Antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors, and genotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Gorgan, northern Iran.
Amikacin
/ pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ pharmacology
Ceftazidime
/ pharmacology
Ciprofloxacin
/ pharmacology
Colistin
/ pharmacology
Deoxyribonucleases
/ genetics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
/ genetics
Genotype
Gentamicins
/ pharmacology
Humans
Imipenem
/ pharmacology
Iran
Levofloxacin
/ pharmacology
Meropenem
/ pharmacology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pancreatic Elastase
/ genetics
Phospholipases
/ genetics
Piperacillin
/ pharmacology
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
/ pharmacology
Polymyxin B
/ pharmacology
Pseudomonas Infections
/ microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Tobramycin
/ pharmacology
Virulence Factors
/ genetics
Antibiotic resistance
ERIC-PCR
PCR amplification
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Virulence factors
Journal
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology
ISSN: 1618-1905
Titre abrégé: Int Microbiol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9816585
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
25
02
2022
accepted:
31
05
2022
revised:
23
05
2022
pubmed:
14
6
2022
medline:
5
10
2022
entrez:
13
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important nosocomial pathogen with a capacity of resistance to multiple antibiotics and production of various extracellular and cell-associated virulence factors that clearly contribute to its pathogenicity. The objective of this study was to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility, virulence factors, and clonal relationship among clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa. Different clinical specimens from hospitalized patients were investigated for P. aeruginosa. Susceptibility of the isolates was evaluated by disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods, as described by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guideline. A total of 97 P. aeruginosa isolates were recovered from clinical specimens. The percentage of isolates resistant to antimicrobials was imipenem 25.77%, meropenem 15.46%, gentamicin 16.49%, tobramycin 15.46%, amikacin 16.49%, ciprofloxacin 20.61%, levofloxacin 24.74, ceftazidime 20.61%, piperacillin 15.46%, piperacillin/tazobactam 12.37%, colistin 9.27%, and polymyxin B 11.34%. Of isolates, 87.62% possessed β-hemolytic activity, 78.35% lecithinase, 59.8% elastase, 37.11% DNase, and 28.86% twitching motility. The frequency of virulence genes in isolates was lasB 82.47%, plcH 82.47%, exoA 58.76%, exoS 56.7%, and pilA 10.3%. ERIC-PCR typing clustered P. aeruginosa isolates to 19 common types (CT1-CT19) containing isolates from different hospitals and 43 single types (ST1-ST43). Colistin and polymyxin B were the most effective agents against the majority of P. aeruginosa isolates, emphasizing the effort to maintain their antibacterial activity as last-line therapy. The frequency of some virulence factors and genes was noticeably high, which is alarming. In addition, more effective strategies and surveillance are necessary to confine and prevent the inter-hospital and/or intra-hospital dissemination of P. aeruginosa between therapeutic centers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35697891
doi: 10.1007/s10123-022-00256-7
pii: 10.1007/s10123-022-00256-7
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Gentamicins
0
Virulence Factors
0
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
157044-21-8
Ciprofloxacin
5E8K9I0O4U
Levofloxacin
6GNT3Y5LMF
Imipenem
71OTZ9ZE0A
Amikacin
84319SGC3C
Ceftazidime
9M416Z9QNR
Deoxyribonucleases
EC 3.1.-
Phospholipases
EC 3.1.-
Pancreatic Elastase
EC 3.4.21.36
Meropenem
FV9J3JU8B1
Polymyxin B
J2VZ07J96K
Tobramycin
VZ8RRZ51VK
Piperacillin
X00B0D5O0E
Colistin
Z67X93HJG1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
709-721Subventions
Organisme : Golestan University of Medical Sciences
ID : 110212
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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