RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Stoodle, B. J. A1 Thom, B. T.YR 1970 T1 Observations On The Intestinal Carriage Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 3 IS 3 SP 367 OP 375 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-3-3-367 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-3-3-367