title: Analysis of the pathogenic potential of nosocomial Pseudomonas putida strains.
abstract: Pseudomonas putida strains are ubiquitous in soil and water but have also been reported as opportunistic human pathogens capable of causing nosocomial infections. In this study we describe the multilocus sequence typing of four P. putida strains (HB13667, HB8234, HB4184, and HB3267) isolated from in-patients at the Besançon Hospital (France). The four isolates (in particular HB3267) were resistant to a number of antibiotics. The pathogenicity and virulence potential of the strains was tested ex vivo and in vivo using different biological models: human tissue culture, mammalian tissues, and insect larvae. Our results showed a significant variability in the ability of the four strains to damage the host; HB13667 did not exhibit any pathogenic traits, HB4184 caused damage only ex vivo in human tissue cultures, and HB8234 had a deleterious effect in tissue culture and in vivo on rat skin, but not in insect larvae. Interestingly, strain HB3267 caused damage in all the model systems studied. The putative evolution of these strains in medical environments is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain ; Bio-Iliberis R&D Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain ; Unit of Integrated Plant Protection, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porcel
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Torre
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Molina-Henares
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain ; Abengoa Research Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Abdelali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daddaoua
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Llamas
authors.affiliation: Bio-Iliberis R&D Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology (Tissue Engineering Group), Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carriel
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology (Tissue Engineering Group), Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garzón
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain ; Abengoa Research Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology (Tissue Engineering Group), Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaminos
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain ; Abengoa Research Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Estrella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duque
keywords: Pseudomonas; hospitalary strains; laminin; opportunistic pathogen