A Novel Real-Time SYBR Green PCR Assay for Integron Profiling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Unveiling the Resistance Nexus Between Food and Clinical Isolates
Hend Emad, Mahmoud M. Amer, Munirah M. Alhammadi, Mona Alharbi, Yasmen F. Mahran, Attia A. Attia, Khalid Maniah, Azza SalahEldin El-Demerdash · 2026
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Hend Emad and seven colleagues trace drug-resistance genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa across food and hospital sources in a 2026 study. This germ haunts hospitals, and its spread through food could seed untreatable infections. The team screened 116 samples, sixty-one from patients and fifty-five from retail food, testing the recovered germs against sixteen drugs. They also built a fast gene test to track integrons, the DNA cassettes that shuttle resistance between bacteria.
The germ appeared in about thirty-six percent of samples, at similar rates in food and clinics. Every isolate landed in the extreme tiers: most were extensively drug resistant and over a quarter resisted everything. Resistance patterns in food and human isolates matched almost perfectly. One integron type was universal, while a second marked the fully resistant strains without exception. Emad's team offers the test as an early-warning tool for surveillance.
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| CREATOR | Hend Emad, Mahmoud M. Amer, Munirah M. Alhammadi, Mona Alharbi, Yasmen F. Mahran, Attia A. Attia, Khalid Maniah, Azza SalahEldin El-Demerdash |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |