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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Excellent Publishers</publisher>
<journalTitle>International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS) CODEN(USA)-IJCMO9</journalTitle>
<issn>2319-7692</issn>
<eissn>2319-7706</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-12-20</publicationDate>
<volume>4</volume>
<issue>12</issue>
<startPage>96</startPage>
<endPage>106</endPage>
<documentType>article</documentType>



<title language="eng">
Efflux Pump PA1874 Gene Expression among Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Isolates in Zagazig university Hospitals, Egypt</title>
<authors>
			<author>
			<name>Ahmed Anwar Shaheen</name>
			<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>Nahla Abd Elhamid</name>
			<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>Mohamed</name>
			<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>Hanaa Ibrahim Abdelhady</name>
			<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
			</author>
					
			
</authors>

<affiliationsList>
			<affiliationName affiliationId="1">
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt			</affiliationName>
			
			
					
</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">
			<p>PA 1874 is an efflux pump with a role in the antibiotic resistant mechanism among
Pseudomonas aeruginosa especially biofilms. This work aimed to detect the
biofilm formation and its effect on antibiotic susceptibility pattern of P. aeruginosa
isolated from clinical samples, and to measure the expression of PA1874 gene
among P. aeruginosa isolates. This study was conducted on 64 P. aeruginosa
isolates. Biofilm was measured using tube method. Antibiotic susceptibility of nonbiofilms
and biofilm +ve isolates and planktonic counterparts for ciprofloxacin,
tobramycin and gentamycin was tested using tube microdilution method.
Expression of PA1874 gene was measured using Syper green real time PCR. We
found that 26 isolates (40.6%) were biofilm +ve.The biofilm formation was
statistically significant high among endotracheal tube aspirate and urine isolates.
None of biofilm forming isolates were susceptible to the 3 antibiotics compared to
the presence of some susceptible isolates among the planktonic counterpart and
non-biofilms. In biofilm isolates, expression of PA1874 gene was significantly high
in biofilm cells more than planktonic counterpart and non biofilms. We concluded
that P. aeruginosa has high ability of biofilm formation that may be the main cause
of antibiotic resistance especially in isolates from artificial devices as urinary
catheters and endotracheal tubes and PA1874 gene expression is an important
mechanism of resistance in P. aeruginosa biofilm </p>
</abstract>

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http://ijcmas.com/vol-4-12/Ahmed Anwar Shaheen, et al.pdf
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<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>P. aeruginosa</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>Biofilm</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>Real time PCR</keyword>
</keywords>

<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>PA1874
gene</keyword>
</keywords>

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