[Microbiological characteristics and the sensitivity to antibiotics of the Pseudomonas pyocyanea circulating on...

Biological properties and sensitivity to antibiotics and decametoxin of 464 strains of Ps. aeruginosa isolated at Pedigree Cattle Stations in the Chernovitsy region were studied in vitro. The isolates proved to be resistant to penicillin. Decametoxin, a new antimicrobial drug was at the same level as neomycin by its effect on Ps. aeruginosa (bactericidal concentrations of 62.5 to 125 gamma/ml). Gentamycin prepared in the USSR was approximately 20 times more active against Ps. aeruginosa than decametoxin and neomycin.