Higher Order Occurrence of Virulent Isolates
of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
in Hospital Environments Initiate One Health Concerns Irrespective
of the Biological Association
Hira Hameed1*, Iftikhar Hussain1,
Muhammad Shahid Mahmood1, Farrah Deeba1 and
Kashif Riaz2*
1Institute
of Microbiology, 2Department of Clinical Medicine and
Surgery, 3Department of Plant Pathology, University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan *Corresponding author: drhira.1302@hotmail.com
Abstract
One health links the health of humans with that
of animals and the environment.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common nosocomial and opportunistic pathogen of
humans and animals causing cystic
fibrosis, dermatitis, soft tissue
infections, gastrointestinal infections and mastitis etc., has been prevalent in
many hospital environments throughout the world. In present the study, out of
six hundred samples taken either directly or from close proximity of
humans, bovines and equines keeping in view the one health concept of
P. aeruginosa. All the samples were
checked through conventional methods, API KIT, Biofilm detection, Colony PCR,
sequencing and in vivo experiments for
taxonomic, molecular and pathogenic characterization of
P. aeruginosa isolates. Present study
indicates the prevalence of virulent strains of P. aeruginosa in higher order of frequency of isolation i.e.
13.5, 9 and 7.5% in three
different hospital environments including Allied Hospital (AH), District Head
Quarter Hospital (DHQH) and Civil Veterinary Hospital (CVH) respectively.
P. aeruginosa could be recovered from humans, bovines and
equines throat swabs with or without symptoms (14.7%), wound pus (13.3%),
surgical instruments (8.6%) and garden soil (3.3%). However, the most commonly
prevalent and virulent isolates were confirmed as
P. aeruginosa strain BTP1 (KU534099) and
P. aeruginosa strain WPP1 (KU534100) and consequent phylogenetic
analyses clustered them with the most narrowly related
Pseudomonas species belonging to the famous
P. aeruginosa PAO1 groups. Such a higher order prevalence of these
strains in diverse environments and their physiological, genetic and pathogenic
variation is quite alarming demanding special considerations from the concerned
quarters for one health promotion in Pakistan.
Key words:
16SrRNA
gene,
Clinical environment, Multi drug resistance,
Nosocomial infections, One health, Pseudomonas aeruginosa