[Antibiotic resistance of gram-negative bacteria isolated at a hospital intensive care unit]

The antibiotic sensitivity of Gram-negative facultatively pathogenic bacteria isolated between 1982-1986 in the respiratory intensive care unit of the 3rd department of pediatry of the "László" Hospital (Budapest) has been studied. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii were most frequently isolated both from the clinical samples (total 56.9%) and in samples obtained from hospital-hygienic check-examinations. 70-100% of the individual species was resistant to antibiotics used in Hungary. The gentamicin and tobramycin resistance of P. aeruginosa and A. lwoffii showed significant rate of increase. Favourable in vitro results were obtained only with ceftriaxon, ceftazidime, netilmicin and amikacin.