Virulence and resistance determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from pericarditis in diseased broiler chickens in Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was performed to probe the antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes profiling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from the cases of pericarditis in broiler chickens.

Materials and methods

The samples (n = 250) collected from the cases of pericarditis in broiler chickens were bacteriologically examined. Antimicrobial susceptibility was tested by disc diffusion technique. The isolates were genotypically studied for the presence of antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene traits. Finally, the nucleotide sequence of representative resistance gene (mexR gene) and virulence genes (toxA and lasI genes) was analyzed.

Results

P. aeruginosa was isolated from 45 samples (18%). Antimicrobial susceptibility test

SUBMITTER: Hassan WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521822 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature