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Prevalence of MDR <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in Intensive care units and burned patients

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Microbiology

Abstract

This study aimed to monitor the incidence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients in different intensive care units at Luxor International Hospital (LIH), one of the largest hospitals in Upper Egypt. Of the ninety-six isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected in 2019, from intensive care units, seventy-five of them were multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR). About 30% of these isolates were collected from burn patients. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has in recent years been considered a hospital-acquired infection. Isolates were identified by biochemical assays and confirmed by Vitek2 compact system. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of all ninety-six P. aeruginosa isolates were performed using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method using thirteen different antibiotics and confirmed by Vitek2. All strains of P. aeruginosa showed different resistance to all groups of antibiotics ranging from 80% to 100 % such as Cephalosporins and Carbapenems, and ranged from 66.7% to 74.4% in some groups of antibiotics such as Aminoglycosides and Quinolones. The study indicated the high sensitivity of P. aeruginosa to the group of polypeptides of antibiotics by antibiotic Colistin, which was tested by the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) method using the Vitek2 compact system.

DOI

10.21608/jesj.2022.143610.1020

Keywords

Intensive Care Unit, <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, Nosocomial infection, VITEK2

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department of Botany Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt Microbiology Unit, Luxor International Hospital, Luxor, Egypt.

Email

dr.mahmoudali.sy@gmail.com

City

Luxor

Orcid

0000-0002-9949-0833

First Name

Hosni

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

Email

hosnihussein.ast@azhar.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Magdy

Last Name

Afifi

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

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afifi_magdy@ymail.com

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Volume

27

Article Issue

1

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36835

Issue Date

2022-09-01

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2022-06-08

Publish Date

2022-09-30

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10

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15

Print ISSN

2314-5579

Online ISSN

2682-3942

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https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/article_260783.html

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1,869

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Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Studies

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23 Jan 2023