Open AccessDetection of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases among Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolated from Hospitals of Qazvin, Iran
Author(s) -
Mina Zarabadi-Pour,
Amir Peymani,
Narges Habibollah-Pourzereshki,
Mohammad Reza Sarookhani,
Ali Karami,
Amir Javadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ethiopian journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2413-7170
pISSN - 1029-1857
DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.4
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , polymerase chain reaction , beta lactamase , agar dilution , gene , agar diffusion test , minimum inhibitory concentration , bacteria , genetics , pseudomonas aeruginosa , escherichia coli
Acinetobacter baumannii is a major contributor to nosocomial infections. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing A. baumannii is spreading worldwide. We aimed to determine the frequency of ESBL-encoding genes in clinical isolates of A. baumannii and to access their clonal relationship by repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR (rep-PCR).