Bacteriological and Molecular Study of Some Urinary Tract Infections
Bacteria in Human and Cows in Babylon Province
Dhay Ali Abed1, Karrar Jasim Hamzah*2, Abdul-kareem
S Al-Yassari3 and Jalil Mehrzad4
1,3Department
of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine/Al-Qasim
Green University Babylon 51013, Iraq; 2Department of
Veterinary Internal and Prevention Medicine/ College of Veterinary
Medicine/Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon 51013, Iraq; 4Department
of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding author:
karraraljanabi@vet.uoqasim.edu.iq
Abstract
Human and animal UTIs have increasingly become prevalent posing severe health
risks to everyone infected. The purpose of this work was to identify bacterial
UTIs in humans and cows, as well as to investigate antibiotic resistance of
Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates concerning biofilm production. A total of 100
urine samples were collected: 50 from humans admitted to Al-Hashimiya and Al-Qasim
General Hospital, Iraq, and 50 from cows in different areas of Babylon province
in September- December 2021. Three genes were targeted: WCAg, TRE-C, and
the housekeeping gene rrsE. Among 100 cases, 45 bacterial isolates were
identified: K. pneumoniae (22 isolates, 48.88%), Escherichia coli
(10 isolates, 22.22%), Staphylococcus aureus (7 isolates, 15.55%), and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6 isolates, 13.33%) Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm
formation was determined using congo red agar and microtiter plate method,
detecting that 2 exhibited strong biofilm forming ability, 8 moderate ability,
10 weak ability and 2 no biofilm forming ability. Relative expressions of
wcaG, treC, and rrsE were validated by qPCR. AST indicated moderate
susceptibility of the isolates to piperacillin-tazobactam (54.54%), cefepime
(50%), cefotaxime (50%), cefoperazone-tazobactam (45.45%), ceftazidime (45.45%),
and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (40.4%). That is why in anamnestic data the
sensitivity of other antibiotics such as amoxicillin, cefuroxime, cefoxitin, and
ceftriaxone was below 40%. This increase has
been associated with multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae, through presented
mutations stimulating biofilm formation – a factor difficult to treat.
To Cite This Article:
AbedDA, Hamzah KJ, Al-YassariAKS and Mehrzad
J, 2024. Bacteriological and molecular
study of some urinary tract infections bacteria in human and cows in Babylon
province. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.285