Open AccessMolecular Characterization and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolated in Intensive Care Unit Patients in Al-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammad Shathly Al-Haddad,
Afnan Khalifah Al-Barjas,
Lolowah Ebraheem Alhammar,
Abdullatif Sami Al Rashed,
Lorina Ineta Badger-Emeka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_91_17
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , tigecycline , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , drug resistance , isolation (microbiology) , antibiotic resistance , biology , medicine , bacteria , polymerase chain reaction , gene , genetics , pseudomonas aeruginosa
Acinetobacter baumannii , is an emerging nosocomial multidrug resistance pathogen with the rapid spread of clones being reported in health-care settings and hospitals worldwide. Carbapenem resistance in this bacterium has been attributed to D OXA β-lactamases with OXA-51-like β-lactamase, being present in all A. baumannii isolate. The present study looks into the antibiotics susceptibility and molecular characterization of clinical A. baumannii isolates from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) samples in Al-Hofuf, South-eastern region of Saudi Arabia.