Molecular characterization of P. aeruginosa isolates
Of nine P. aeruginosa isolates, we identified six STs, one of which was a new ST (ST3373). Among the six STs, five were singletons, signifying that they represented only one strain (Table 4). Among the P. aeruginosaisolates, nearly 77.8% were from contaminated implant devices and nearly 22.2% were from blood culture. We identified a high antibiotic susceptibility rate (77.78%; 7/9) for the VAIs, with only two of the nine strains being resistant to antibiotics. ST235, the most prevalentPseudomonas spp. to have multiple-drug resistance, was resistant to aminoglycoside and fluoroquinolones in this study.