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Original Research

Distribution and Molecular Characterization of Resistance Gene Cassettes Containing Class 1 Integrons in Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pages 2773-2781 | Published online: 11 Aug 2020

Figures & data

Table 1 The Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance Profile Between the Integron Positive and Negative Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 2 The Comparison of Resistance Percent Rates Against 13 Tested Antibiotics Among the MDR and Non-MDR Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 3 The Prevalence of Different Resistance Gene Cassette Arrays in the Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Their Correlation with the Resistance Towards Tested Antibiotics

Table 4 Prevalence of MDR and Integron Positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates Based on the Source of Isolation

Figure 1 The number of integron positive and MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates according to the hospital sources.

Notes: Hospital 1, Zare (burn center); Hospital 2, Razi (infectious center); Hospital 3, BuAli Sina (pediatric center); Hospital 4, Fatemeh Zahra (heart center); Hospital 5, Imam Khomeini (infectious center).
Figure 1 The number of integron positive and MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates according to the hospital sources.

Figure 2 The size and structure of resistance gene cassettes between two conserved ends (5′CS and 3′CS) of the class 1 integrons detected in the clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Figure 2 The size and structure of resistance gene cassettes between two conserved ends (5′CS and 3′CS) of the class 1 integrons detected in the clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.