Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Sameh Ali (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2017
Scholars' Press (Verlag)
978-620-2-30007-0 (ISBN)

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A total of 104 clinical isolates of bacteria from different specimens including urine, sputum, burn, ear, blood and catheter tip in Tanta University Hospitals were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa using morphological, cultural, biochemical characteristics with the aim of studying the correlation between antibiotic resistance and virulence of P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. The antibiotic resistance profiles of the isolates were determined. All isolates showed a high frequency of multiple drug resistance (13-25). All the isolates had a very high MAR index. Forty-four of the isolates were resistant to 18-25 antimicrobial agents and were identified as a multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa (MDRPA) isolates. PCR approaches were applied to identify genes implicated in antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors in the 12 MDRPA isolates. The pstS gene was detected in all isolates. PCR technique searching revealed nine virulence genes (algD, pilB, plcH, nan1, lasB, exoS, exoU, plcN, toxA) in the selected isolates. Statistical analyses revealed a significant correlation between the resistant phenotype of the tested isolates and the production of different virulence factors.

Sameh Samir Ali has completed his Ph.D. in 2013 from Tanta University, Egypt and currently he is a Postdoctoral Position at Biofuels Institute, Environmental Science and Engineering at Jiangsu University, China. He has four awarded research grants funded by Egyptian ministry of higher education and / or Supporting of Excellence Students Projects.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Multi-drug resistance • Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Virulence
ISBN-10	620-2-30007-8 / 6202300078
ISBN-13	978-620-2-30007-0 / 9786202300070
Zustand	Neuware