Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii and Determination of MDR and XDR Strains

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Noor Hussein Ahmad
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-5657
Ghada A. Mohammad
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1298-3350

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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.

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Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii and Determination of MDR and XDR Strains. Baghdad Sci.J [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 24];17(3):0726. Available from: https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/5403
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Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii and Determination of MDR and XDR Strains. Baghdad Sci.J [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 24];17(3):0726. Available from: https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/5403

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