<p>Characterization of Antibiotic-Susceptibility Patterns, Virulence Factor Profiles and Clonal Relatedness in <em>Proteus mirabilis</em> Isolates from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Iran</p>

Abstract

It was found that the <i>P. mirabilis</i> isolates had high frequency of virulence factors. In addition, antibiotic resistance to some antibiotics and also production of ESBLs is alarming and shows the need for hygienic procedures to prevent the dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Although PFGE showed genetic diversity among the isolates, finding of several pulsotypes among the isolates should be considered an alarm to prevent these infections in hospital environments.