In Vitro Activity of ?-Lactams and Other Antimicrobials against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Author :
Obasi C. J., Agu K.C., Anazodo C. A., Aniekwu C. J., Okeke C. B., Adepeju D. M., Okoli F.A., Umeoduagu N. D.Journa Name:
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING TRENDS Country :
IndiaVolume:
10 issue:3 Year:2024 Views : 561
Abstract:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen, causing a wide range of acute and chronic infections. ?-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, carbapenems, monobactams, and cephalosporins play a key role in the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. However, a significant number of isolates of these bacteria are resistant to ?-lactams, complicating treatment of infections and leading to worse outcomes for patients. Resistance to ?-lactams is multifactorial and can involve changes to a key target protein, penicillin-binding protein 3, that is essential for cell division; reduced uptake or increased efflux of ?-lactams; degradation of ?-lactam antibiotics by increased expression or altered substrate specificity of an AmpC ?-lactamase, or by the acquisition of ?-lactamases through horizontal gene transfer; and changes to biofilm formation and metabolism. The table 1 shows that all the soil samples gotten from the different faculties in unizik have Pseudomonas spp. The ?-lactam antibiotics test carried out on the Pseudomonas spp gotten from different soil samples as shown in table 2,3 and 4 shows that in soil sample B is resistant to ampicilin in 250mg/L, 125mg/L and also Resistant in 125mg/L of ciprofloxacin. While in table 4, soil sample B, C, and E are Resistant in 125mg/L of Chloramphenicol. The total heterotrophic bacteria count of P. aeruginosa on nutrient agar in table 5 shows that sample C has the highest number of P. aeruginosa (9.70 x 104cfu/ml) while sample B is the lowest (1.88 x 105 cfu/ml).
APA:Obasi C. J., Agu K.C., Anazodo C. A., Aniekwu C. J., Okeke C. B., Adepeju D. M., Okoli F.A., Umeoduagu N. D.. (Volume-10, Issue-3 -(Year-2024)). In Vitro Activity of ?-Lactams and Other Antimicrobials against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Retrieved from https://ijsret.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IJSRET_V10_issue3_170.pdf
Chicago:Obasi C. J., Agu K.C., Anazodo C. A., Aniekwu C. J., Okeke C. B., Adepeju D. M., Okoli F.A., Umeoduagu N. D.. "In Vitro Activity of ?-Lactams and Other Antimicrobials against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa" Example, Volume-10-issue-3-Year-2024-2395-566X. https://ijsret.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IJSRET_V10_issue3_170.pdf.