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| Title |
Virulence and resistance features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from chronic leg ulcers
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-016-1396-3 |
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| Authors |
Mihaela Georgescu, Irina Gheorghe, Carmen Curutiu, Veronica Lazar, Coralia Bleotu, Mariana-Carmen Chifiriuc |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the virulence profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains recently isolated from patients hospitalized for chronic leg ulcers in the Dermatology Department of Central Military Emergency University Hospital "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania. The phenotypic screening evaluated eight soluble virulence factors (haemolysins, lecithinase, lipase, caseinase, gelatinase, amylase, DNase, aesculin hydrolysis), as well as adherence ability (Cravioto adapted method) and invasion capacity on HeLa cells (gentamicin protection assay). Seven virulence genes encoding for protease IV, 3 exoenzymes (exoS, exoT, exoU), two phospholipases plcH- haemolytic phospholipase C and plcN- non-haemolytic phospholipase C) and alginate were investigated by PCR. The pore forming toxins and enzymes were expressed in variable proportions, the majority of the tested strains producing beta haemolysin (92.3 %), lipase (76.9 %) and lecithinase (61.5 %). The most frequent virulence genes detected in the analyzed strains were the ExoT (100 %) and AlgD (92.3 %) genes, genes codifying for phospholipases (84.6 % each of them) and for protease IV (61.5 %). This study reveals that correlating virulence profiles and infection clinical outcome is very useful for setting up efficient preventive and therapeutic procedures for hospitalized patients with chronic leg ulcers and positive P. aeruginosa cultures. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Libya | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 87 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 87 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 31 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 32 | 37% |
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 04 July 2017.
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