199818

Factors affecting flowering of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in urine

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Antimicrobial resistance

Abstract

Because of rising antimicrobial resistance in the healthcare system, one of the most significant difficulties for clinicians is providing sufficient therapy for infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is the most common Gram-negative rod infection, especially in severely sick and vulnerable individuals. Treatment options for P. aeruginosa infections have been severely limited due to antimicrobial resistance. 
P. aeruginosa has been reported to continuously sense and respond to various environmental stimuli. While establishing in the urinary tract, presence of urine, which is a complex medium, exposes invading organism to conditions like varied osmolarity, pH as well as variability of ions such as iron that act as potential virulence of P. aeruginosa and are thus critical for its pathogenicity. Extrapolation of available information may help in developing alternative preventive approach against urinary tract infections (UTIs) based on iron supplementation with far reaching consequences. 
Osmolarity is another important factor which has been reported to affect growth and virulence of
P. aeruginosa. In order to establish and cause UTI, P. aeruginosa has to adapt itself to variations in osmolarity of urine. There was significant increase in production of virulence factors with increase in osmolarity.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2021.99729.1201

Keywords

UTI, P. aeruginosa, uropathogen

Authors

First Name

Falah

Last Name

AL-Khikani

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Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, College of medicine, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq

Email

falahgh38@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-8890-7090

Volume

3

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

37291

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2021-09-15

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

956

Page End

957

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_199818.html

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=199818

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21

Type

Letter to the Editor

Type Code

1,165

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Factors affecting flowering of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in urine

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Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023