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Alireza Mokhtari, Taghi Zahraee Salehi, Ehsan Estabraghi,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (Winter 2021)
Abstract

Background and Aims: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most important cause of various nosocomial infections and mastitis in dairy cattle and the development of antibiotic resistance. The aim of this study was to determine the antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the presence of virulence genes in human and animal samples.
Materials and Methods: In this study, 102 human and animal strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied. Multiplex PCR for virulence factors was used to detect specific genes. Disk diffusion and E-test were performed according to CLSI method with different antibiotics.
Results: The results of antibiogram of human isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed the highest resistance to ampicillin and cefepime antibiotics (100%), and the highest resistance in animal isolates to ampicillin (100%). The prevalence of oprI gene was detected in 100% of human isolates and all samples were negative for alg-D gene. Unlike human samples, all animal samples were negative for exoenzyme S and only exoenzyme Y was detected in 15 isolates (25%). Exoenzyme T was the most abundant in human isolates. 100% of the samples were positive for this exoenzyme.
Conclusion: High prevalence of virulence genes between human and animal isolates and attention to the function of these genes makes it necessary to identify the effect on animal and human tissues. Due to the high level of antibiotic resistance in animal and human strains, proper use and size of antibiotics should be observed.
Kumarss Amini, Behrooz Shojaei Sadi , Ehsan Estabraghi,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (Summer 2021)
Abstract

 Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus is a micrococcal, gram positive and positive catalase family with oxidative metabolism and fermentation metabolism. Staphylococci are a large group of skin inhabitants, mammals are mammals. In some of these bacteria, the peptidoglycan layer has completely disappeared, and some still have small portions of it. The purpose of this study was to investigate antibiotic resistance, biofilm and forms of L. Coagulase positive and negative staphylococci isolated from clinical specimens by E-test and ELISA.
Methods: A total of 437 clinical specimens were collected from the Tehran Mehr Hospital and other treatment centers during 6 months and transferred to the laboratory. The specimens were first transferred to the Blood agar environment and then from colonies on specific environments for final diagnosis. The growth of bacteria in the four media was also evaluated by BHI Agar, BHI broth, LMP Agar and LPM broth. Biofilm measurements were performed by light absorption and using a well plate. In the E.test test, antimicrobial resistance such as Kirby-Boer test was used from the Muller Hinton Agar medium.
Findings: The highest resistance and antibiotic susceptibility were penicillin and gentamicin, amikacin, respectively. The results of the E-TEST test based on the halo diameter showed the highest resistance to erythromycin with 1 mm and the highest sensitivity to ciprofloxacin with 2 mm.
Discussion and Conclusion: The results of MIC determination on Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated by penicillin microdilution showed more resistance to ciprofloxacin. Consequently, L-forms, bacterial protoplasts and Spheroplasts are resistant to peptidoglycan synthesis, such as penicillins, cephalosporins and glycopeptide antibiotics (vancomycin and tiopelanin), due to the lack of peptidoglycans.



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