Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence genes of clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is ubiquitous, has intrinsic antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and is associated with serious hospital-associated infections. It has evolved from being a burn wound infection into a major nosocomial threat. In this study, we compared and correlated the antimicrobial resistance, virulence traits and clonal relatedness between clinical and fresh water environmental isolates of P. aeruginosa.

Methods

219 P. aeruginosa isolates were studied: (a) 105 clinical isolates from 1977 to 1985 (n = 52) and 2015 (n = 53), and (b) 114 environmental isolates from different fresh water sources. All isolates were subjected to ERIC-PCR typing, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and virulence factor genes screening.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Liew SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346980 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature