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Antimicrobial activity of commonly used antibiotics and DNA fingerprint analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa obtained from clinical isolates and unchlorinated drinking water in Korea, 2010

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa exists in various environments, and can cause mild or serious infections resulting in a wide range of symptoms. In this study, we collected bacterial isolates from hospitalized patients and unchlorinated drinking water, in Korea, 2010. The water-borne and clinical isolates were compared using colony morphology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis. We first compared morphological features of the water-borne and clinical isolates. The clearest difference in colony morphology was colony shape; five water-borne isolate colonies (83%) had a smooth, circular morphology, while nine (75%) clinical isolate colonies had a rough, irregular morphology. Minimum inhibitory concentrations analyses were performed to determine antimicrobial resistant patterns; using ceftazidime, gentamicin, tigecycline, chloramphenicol, meropenem, and tobramycin according to Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI, 2009) methodology. All waterborne isolates were not resistant to gentamicin, tobramycin, and meropenem. The clinical isolates were resistant to every antibiotic except chloramphenicol. Genotyping was performed using the repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase-chain-reaction. The DNA fingerprinting patterns did not reveal genetic similarity between the water-borne and clinical P. aeruginosa isolates. On the contrary, they showed that genetically distinct populations have been established in each of these environments. We have revealed significant morphological, clinical and genetic differences between water-borne and clinical isolates of the same bacterial species.

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    Jung Rae Kim, Do Kyung Lee, Hyang Mi An, Mi Jin Kim, Si Won Lee, Min Kyeong Cha & Nam Joo Ha

  2. Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139-742, Korea

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Kim, J.R., Lee, D.K., An, H.M. et al. Antimicrobial activity of commonly used antibiotics and DNA fingerprint analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa obtained from clinical isolates and unchlorinated drinking water in Korea, 2010. Arch. Pharm. Res. 34, 1353–1361 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-011-0816-6

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