detection of metallo-beta lactamases among carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa

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ahmad farajzadeh sheikh department of microbiology, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; cellular and molecular research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran

soodabeh rostami department of microbiology, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; cellular and molecular research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; department of microbiology, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran tel: +98-6113367543, fax: +98-6113332036

abbas jolodar department of biomolecular and biochemistry, school of veterinary medicine, shahid chamran university, ahvaz, ir iran

mohammad amin tabatabaiefar department of genetic, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran

abstract

conclusions epidemiological and regional evaluation of mbl-producing p. aeruginosa through simple and inexpensive methods should be considered for effective treatment of carbapenem-resistant p. aeruginosa infections. results amongst all the p. aeruginosa isolates, 58.7% were resistant to imipenem while 31.8%, 13.5% and 74.4% were resistant to meropenem, doripenem and ertapenem, respectively. amongst all the p. aeruginosa isolates, 44.4% were multidrug resistant and 13.45% were resistant to all of the carbapenems. the cd test with doripenem disk / 750 μg ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (edta) had the highest efficiency compared to the other phenotypic tests. blaimp and blavim genes were detected in 11.7% and 0.4% of isolates, respectively. blaspm and blandm genes were not observed. background carbapenems are important drugs used for the treatment of pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, however metallo-β-lactamases (mbl) are able to efficiently hydrolyze these classes of drugs. immediate detection of the mbl-producing p. aeruginosa is necessary in order to accurately treat infections caused by this organism. objectives to determine the prevalence of mbl producing p. aeruginosa in burn and non-burn patients by two phenotypic tests and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and to compare phenotypic tests with pcr. materials and methods a total of 223 non-duplicate strains of p. aeruginosa were collected from three teaching hospitals of ahvaz, iran. antimicrobial susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) of carbapenems (imipenem, meropenem, doripenem and ertapenem) were determined by the kirby-bauer and e-test methods. combined disk (cd) test, mbl e-test and pcr were performed for carbapenem-resistant p. aeruginosa isolates.

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