Incidence of Virulence Determinants Among Enterococcal Clinical Isolates in Egypt and Its Association with Biofilm Formation

Microbial Drug Resistance : MDR : Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Disease
Basant Elmetwally AladaroseEman Salama Abdelmegeed

Abstract

Background: Although Enterococci compromise an essential part of normal gut microbiota of both animals and humans, they have emerged as a leading opportunistic pathogen causing infections. The pathogenesis of enterococci is attributed to an array of virulence determinants. Objectives: This study aims to explore the prevalence and characteristics of enterococcal clinical isolates collected from Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt, assess their ability to form biofilm, and the correlation with virulence determinants and antimicrobial resistance. Materials and Methods: A total of 70 Enterococcal clinical isolates were collected from different clinical sources between June and December 2016. Biofilm formation capacity was assessed, and characterization of virulence factors and antibiotic susceptibility was performed. Clonal relatedness between isolates was assessed using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR (ERIC-PCR) approach. Results and Conclusion: The molecular analysis demonstrated high genetic diversity among enterococcal clinical isolates. The gelE was the most frequently detected gene (91.4%), followed by asa1 (70%), esp (65.7%), and cylA (17.1%), while hyl was not detected in any isolate. Gelatinase ...Continue Reading

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BETA
electrophoresis
PCR

Software Mentioned

gelJ
SPSS
UPGMA

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