Martina C Agbo, Kenneth O Ugwu, Boniface N Ukwah, Ifeoma M Ezeonu
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 Method: A total of 1000 samples were analysed in the study. Antibiotic resistance profiles of the isolates were determined usingKirby Bauer disk diffusion method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing were simultaneously used to detect theconsensus region of 16S rRNA. Genetic relatedness of the isolates was determined using restriction patterns from ALU 1 digestand random amplified polymorphic DNA.
 Results: Out of the 192 P. aeruginosa isolates recovered, 136 (78.83%) were multidrug resistant. Sequence analysis of the confirmedisolates (80.68%) revealed that all the isolates shared homology with each other and also showed sequence similarity toknown strains of P. aeruginosa (ATCC 27853; KT 315654; KU 321274 and KT894767). The PCR-Restriction fragment lengthpolymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis revealed that there was a lot of genetic relatedness among the isolates. The RFLP fingerprinting technique detected seven distinct RFLP types among the isolates.
 Conclusions: Thus, study shows that there is high prevalence of MDRPA and high degree of genetic relatedness among theMDRPA isolates circulating in Nsukka area.
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Abstract
Background: P. aeruginosa is an important nosocomial pathogen with increasing resistance to antibiotics. Objective: This studywas performed to evaluate the genetic relatedness of MDR clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa.
Method: A total of 1000 samples were analysed in the study. Antibiotic resistance profiles of the isolates were determined usingKirby Bauer disk diffusion method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing were simultaneously used to detect theconsensus region of 16S rRNA. Genetic relatedness of the isolates was determined using restriction patterns from ALU 1 digestand random amplified polymorphic DNA.
Results: Out of the 192 P. aeruginosa isolates recovered, 136 (78.83%) were multidrug resistant. Sequence analysis of the confirmedisolates (80.68%) revealed that all the isolates shared homology with each other and also showed sequence similarity toknown strains of P. aeruginosa (ATCC 27853; KT 315654; KU 321274 and KT894767). The PCR-Restriction fragment lengthpolymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis revealed that there was a lot of genetic relatedness among the isolates. The RFLP fingerprinting technique detected seven distinct RFLP types among the isolates.
Conclusions: Thus, study shows that there is high prevalence of MDRPA and high degree of genetic relatedness among theMDRPA isolates circulating in Nsukka area.
Keywords: MDRPA; PCR-RFLP; RAPD; Sequencing; 16S rRNA gene.
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The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.