[Phage typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from various sources]

In this study, 103 strains of P. aeruginosa, isolated from various clinical specimens were typed by phage technique with a set of 22 phages. Phage typing procedure gave 29 different phage patterns. Ninety one of 103 P. aeruginosa strains could be typed, the other 12 strains could not be typed because of they have no sensitivity against test phages, studied. As a result of this study, phage typing technique is useful for the observation of epidemiological P. aeruginosa infections, but phage patterns have got significance only for the local environments.