'To be, or not to be'—The dilemma of 'silent'antimicrobial resistance genes in bacteria

VK Deekshit, S Srikumar - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to public health that dramatically undermines our
ability to treat bacterial infections. Microorganisms exhibit resistance to different drug classes …

Study of Antimicrobial Resistance, Biofilm Formation, and Motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Derived from Urine Samples

T de Sousa, M Hébraud, O Alves, E Costa, L Maltez… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes urinary tract infections associated with catheters by
forming biofilms on the surface of indwelling catheters. Therefore, controlling the spread of …

Silent genes: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic production

M Stasiak, E Maćkiw, J Kowalska, K Kucharek… - Polish Journal of …, 2021 - sciendo.com
Silent genes are DNA sequences that are generally not expressed or expressed at a very
low level. These genes become active as a result of mutation, recombination, or insertion …

Determination of extended spectrum beta-lactamases, metallo-beta-lactamases and AmpC-beta-lactamases among carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

DK Neyestanaki, A Mirsalehian, F Rezagholizadeh… - Burns, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in
patients with burns. Method A total of 214 nonduplicated burn wound isolates of P …

Metallo-β-lactamase-mediated resistance among clinical carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in northern Iran: A potential threat to clinical …

AA Dogonchi, EA Ghaemi, A Ardebili… - Tzu Chi Medical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Carbapenems are effective agents to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of
bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, there is a potential threat of …

Clinically Isolated β-Lactam-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in a Philippine Tertiary Care Hospital Harbor Multi-Class β-Lactamase Genes

AMS Abordo, MB Carascal, R Remenyi, DS Dalisay… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the Philippines, data are scarce on the co-occurrence of multiple β-lactamases (BLs) in
clinically isolated Gram-negative bacilli. To investigate this phenomenon, we characterized …

Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Producing in a Healthcare Setting in Alexandria, Egypt

AF Abaza, SA El Shazly, HSA Selim… - Polish Journal of …, 2017 - sciendo.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as a major healthcare associated pathogen that
creates a serious public health disaster in both developing and developed countries. In this …

[PDF][PDF] Detection of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (blaNDM-1) in carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples in Wasit …

ZK Hussein, HS Kadhim, JS Hassan - IJMS, 2018 - iasj.net
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infections are clinical problem, it is a
difficult to treat because of high resistant to many antibiotics (Multi-drug resistant) and a high …

Antibiogram Profile and Detection of Resistance Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Recovered from Hospital Wastewater Effluent

JU Okafor, UU Nwodo - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The nosocomial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is characterized by
increased prevalence in hospital wastewater and is a public health concern. Untreated …

[PDF][PDF] Isolation and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Babylon province.

MF Al-Saffar, EM Jarallah - Biochemical & …, 2019 - sustainability.uobabylon.edu.iq
A total samples were collected during the period from April, 2017 to June, 2017. It included
the isolation and identification of 20 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from 80 samples …