Characteristics of Antibiotic Resistance and Tolerance of Environmentally Endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria remain a serious public health threat. In order to determine the percentage of antibiotic-resistant and -tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells present and to provide a more detailed infection risk of bacteria present in the environment, an isolation method using a combination of 41 °C culture and specific primers was established to evaluate P. aeruginosa in the environment. The 50 strains were randomly selected among 110 isolated from the river. The results of antibiotic susceptibility evaluation showed that only 4% of environmental strains were classified as antibiotic-resistant, while 35.7% of clinical strains isolated in the same area were antibiotic-resistant, indicating a clear difference between environmental and clinical strains. However,

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9404893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature