Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

Prevalence and Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance Mechanisms of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Clinical, Environmental, and Poultry Litter Samples from the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Table 4

Phenotypic and genotypic resistant determinants in P. aeruginosa isolates.
MDR strainSourceESBLKPCMBLSInducible AmpCEfflux capacity indexClass 1 integron
PS196E+−−+0+
PS204E−−+−0+
PS170E+−−−0+
PS205E+−−++0+
PS195E+−−−1+
PS197E+−−−7+
PS168E+−−+1+
PS185E+−+−0+
PS155E+−−+9+
PS137E−−−+0+
PS139E−−−−0−
PS133E+−−−1+
PS123E+−++0+
PS113E+−++1+
PS112E+−−−5+
PS108E−−−+0−
PS102E+−++1+
PS167E+−++0−
PS105E+−++5+
PS109E+−−+1+
PS111E+−−+9+
PS231PL+−−−1+
PS14S+−−+0−
PS17S+−++4+
PS31S+−−+1+
PS37S−−+−0+
PS5S+−−−0+
PS25S+−++5+
PS29S+−−−0+
PS4S+−−−0+
PS1S+−++7+
PS33S+−−−1+
PS41S+−+−0+
PS82U+−−−1+
PS84U+−−−0+
PS85U−−−−1+
PS98U+−−+3+
+: present; ESBL: extended spectrum beta-lactamase; MBL: metallo-beta-lactamase; S: stool; U: urine; E: environment; PL: poultry litter.