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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from various environmental niches: New STs and occurrence of antibiotic susceptible “high-risk clones”

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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial phenotypes, major virulence factors, and the molecular typing of 66 P. aeruginosa isolates collected from various sources: human patients… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial phenotypes, major virulence factors, and the molecular typing of 66 P. aeruginosa isolates collected from various sources: human patients and hospital environment, raw milk, poultry meat, chicken/sheep fecal samples, wastewater, thermal water, and seawater. All isolates, except one, were susceptible to all tested antibiotics. exoA, lasB, rhlR, and lasR genes were harbored by 60 isolates. Forty-six, 18, and 2 isolates amplified exoS, exoU, and exoS+exoU genes, respectively. Twenty-one isolates showed high elastase and pigment production. The PFGE typing identified 26 pulsotypes. Some pulsotypes included isolates from different environmental niches and areas. Twelve selected isolates were typed by MLST and eight different STs were found, three of them were new. Our results highlighted the dissemination of some clones amongst different settings and the occurrence of antibiotic susceptible ‘high-risk clones’ that might be very harmful when acquiring genes encoding antibiotic resistance.

Keywords: occurrence antibiotic; high risk; antibiotic susceptible; susceptible high; environmental niches; risk clones

Journal Title: International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Year Published: 2019

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