Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii and Determination of MDR and XDR Strains

Authors

Noor Hussein Ahmad, Medical laboratory technology Department, Al-Noor University College,Ninawa, Iraq.Follow
Ghada A. Mohammad, Department of Biology, College of Science, University ofMosul, Mosul, IraqFollow

Abstract

The current study focuses on the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii due to its importance as a nosocomial infections source in addition to its increased resistance against antibiotics. Different clinical and hospital environment samples were collected, and cultured on A. baumannii selective media: Leed Acinetobacter agar and Herellea agar. A. baumannii have been identified by traditional methods, followed by confirmation using molecular identification to detect blaoxa-51 like gene which is considered a diagnostic gene since it is present in genome of all A. baumannii strains. The result was, nineteen bacterial isolates of A.baumannii were obtained, from twenty-seven suspected isolates, detection of local isolates belonging to MDR or XDR group. Results demonstrated that all local isolates are MDR and 16 isolates (84.2 %) are XDR.

Keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii, bla oxa-51 gene, MDR, XDR

Article Type

Article

How to Cite this Article

Ahmad, Noor Hussein and Mohammad, Ghada A. (2020) "Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii and Determination of MDR and XDR Strains," Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 17: Iss. 3, Article 22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2020.17.3.0726