical importance of R factors 524 “coliform” infections were studied in a general hospital. Of these, 95 were caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Among the remaining 429, 43% were caused by drug-resistant enterobacteria; resistance was frequently multiple and determined by transmissible R factors. Choice of therapy was thus limited but in every case at least one antibiotic, effective in vitro, was still available.Keywords
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