Role of efflux pump and OprD porin expression in carbapenem resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
Author(s) -
Tuba Müderris,
Rıza Durmaz,
Birsen Özdem,
Tuba Dal,
Özlem Ünaldı,
Sibel Aydoğan,
Nevreste Çelikbilek,
Ziya Cibali Açıkgöz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9486
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , efflux , porin , carbapenem , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , downregulation and upregulation , multiple drug resistance , typing , gene , bacteria , drug resistance , antibiotics , bacterial outer membrane , genetics , escherichia coli , genotype
In recent years, the prevalence of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa has remarkably increased. Thus, we wanted to investigate the carbapenem resistance mechanisms and clonal relationship among 80 carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa strains.
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