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Molecular study on acrAB, oqxAB, and marA genes of Escherichia coli isolated from patients in the AL-Diwaniyah City, Iraq

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Antimicrobials
Bacteria
Food Microbiology
Human Microbial Interactions
Medical Microbiology
Microbial-animal interactions
Microbiology
Molecular Biology

Abstract

The most frequent Gram-negative bacterium that causes urinary tract infections is Escherichia coli, recognized as an opportunistic pathogen. E. coli strains account for more than 85% of UTI cases. This study's goal is to identify the efflux pump genes (acrAB, oqxAB, and marA) that were isolated from a variety of UTI patients under the supervision of a specialist physician at two healthcare facilities, AL-Diwaniyah General Teaching Hospital and Maternity and Pediatrics Teaching Hospital in the AL-Diwaniyah city, Iraq. The study investigated the prevalence of E. coli, which causes UTIs, which included 200 urine samples from individuals with urinary tract infections (UTIs) ranging in age from 5 to 62 years, which were tested for bacterial infection. Cultures of urine samples were isolated from 200 suspected patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) on blood and MacConkey agar and confirmed by the Vitek-2 system.  Our results show that only 50 (39%) have been positively diagnosed with E. coli out of 200 patients, and an antibiotic sensitivity test was performed using the same system. AcrAB, oqxAB, and marA are efflux pump genes expressed using real-time PCR. The study revealed that 50 (100%) of the E. coli isolates had a high rate of oqxAB gene expression (15.22%), while the ratios of acrAB and marA genes were 5.88% and 4.03%, respectively. In conclusion, the majority of E. coli isolates studied were obtained from individuals suffering from multiple drug-resistant (MDR) urinary tract infections.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2024.400200

Keywords

Efflux pump genes, human diseases, multiple drug-resistant, Real-Time PCR, UTI

Authors

First Name

Noor

Last Name

Sabah

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Medical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.

Email

noor.s.jabr@qu.edu.iq

City

najaf

Orcid

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First Name

Najlaa

Last Name

Abdullah D. AL-Oqaili

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Medical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.

Email

najlaa7890@gmail.com

City

najaf

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

49870

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-06-03

Publish Date

2024-12-26

Page Start

88

Page End

95

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/article_400200.html

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=400200

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400,200

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Original Article

Type Code

502

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Journal

Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

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Molecular study on acrAB, oqxAB, and marA genes of Escherichia coli isolated from patients in the AL-Diwaniyah City, Iraq

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Created At

30 Dec 2024