%0 Journal Article %A Stoodle, B. J. %A Thom, B. T. %T Observations On The Intestinal Carriage Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa %D 1970 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 3 %N 3 %P 367-375 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-3-3-367 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY Intestinal contents obtained at necropsy from 100 patients, 99 of whom died while in hospital, were examined for Ps. aeruginosa. The contents were taken from four sites; the organism was isolated from all sites in eight patients. The over-all carriage rate was 36 per cent., but the rate was increased to 43-2 per cent, if oral antibiotics had been administered, and to 52-6 per cent, if gastro-intestinal surgery had been performed. Ps. aeruginosa was isolated from the faeces of 13-6 per cent. of 103 out-patients, 18-3 per cent. of 240 in-patients and 4 per cent. of 50 normal persons, and from 73 per cent. of 108 ileostomy fluid specimens. The sampling method for detecting intestinal carriers of Ps. aeruginosa is discussed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-3-3-367