Comparative diffusion assay to assess efficacy of topical antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burns care

Table 3 Characteristics of the 13 P. aeruginosa strains unrelated to the burn unit

Strain	Date of isolation	Origin	E	SSD	SSDC	BetG	BetL	Sulf	Chlor
PAE 1	1992	Eye	27	26.1	24.7	18.0	18.2	46.5	21.5
PAE 3	1985	Orthopedic wound	35	25.0	24.6	19.2	15.8	46.0	17.9
PAE 7	1985	Eye	37	27.2	26.2	20.2	20.6	48.0	17.6
PAE 15	1986	Orthopedic wound	29	28.2	27.4	19.4	19.0	47.0	14.6
PAE 16	1986	Orthopedic wound	28	27.8	27.8	20.4	20.4	46.0	17.6
PAE 36	1985	NA	36	25.8	29.0	18.8	17.8	46.0	15.4
PAE 37	1985	NA	30	27.0	29.0	24.2	20.0	44.0	16.2
PAE 40	1985	NA	31	29.0	30.2	21.4	17.4	47.0	21.2
PAE 41	1997	Eye	32	29.0	31.4	20.4	18.0	42.0	18.6
PAE 30	2006	Respiratory tract	8	21.8	20.2	21.2	19.0	46.0	20.4
PAE 31	2006	Drain	8	20.4	20.6	22.0	17.2	48.0	20.6
PAE 70	2007	Drain	20	20.7	20.8	21.3	17.8	44.5	21.4
PAE 32	2007	Water	33	24.2	25.8	18.8	17.4	44.0	23.6

See Table 1 and 2 for legend. All the strains showed non-MDR phenotype¹.
¹ Antibiotics susceptibility phenotypes were highly diverse among the non-MDR isolates

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