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| Title |
In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing of human Brucella melitensis isolates from Qatar between 2014 – 2015
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12866-015-0458-9 |
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| Authors |
Anand Deshmukh, Ferry Hagen, Ola Al Sharabasi, Mariamma Abraham, Godwin Wilson, Sanjay Doiphode, Muna Al Maslamani, Jacques F Meis |
| Abstract |
Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals and is endemic in many parts of the world including the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC). The aim of this study was to identify the species and determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Brucella strains isolated from clinical specimens, from Qatar. We evaluated 231 Brucella isolates. All isolates were identified as B. melitensis. All the isolates were susceptible to doxycycline, tetracycline, streptomycin, gentamicin, trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin except rifampicin, where 48 % of the strains showed elevated MICs (>1 mg/L). The rifampicin-resistance related hotspots within the rpoB gene were amplified and sequenced using PCR and no rpoB mutations were found in strains with rifampicin MICs of >2 mg/L. This study identified B. melitensis as the etiological agent of brucellosis in Qatar. No resistant isolates were detected among conventionally used antimicrobial agents. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 48 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 19% |
| Unknown | 12 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 15% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 15 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 20 February 2016.
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#26
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