Presence of T3SS (exoS, exoT, exoU and exoY), susceptibility pattern and MIC of MDR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa from burn wounds
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.17580Keywords:
Pseudomonal infections, burn patients, antibiotic resistance, multi-drug resistance, exoenzymes, MICAbstract
Introduction: The emergence of resistance is a major public health and clinical issue, particularly in pathogens causing nosocomial infections. Recently, there is the emergence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to different broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Methodology: The current study was designed to find out the prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa in burn patients, the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of MDR Pseudomonas, and to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the effective antimicrobials. The assessment of virulence genes (exoT, exoS, exoY and exoU) was also achieved through PCR. In the current study wound swabs were collected from 160 burn patients from two burn units (MTI-Govt. Lady Reading Hospital and MTI-Khyber Teaching Hospital).
Results: Out of these 160 samples, 26 samples (16.25%) were positive for P. aeruginosa. Per patients, one isolate was included in the current study. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern showed all P. aeruginosa isolates were 100% resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, 84.62% resistance to Cefepime, and Ceftazidime, and 76.92% resistance to Amikacin, Aztreonam, and Ciprofloxacin. Whereas the lowest resistance was observed to Imipenem and Piperacillin-Tazobactam (53.85%), Colistin Sulfate (23.08%), and Polymyxin-B (15.38%). Regarding the prevalence of MDR, 22 (84.61%) isolates out of 26 were found to be MDR-P. aeruginosa. For MDR-P. aeruginosa, the MIC range was 1-2 µg/mL against Polymyxin-B, 2-8 µg/mL against Colistin sulfate, 16-1024 µg/mL against Imipenem and 128-1024 µg/mL against Piperacillin-Tazobactam. 100% of the isolates carried exoT, 88.46% carried exoY, and 57.69% and 38.46% carried exoU and exoS, respectively.
Conclusions: These findings further emphasize the need for antibiotic discipline and to follow the recommended hospital antibiotic policy to prevent the proliferation of MDR strains of P. aeruginosa in the community.
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