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Shakhatreh MAK, Khabour OF, Alzoubi KH, BaniHani MN, Abu-Siniyeh A, Bashir NA, Sabi SH, Mahafdah M. The Influence of IL-1B Gene Polymorphisms on H. pylori Infection and Triple Treatment Response Among Jordanian Population. Appl Clin Genet 2020; 13:139-145. [PMID: 32669867 PMCID: PMC7337447 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s253778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Background Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is considered the main cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma in the human populations. H. pylori infection influences the secretion level of several proinflammatory cytokines including IL-1β, which encoded by the IL-1B gene. Objective The current study aimed to investigate whether IL-1B gene polymorphisms are associated with H. pylori infection among the Jordanian population and responses to triple therapy. Subjects and Methods The gastroscopic examination was performed on 412 subjects for H. pylori infection diagnosis, 257 subjects were found to be infected by H. Pylori (positive cases), whereas 155 subjects were uninfected (negative controls). The IL-1B gene T-31C and C3954T polymorphisms were genotyped by PCR-RFLP. Results It was found that the T-31C polymorphism has a significant association with H. pylori infection (P<0.05), and the TT genotype frequency was significantly higher in infected subjects (50.2%) compared to controls (38.7%). On the other hand, no significant association was detected between C3954T SNPs and H. pylori infection among the Jordanian population. In addition, none of the examined polymorphisms were found to influence the responses to triple therapy. Conclusion The IL-1B gene T-31C SNP might be associated with an enhanced risk of H. pylori infection among the Jordanian population.
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- Muhamad Ali K Shakhatreh
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of General Surgery and Urology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of General Surgery and Urology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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BaniHani MN, Khabour OF, Alzoubi KH, Bashir NA, Shakhatreh MAK, Sabi SH, Alrabadi N. The Association between ABCB1 C1236T/C3435T SNPs and H. pylori Infection among Jordanians. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11010063. [PMID: 31948121 PMCID: PMC7017356 DOI: 10.3390/genes11010063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is very common and affecting about 50% of the worldwide population. Several genetic variations have been implicated in determining the clinical susceptibility to this infection. In the current study, we examined the association between C1236T (rs1045642) and C3435T (rs1045642) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ABCB1 gene and the prevalence of H. pylori infection among Jordanians. A total of 412 subjects (257 H. pylori-positive cases and 155 H. pylori-negative controls) were recruited and participated in the study, and the genotyping of the ABCB1 gene was performed using RFLP-PCR techniques. A significant association was detected between C1236T and H. pylori infection (p < 0.01). The frequency of CT genotype was significantly higher in the positive cases (40.1%) compared to the controls (21.3%). In addition, the C3435T SNP was weakly associated with H. pylori infection (p = 0.077). Haplotype analysis of C1236T and C3435T SNPs showed that the TT haplotype was present in 22.7% of the positive cases compared to 30.7% of the negative controls (p < 0.05, odds ratio = 0.663, 95% CI: (0.483-0.911)). Consequently, the TT haplotype seems to decrease the risk of H. pylori infection. In conclusion, the current results suggest an association between ABCB1 SNPs and H. pylori infection in the Jordanian population.
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- Mohammed N. BaniHani
- Department of General Surgery and Urology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan; (O.F.K.); (M.A.K.S.); (S.H.S.)
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan;
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan; (O.F.K.); (M.A.K.S.); (S.H.S.)
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan; (O.F.K.); (M.A.K.S.); (S.H.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan;
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Hussein EI, Jacob JH, Shakhatreh MAK, Al-Razaq MAA, Juhmani ASF, Cornelison CT. Detection of antibiotic-producing Actinobacteria in the sediment and water of Ma'in thermal springs (Jordan). Germs 2018; 8:191-198. [PMID: 30775338 DOI: 10.18683/germs.2018.1146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Introduction Detection of new Actinobacteria is significant to discover new antibiotics because development of new antibiotics is connected to the characterization of novel bacterial taxa. This study has focused on the identification and isolation of antibiotic-producing Actinobacteria from the sediment and the water of Ma'in thermal springs (48-59°C) situated in the center area of Jordan. Methods Samples of sediment and water were transferred to glucose yeast malt agar medium and Actinobacteria were cultivated, isolated and identified according to scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA gene analysis. Antibacterial activities of the isolates were then tested against different test bacteria by agar well diffusion method. Results Three different species of Actinobacteria were isolated (M1-1, M2-2, M3-2) from sediment samples. Based on 16S rRNA gene analysis, isolate M1-1 was found to have only 90% identity percentage with Nocardiopsis sp., however, isolates M2-2 and M3-2 were found to be closely related Streptomyces sp. (97%) and Nocardioides luteus (99%), respectively. The antibacterial activity showed that strain M1-1 is active against P. aeruginosa ATCC 2785 (inhibition zone, 9 mm). Strain M2-2 was found to be active against S. aureus ATCC 29213 (12 mm), B. cereus ATCC 11778 (11 mm), and E. coli ATCC 25922 (9 mm). In respect to strain M3-2, it was found to be active against S. aureus ATCC 29213 (14 mm) and B. cereus ATCC 11778 (9 mm). There were no actinobacterial isolates obtained from water samples despite their significant diversity revealed by our previous metagenomic analysis, which showed the presence of 13 different species dominated by Arthrobacter (an Actinobacterium belonging to family Actinomycetales). Conclusion There were 17 different Actinobacteria that could be detected in Ma'in thermal springs (13 unculturable species and 3 culturable species). The culturable Actinobacteria were found to have some antimicrobial activity. Further chemical analysis of the bioactive compounds is recommended.
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- Emad I Hussein
- PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, P.O Box 566, Irbid 21163, Irbid, Jordan, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Health and Applied Sciences, A'Sharqiyah University, Post Box 42, Ibra 400, Ibra, Sultanate of Oman
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- PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, P.O.Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
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- PhD, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Irbid, Jordan
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- PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, P.O Box 566 Zip Code 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- MSc, Department of Environmental Science, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30170 Venice, Mestre, Italy
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- PhD, Division of Research and Advanced Studies, Kennesaw State University, 365 Cobb Avenue, MD 0111, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA
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Azab MA, Khabour OF, Alzoubi KH, Alzubi MA, Masadeh MM, Shakhatreh MAK. Chromosomal damage at bone-marrow cells is induced by exposure of rats to waterpipe water filtrate. Drug Chem Toxicol 2018; 41:394-398. [DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2018.1452933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Mohammad A. Azab
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
- Integrative Life Sciences Doctoral Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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Background Waterpipe smoking is a global health problem and a serious public concern. Little is known about the effects of waterpipe smoking on oral health. In the current study, we examined the alterations of oral microbial flora by waterpipe smoking. Methods One hundred adult healthy subjects (59 waterpipe smokers and 41 non-smokers) were recruited into the study. Swabs were taken from the oral cavity and subgingival regions. Standard culturing techniques were used to identify types, frequency, and mean number of microorganisms in cultures obtained from the subjects. Results It was notable that waterpipe smokers were significantly associated with a history of oral infections. In subgingiva, Acinetobacter and Moraxella species were present only in waterpipe smokers. In addition, the frequency of Candida albicans was higher in the subgingiva of waterpipe smokers (p = 0.023) while the frequency of Fusobacterium nucleatum was significantly lower in the subgingiva of waterpipe smokers (p = 0.036). However, no change was observed in other tested bacteria, such as Campylobacter species; Viridans group streptococci, Enterobacteriaceae, and Staphylococcus aureus. In oral cavity and when colony-forming units were considered, the only bacterial species that showed significant difference were the black-pigmented bacteria (p < 0.001). Conclusion This study provides evidence indicating that some of the oral microflora is significantly altered by waterpipe smoking.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Irbid, Jordan
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Hussein EI, Jacob JH, Shakhatreh MAK, Abd Al-Razaq MA, Juhmani ASF, Cornelison CT. Exploring the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs by comparative metagenomic analysis. Microbiologyopen 2017; 6. [PMID: 28799297 PMCID: PMC5727366 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A culture-independent approach was utilized in this study to reveal the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs represented by Ma'in and Afra hot springs. Water samples from Ma'in and Afra hot springs were collected in June 2015. The in situ temperature of water samples range was 38-59°C and the pH range was 7.4-8.4. The metagenome was extracted and analyzed using the next generation technology (bTEFAP® ). A total of 314,310 sequences were parsed and 288,452 were then clustered. The sequences were predominated by bacteria (>84%) and the relative abundance of archaea in each sample was <1%. Eukaryotic microorganisms were detected but with varying abundances (0.6%-15%). Because most of the detected sequences were found to belong to the domain of bacteria (196,936 sequences out 288,452), the bacterial sequences were utilized for further microbial analyses. With respect to alpha and beta diversity, samples were rarefied to 30,000 sequences and bootstrapped at 10,000 sequences. The Shannon-Wiener Index curve plot reaches a plateau at approximately 3,000 sequences indicating that sequencing depth was sufficient to capture the full scope of microbial diversity. By examining the relative abundance of phyla detected in each sample, it appears that the biota of both Jordanian hot springs sampled are compositionally similar, with over 50% of the microbial community of each sample being comprised of the phylum Proteobacteria. The second most abundant phylum was the phylum Bacteroidetes which represents more than 13% in each sample. The phylum Firmicutes was also detected with a significant abundance. However, lower abundance of Deinococcus, Verrucomicrobia, Planctomycetes, and Chloroflexi was detected. A principal coordinate analysis plot was generated based upon the weighted UniFrac distance matrix. By utilizing Monte Carlo simulations, we were able to determine that there were no significant differences in the microbial diversity between each sample.
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- Emad I Hussein
- Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, Al-Mafraq, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Environmental Science, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
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Jacob JH, Hussein EI, Shakhatreh MAK, Cornelison CT. Microbial community analysis of the hypersaline water of the Dead Sea using high-throughput amplicon sequencing. Microbiologyopen 2017; 6. [PMID: 28677326 PMCID: PMC5635157 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Amplicon sequencing using next-generation technology (bTEFAP® ) has been utilized in describing the diversity of Dead Sea microbiota. The investigated area is a well-known salt lake in the western part of Jordan found in the lowest geographical location in the world (more than 420 m below sea level) and characterized by extreme salinity (approximately, 34%) in addition to other extreme conditions (low pH, unique ionic composition different from sea water). DNA was extracted from Dead Sea water. A total of 314,310 small subunit RNA (SSU rRNA) sequences were parsed, and 288,452 sequences were then clustered. For alpha diversity analysis, sample was rarefied to 3,000 sequences. The Shannon-Wiener index curve plot reached a plateau at approximately 3,000 sequences indicating that sequencing depth was sufficient to capture the full scope of microbial diversity. Archaea was found to be dominating the sequences (52%), whereas Bacteria constitute 45% of the sequences. Altogether, prokaryotic sequences (which constitute 97% of all sequences) were found to predominate. The findings expand on previous studies by using high-throughput amplicon sequencing to describe the microbial community in an environment which in recent years has been shown to hide some interesting diversity.
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- Jacob H Jacob
- Department of Biological Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, Al-Mafraq, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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Shakhatreh MAK, Al-Smadi ML, Khabour OF, Shuaibu FA, Hussein EI, Alzoubi KH. Study of the antibacterial and antifungal activities of synthetic benzyl bromides, ketones, and corresponding chalcone derivatives. Drug Des Devel Ther 2016; 10:3653-3660. [PMID: 27877017 PMCID: PMC5108482 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s116312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Several applications of chalcones and their derivatives encouraged researchers to increase their synthesis as an alternative for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial and fungal infections. In the present study, chalcone derivatives were synthesized through cross aldol condensation reaction between 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzaldehyde and multiarm aromatic ketones. The multiarm aromatic ketones were synthesized through nucleophilic substitution reaction between 4-hydroxy acetophenone and benzyl bromides. The benzyl bromides, multiarm aromatic ketones, and corresponding chalcone derivatives were evaluated for their activities against eleven clinical pathogenic Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria, and three pathogenic fungi by the disk diffusion method. The minimum inhibitory concentration was determined by the microbroth dilution technique. The results of the present study demonstrated that benzyl bromide derivatives have strong antibacterial and antifungal properties as compared to synthetic chalcone derivatives and ketones. Benzyl bromides (1a and 1c) showed high ester activity against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi but moderate activity against Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, these compounds may be considered as good antibacterial and antifungal drug discovery. However, substituted ketones (2a–b) as well as chalcone derivatives (3a–c) showed no activity against all the tested strains except for ketone (2c), which showed moderate activity against Candida albicans.
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- Department of Applied Chemical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences; Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madina, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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Masadeh MM, Hussein EI, Alzoubi KH, Khabour O, Shakhatreh MAK, Gharaibeh M. Identification, characterization and antibiotic resistance of bacterial isolates obtained from waterpipe device hoses. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015; 12:5108-15. [PMID: 25985311 PMCID: PMC4454957 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The general lack of knowledge about the health effects of waterpipe smoking is among the reasons for its global spread. In this study, bacterial contamination of waterpipe hoses was investigated. Twenty hoses were collected from waterpipe cafés and screened for bacterial pathogens using standard culture and isolation techniques. Additionally, resistance of isolated bacteria to common antibiotics was determined by identifying the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of each isolate. Forty eight bacterial isolates were detected. Isolates included both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens from species that included Micrococcus (12), Corynebacterium (13) and Bacillus (9). In addition, some of the detected pathogens were found to be resistant to aztreonam (79%), cefixime (79%), norfloxacin, amoxicillin (47%), clarithromycin (46%) and enrofloxacin (38%). In conclusion, the hose of the waterpipe device is a good environment for the growth of bacterial pathogens, which can then be transmitted to users.
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- Majed M Masadeh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
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- Department of Biology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan:.
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Medina 41411, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan:.
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