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Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Ardabil
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Seyed Ali Bazghandi    , Somayeh Safarirad , Mohsen Arzanlou , Hadi Peeri-Dogaheh , Hossein Ali-Mohammadi , Farzad Khademi * |
| Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran , f.khademi@arums.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (2284 Views) |
Background & objectives: Bacterial antibiotic resistance is becoming a global health crisis. The aim of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in Ardabil.
Methods: During 9 months, between July 2019 and March 2020, 50 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected from different clinical specimens in four hospitals of Ardabil and the prevalence of MDR, XDR and PDR strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was assessed using the disk diffusion method.
Results: In the present study, the prevalence of MDR, XDR and PDR strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were 52%, 40% and 14%, respectively.
Conclusion: Due to high prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Ardabil, continuous monitoring of the antibiotic resistance trend in clinical isolates in order to select the best medication is necessary. |
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| Keywords: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Multidrug Resistance, Antibiotic |
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Type of Study: short communication |
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Microbiology
Received: 2020/08/26 | Accepted: 2021/01/29 | Published: 2021/02/24
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