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Multiple drug resistance and biocide resistance in Escherichia coli environmental isolates from hospital and household settings

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, April 2018
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Title
Multiple drug resistance and biocide resistance in Escherichia coli environmental isolates from hospital and household settings
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13756-018-0339-8
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Bothyna Ghanem, Randa Nayef Haddadin

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance of environmental Escherichia coli in hospitals could be increased due to extensive use of biocides resulting in serious infections. In this study, the prevalence of antibiotic resistance of environmental isolates of E. coli from hospitals and household settings were evaluated and compared. In addition, the association between biocide minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and multiple drug resistance (MDR) was investigated. Environmental samples were collected from different homes and hospitals in Amman, Jordan. The isolates were identified phenotypically and by PCR. Antibiotic susceptibility tests and MIC of selected biocides were performed on the isolates. Screening for blaCTX-M group 1 was also performed. Of 21 E. coli strains isolated, 47.6% were MDR and 67.9% were phenotypically identified as extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers. The occurrence of these ESBL isolates was comparable between household and hospital settings (P > 0.05). The MIC values of the biocides tested against all isolates were well below the in-use concentration of biocides. Moreover, the MICs of biocides were comparable between isolates from households and those from hospitals (P > 0.05). No association was found between MDR and biocide MIC (P > 0.05). Most of ESBL isolates harboured blaCTX-M 1. The extensive use of biocides in hospitals is not associated with MDR nor does it affect the MIC of biocides against E.coli.

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Unknown 77 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 18%
Student > Bachelor 12 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Researcher 4 5%
Other 10 13%
Unknown 24 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 11 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 8%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 5 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Other 16 21%
Unknown 24 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 May 2018.
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#14,820,201
of 24,003,070 outputs
Outputs from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#912
of 1,347 outputs
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#183,393
of 332,284 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#33
of 41 outputs
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