Prevalence of a carbapenem-resistance gene (KPC), vancomycin-resistance genes (van A/B) and a methicillin-resistance gene (mecA) in hospital and municipal sewage in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia.
Vinod Kumar BasodeAhmed AbdulhaqMohammed Uthman A AlamoudiHassan Mohammad TohariWaleed Ali QuhalAymen Mohammed MadkhaliYahya Hasan HobaniAlmonther Abdullah HershanPublished in: BMC research notes (2018)
Vancomycin-resistance genes were detected in the sewage of community tank-II, sewage tank of the tertiary and general hospital. Carbapenem-resistance gene was detected in sewage of community tank-II and sewage from tertiary hospital. Methicillin-resistance gene was detected in sewage of community tank-II, sewage from a fish market sewage tank and sewage from an animal slaughter house sewage tank. The detection of a KPC, van A/B and a mecA in sewages will help further the process to take the appropriate measures to prevent the spread of such bacteria in the environment.
Keyphrases
- antibiotic resistance genes
- genome wide
- healthcare
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- genome wide identification
- saudi arabia
- staphylococcus aureus
- wastewater treatment
- mental health
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- copy number
- dna methylation
- emergency department
- microbial community
- genome wide analysis
- risk factors
- adverse drug
- multidrug resistant
- health insurance
- bioinformatics analysis
- anaerobic digestion
- real time pcr