{"id":299503,"date":"2024-06-13T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=299503"},"modified":"2024-06-13T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:19:20","slug":"enterobacter-bugandensis-pathogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/enterobacter-bugandensis-pathogen\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterobacter Bugandensis Pathogen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on Enterobacter Bugandensis<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is based on the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/health\/what-is-the-multi-drug-resistant-pathogen-found-in-the-international-space-station--96635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;What is the multi-drug-resistant pathogen found in the International Space Station?&#8221;<\/a> published in \u201cDown To Earth\u201d on 13th June 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>Scientists from IIT-M and NASA&#8217;s JPL collaborated to study the genomic, functional, and metabolic adaptations of multi-drug resistant Enterobacter bugandensis pathogen aboard the ISS.<\/p>\n<h2>About Enterobacter Bugandensis pathogen<\/h2>\n<p>1. Enterobacter bugandensis is a relatively new species within the Enterobacter genus.<\/p>\n<p>2. It was first described in 2013 after being isolated from cases of bloodstream infections in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>3. Enterobacter bugandensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium.<\/p>\n<p>4. This bacterium is typically found in various environments, including soil, water, and the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Enterobacter bugandensis can cause various infections, primarily in immunocompromised individuals. These infections include bloodstream infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and wound infections.<\/p>\n<p>6. It has shown resistance to multiple antibiotics, making treatment challenging.<\/p>\n<p>7. The resistance mechanisms in this pathogen can include beta-lactamase production, efflux pumps, and mutations that reduce drug uptake.<\/p>\n<h2>About Multi-Drug-Resistant Pathogen<\/h2>\n<p>1. A multi-drug-resistant (MDR) pathogen refers to a microorganism that has developed resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents, typically three or more antimicrobial categories.<\/p>\n<p>2. This resistance can be seen in various types of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites.<\/p>\n<p>3. The most threatening forms of multi-drug resistance to public health are MDR bacteria that resist multiple antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on Enterobacter Bugandensis\u00a0is based on the article &#8220;What is the multi-drug-resistant pathogen found in the International Space Station?&#8221; published in \u201cDown To Earth\u201d on 13th June 2024. Why in the News? Scientists from IIT-M and NASA&#8217;s JPL collaborated to study the genomic, functional, and metabolic adaptations of multi-drug resistant Enterobacter bugandensis pathogen&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/enterobacter-bugandensis-pathogen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enterobacter Bugandensis Pathogen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-299503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}