Vol. 36 No. 2 (2019): April
Patogenia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Pathogenicity and antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infection

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  • Victor Manuel Paz Zarza,
  • Simran Mangwani Mordani,
  • Alejandra Martínez Maldonado,
  • Diego Álvarez Hernández,
  • Sandra Georgina Solano-Gálvez,
  • Rosalino Vázquez-López
Victor Manuel Paz Zarza
Universidad Anáhuac México Campus Norte
Simran Mangwani Mordani
Universidad Anáhuac México Campus Norte
Alejandra Martínez Maldonado
Universidad Anáhuac México Campus Norte
Diego Álvarez Hernández
Universidad Anáhuac México Campus Norte
Sandra Georgina Solano-Gálvez
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Published 2019-04-30

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Paz Zarza VM, Mangwani Mordani S, Martínez Maldonado A, Álvarez Hernández D, Solano-Gálvez SG, Vázquez-López R. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Pathogenicity and antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infection. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 30 [cited 2026 Jan. 9];36(2). Available from: https://www.revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/420

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Abstract

Among the most frequent nosocomial infections associated with polyresistant bacteria and with a worse prognosis, are those produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This bacterium has a high capacity to adapt to adverse conditions such as pH and osmolarity of urine. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the main pathogens involved in nosocomial infections and immunosuppressed patients. This bacterium is considered an opportunistic infectious agent that has diverse mechanisms of pathogenicity, as well as resistance to antimicrobials, which contributes to the difficulty in the treatment of these infections. In the present bibliographic review, the taxonomy, pathogenicity mechanisms and resistance genes of P. aeruginosa are analyzed. Likewise, the micro-environmental factors of the urinary infection produced by this bacterium are approached, making an approach to the understanding of the pathophysiological bases of this infection.
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