Overview of mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an ocular perspective

• Published in: Clinical and experimental optometry Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 162 - 171
• Main Authors: Subedi, Dinesh, Vijay, Ajay Kumar, Willcox, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne Taylor & Francis 01.03.2018; Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Ceftazidime; Ciprofloxacin; Data processing; Drug resistance; Eye lens; Gentamicin; Keratitis; Molecular modelling; Pathogens; Plasmids; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Strains (organisms); Transposons; keratitis; antibiotic resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa eye infections often becomes a challenge due to the ability of this bacterium to be resistant to antibiotics via intrinsic and acquired mechanisms. Transfer of resistance due to interchangeable genetic elements is an important mechanism for the rapid transfer of a...