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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>718</startPage>
<endPage>726</endPage>
<documentType>article</documentType> 



<title language="eng">
Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Isolates of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Puducherry, India
</title><authors>
			
			<author>
			<name>S. Pramodhini</name>
			<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>S. Umadevi</name>
			<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>K. S. Seetha</name>
			<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
			</author>
												
</authors>

<affiliationsList>
			<affiliationName affiliationId="1">
Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,
Sree Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Puducherry, India
</affiliationName>

</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">
			<p>Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates are well known cause of outbreaks of various
nosocomial infection. These organism are difficult to treat as they exhibit varying
degrees of innate and acquired resistance mechanism. This study was undertaken to
analyse various acquired resistance mechanism like Extended spectrum -
lactamase (ESBL), Metallo -lactamase (MBL) and inducible AmpC beta ( )-
lactamase, enzymes in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The study
included a total of 203 consecutive non-duplicate isolates of Pseudomonas
aeruginosa obtained from clinical specimens like pus (103), urine (50) and sputum
(50). Phenotypic detection of Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), Metallo
-lactamase (MBL) and AmpC beta-lactamase (AmpC -lactamase)of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa were done by Phenotypic confirmatory disc diffusion
test, Disk potentiation test and Disk antagonism test respectively. Of 203 isolates,
49(47.6%), 52(50.5%) and 21(20.4%) were Extended spectrum beta-lactamase(
ESBL), Metallo -lactamase and AmpC -lactamase producers respectively..In
conclusion, our study has shown high incidence of ESBL and MBL producing
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Multi-drug resistance were found to be 52 (25.6%)
Henceforth, strict antibiotic policies and measures to limit the indiscriminative use
of cephalosporins and carbapenems in the hospital environment should be
undertaken to minimize the emergence of multiple -lactamase.</p>
</abstract>

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http://ijcmas.com/vol-4-12/S. Pramodhini, et al.pdf
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<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>Extended
spectrum
betalactamase</keyword></keywords>

<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>AmpC betalactamase</keyword></keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>Metallo
betalactamase</keyword></keywords>

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