The versatile and ubiquitous Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen causing acute and chronic infections in predisposed human subjects. Here we review recent progress in understanding P. aeruginosa population biology and virulence, its cyclic di-GMP-mediated switches of lifestyle, and its interaction with the mammalian host as well as the role of the type III and type VI secretion ...

the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa has complicated treatment decision and may lead to treatment failures. in this study, we describe the trends of drug-resistant p. aeruginosa isolated in blood cultures from patients detected in a tertiary teaching hospital and evaluated the prevalence of resistance to amikacin, ampicillin, carbeni- cillin, cefixime, cefotax...

background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosais an important opportunistic pathogen. the mucoid strains of p. aeruginosa produce hyper viscous substances consisting mainly of alginate which have important roles in formation of biofilm.we investigated the effect of essential oil of matricaria chamomilla l. on biofilm production in p. aeruginosa. material and methods: p. aeruginosa 8821m was ...

conclusions: using n-butanolic c. coum extract in combination with ciprofloxacin offers a novel strategy to control biofilm-based infections caused by p. aeruginosa. results: the ability of biofilm formation by p. aeruginosa strains was quantitatively confirmed. the pcr method confirmed the existence of cup a gene (172 bp) in all studied strains. saponin content of the n-butanolic c. coum extra...

pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important pathogens that causes nosocomial infections and shows high level of antibiotic resistance. integrons are one of the transposable elements in bacteria and their role in antibiotic resistance has been well demonstrated. the aim of this study was a molecular characterization of the integron genes and the determination of the resistance or sensiti...

A plate assay to measure protease production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described. This assay is more sensitive and rapid than established methods.

background: failure in the treatment of burn patients infected with pseudomonas aeruginosa could happen as a result of the acquisition of antibiotic resistance, including carbapenems. objectives: the aim of the present study was to investigate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, isolated from burn patients. patients and methods: during a 12 month ...

Bacteria have evolved several defense systems against phage predation. Here, we report the 6,500,439-bp complete genome sequence of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage-resistant variant PA1RG. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing and de novo assembly revealed a single contig with 320-fold sequence coverage.

purpose: in this study the inhibitory effect of eucalyptus extracts as a natural and herbal antibacterial substance was evaluated against pseudomonas aeruginosa strains (8821m and atcc27853). material and methods: the mic (minimal inhibitory concentration) of alcoholic and aquatic extracts of eucalyptus was determined using the tube and agar dilution methods. the growth rate of pseudomonas aer...

background : gram-negative bacteria are the most cause of nosocomial infection especially in burned patients. carbapenem resistant strains can limit seriously the choice of antibiotic therapy. ampc can make resistance to carbapenem and detection of that can be useful for identification of carbapenem resistant. the aim of this study was identification of ampc in most prevalent cause of nosocomia...