Genotypic and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: Analysis of is Aba Elements and bla OXA-23-like Genes Including a New Variant.

ABSTRACT: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-AB) causes serious nosocomial infections, especially in ICU wards of hospitals, worldwide. Expression of bla OXA genes is the chief mechanism of conferring carbapenem resistance among CR-AB. Although some bla OXA genes have been studied among CR-AB isolates from Iran, their bla OXA-23-like genes have not been investigated. We used a multiplex-PCR to detect Ambler class A, B, and D carbapenemases of 85 isolates, and determined that 34 harbored bla OXA-23-like genes. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genotyping, followed by DNA sequencing of bla OXA-23-like amplicons of CR-AB from each AFLP group was used to characterize their bla OXA-23-like genes. We also assessed the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of CR-AB isolates, and te

SUBMITTER: Bahador A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643144 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature