Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
2. Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
3. Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4. School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Abstract
AbstractEfflux pumps play an important role in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. The present study aimed to assess the expression of the MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN, and MexXY-OprM efflux pumps in carbapenem-resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical specimens between June 2019 and January 2022 in Ardabil city. The presence of efflux pump-encoding genes, i.e. mexA, mexC, mexE, and mexY, was assessed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in 48 carbapenem-resistant and MDR P. aeruginosa strains. Real-time reverse transcription PCR was employed to evaluate the expression levels of mexA, mexC, mexE, and mexY genes. All 48 carbapenem-resistant and MDR P. aeruginosa strains harbored efflux pump-encoding genes including mexA, mexC, mexE, and mexY according to the PCR results. Overexpression of the MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN, and MexXY-OprM efflux pumps was detected in 75% (n = 36), 83.3% (n = 40), 10.4% (n = 5) and 41.6% (n = 20) of the clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa, respectively. This study revealed that the presence and overexpression of efflux pumps are associated with the emergence of carbapenem-resistant and MDR P. aeruginosa strains. Therefore, research on efflux pump inhibitors of P. aeruginosa will be a worthwhile endeavor to increase the clinical efficiency of available antibiotics and prevent ensuing treatment failure.
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Medicine,Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)
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