Study of Disinfectant Resistance Genes in Ocular Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of disinfectant resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is on the rise. P. aeruginosa is the most common bacteria isolated from cases of microbial keratitis. Many multi-purpose contact lens disinfectant solutions are available to decontaminate contact lenses before use and to help reduce the incidence of infections. However, with increasing disinfectant resistance, the effect of multi-purpose disinfectant solutions may diminish. The goal of this study was to examine genes associated with disinfectant resistance in ocular isolates of P. aeruginosa and understand the strain's susceptibility to different multipurpose disinfectant solutions. Seven potential disinfectant resistance genes were used in BLASTn searches against the whole genomes of 13 eye isolates of P. aeruginosa. A mi

SUBMITTER: Subedi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6315377 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature