Multidrug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: do virulence properties impact on resistance patterns?

Only the <i>toxA</i> gene and twitching motility showed a significant correlation (<i>p</i>-value = 0.001 and 0.028, respectively) with multidrug resistance in the clinical <i>P. aeruginosa</i> isolates which indicates that it can be used as a drug target to combat these organisms. The high prevalence of MDR strains and their association with virulence factors revealed the potential of the pathogen to cause an infection. The current study advocates for immediate epidemiological surveillance of MDR <i>P. aeruginosa</i> strains in Bangladesh to impede the rapid dissemination of this opportunistic pathogen.