PREVALANCE OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA AS NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGEN AND ITS ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN IN A TERITARY CARE HOSPITAL.

The high frequency of P. aeruginosa was found in pus, urine and section tip in collected clinical samples as they yielded the isolates 32, 16 and 12 in number. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern reveals that cefeprime (n = 44) was the most effective drug against most of the isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogen followed by meropenem (n = 43), gentamicin (n=42) and amikacin (n=41), whereas moderate to least susceptibility was recorded against levofloxacin (n = 37), piperacillin and ciprofloxacin (n = 36), imepenem (n=34), ceftazidime (n=31), colistin (n=01). In the current study, carried out in Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun (A tertiary care hospital) indicated the high prevalence of P. aeruginosa among patients of varied age group (from children to elderly people). Most vulnerable age group were from 20yr to 40 yr and 40yr to 60yr. The highest numbers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from male patient (69%) in comparison to the female patient i.e., (31%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]