antibiotic resistance genes

Hospital Effluent Discharges as Dynamic Hotspots for Multidrug-resistant Pathogens: Sources, Selection, Dissemination, Surveillance and Control

M. A. Adefisoye, Oluwagbemisola. C. Adewusi, Mary AdejumokeAdelowo & Nasiru Bright Lecky · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026

Hospital effluent is widely described as a hotspot for antimicrobial resistance, yet the term hotspot is often used without distinguishing concentration, absolute load, clinical relevance, mobility, selection pressure, temporal variability or downstream exposure. This critical na...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i81773

Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes among Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Burn Patients in Iran

Ali Hashemi, Fatemeh Fallah, Soroor Erfanimanesh, Alireza Salimi Chirani & Masoud Dadashi · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aim: In this study, we evaluated the presence of antibiotic resistance genes among P. aeruginosa strains. Methodology: From January to September 2012, 100 isolates of P. aeruginosa were collected from burn patients. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by disk diffu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23268