Antimicrobial resistance genetic determinants and susceptibility profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical samples in a tertiary hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Oluwatoyin Olawunmi AdeyeluEdidiong Nkiruka EssienValentine AdeboteAbraham AjayiUtibeima Udo EssietAdeyemi Isaac AdeleyeStella Ifeanyi Smith

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2024)

High resistance to β-lactams was observed among P. aeruginosa strains of clinical origin in this study. They possessed transmissible genetic elements indicating the potential for continuous dissemination, thus continuous surveillance is advocated.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
pseudomonas aeruginosa
genome wide
escherichia coli
public health
cystic fibrosis
gene expression
dna methylation
risk assessment
human health