Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria in hospital and community sewage in Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Abdulhaq; Vinod Kumar Basode

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.06.002

Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria in hospital and community sewage in Saudi Arabia

Am J Infect Control. 2015 Oct 1;43(10):1139-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.06.002. Epub 2015 Jul 17.

Authors

Ahmed Abdulhaq¹, Vinod Kumar Basode²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Deanship of Scientific Affairs and Research, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: bvinodkumar2006@yahoo.com.

PMID: 26190382
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.06.002

Abstract

Sewage samples were collected from hospital and community sewage tanks, and bacterial strains and antibiotic sensitivity patterns were analyzed using the VITEK 2 microbial identification system p(bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France). Three of the 12 isolates (25%) from the hospital sewage and 1 of the 13 isolates (7.69%) from the community sewage was extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistant bacteria; Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria; Sewage bacteria.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacteria / drug effects
Bacteria / enzymology*
Bacteria / isolation & purification
Hospitals
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Prevalence
Saudi Arabia
Sewage / microbiology*
beta-Lactamases / analysis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Sewage
beta-Lactamases