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Antimicrobial resistance in strains Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from termal waters at Chimborazo, Ecuador

Abstract:

Human intervention in the hot springs has brought its microbiological and chemical contamination. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobials, have resulted in the contamination of various aquatic environments with these substances and bacteria The objectives were meet antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from hot springs in the region of Chimborazo, Ecuador. 12 samples of thermal water baths from Chimborazo Province were analyzed. Samples consisted of a volume of 0.5 liters of water. Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation was performed by the membrane filtration technique using cellulose acetate filter 0.45 um pore, a sample volume of 100 ml and Cetrimide agar. The isolates were identified following schemes MacFadden (2004) and Barrow and Feltham (1993), supplemented with biochemical tests of API (bioMerieux) galleries. The profile of antibiotic resistance was determined by the method of dissemination of Kirby and Bauer (1966) and the results were interpreted according the CLSI (2014). 15 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were identified. All strains were resistant to ampicillin and ampicillin - Sulbactam antibiotics and five were multidrug resistant to six antibiotics (Ampicillin, ampicillin-Sulbactam, amikacin, ceftazidime, cefepime and ciprofloxacin). The results show us the need for studies of resistoma ecosystems hot springs, to determine the presence of resistance genes in indigenous bacteria.