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ArticleInternational wound journal2016

Clinico-microbiological study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in wound infections and the detection of metallo-β-lactamase production.

Divya Bangera, Suchitra M Shenoy, Dominic Rm Saldanha

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Article in International wound journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Divya BangeraDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Suchitra M ShenoyDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Dominic Rm SaldanhaDepartment of Microbiology, Kannur Medical College, Anjarakandy, Kerala, India.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · INKannur Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common opportunistic pathogen of humans among the Gram-negative bacilli. Clinically, it is associated with nosocomial infections like burns and surgical-site wound infections and remains a major health concern, especially among critically ill and immunocompromised patients. This is a prospective laboratory-based 2 year study conducted to isolate P. aeruginosa from wound specimens and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern with reference to metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) production. Two hundred and twenty-four samples of P. aeruginosa isolated from wound specimens were included in the study. Antimicrobial susceptibility was done as per Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) guidelines. MBL-producing P. aeruginosa was detected using the EDTA disk diffusion synergy test. Statistical analysis was done using the SPSS 11 package (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Out of the 224 P. aeruginosa isolates, 100% were susceptible to polymyxin B and colistin, 92·8% were sensitive to imipenem, 38% showed resistance to gentamicin followed by ceftazidime (31·69%) and meropenem (33·03). Sixteen (7·14%) isolates showed MBL production. Infection caused by drug-resistant P. aeruginosa is important to identify as it poses a therapeutic problem and is also a serious concern for infection control management. The acquired resistance genes can be horizontally transferred to other pathogens or commensals if aseptic procedures are not followed.

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Anti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesCross InfectionFemaleHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOpportunistic InfectionsProspective StudiesPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsSampling StudiesWound InfectionAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesMetallo beta lactamaseMultidrug resistanceNosocomialPseudomonas aeruginosaWound infection

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PMID26514946
PMCPMC7949966
OpenAlexW2215728394

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