| خلاصه مقاله | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Antibiotic resistance increases the prolonged consequences and mortality caused by E. coli
infections. The emergence and expression of resistant genes is a potential factor for the
stability of this pathogen against antibiotics. Hence, the present study was designed to
investigate the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in E. coli isolates from Tabriz, Iran.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In this study, 141 females and 78 males aged 1 to 89 from surgery, internal, intensive care
unit, and pediatric wards of Tabriz hospitals were enrolled. E. coli was isolated from 219
biological samples (urine, blood, wounds, peritoneum, and respiratory tracts) by culture on
sheep blood agar or MacConkey agar and microbial detection standards. The genomic DNA
was extracted using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and resistance genes were identified
by polymerase chain reaction method.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In the molecular investigation, at least 4 high risk genes inducing resistant for E. coli isolates
were reported in each antibiotic group. The interpretation of data for each of the antibiotic
groups indicates that blaCTXM-15 (70%) among positive beta-lactamases, tetB (31.6%) in
tetracycline, fosC (40%) in fosfomycin, OqxB (34%) in fluoroquinolone, ArmA (12.96%) in
aminoglycosides, and Sul1 (69.5%) in co-trimoxazole combination are genetic indexes of
antibiotic resistance.
CONCLUSION
The genes encoding the destructive factors of antibiotics had a significant prevalence in E.
coli isolates. The blaCTXM-15 inducing beta-lactam resistance was the most common gene
among our clinical isolates. Due to the possibility of development of resistance genes with
chromosomal or plasmid origin, the consumption of antibiotics based on approved global
standards has a high priority. |