Jornal de Microbiologia Alimentar e Industrial

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates from Alexandria

Abstract

Aisha Torky

Antibiotic use in Egypt is largely under-regulated leading to the formation of resistant isolates. Carbapenems are last resort agents for treating infections of Acinetobacter baumannii that are resistant to other antibiotic classes. Alarmingly, however, carbapenem-resistant isolates are emerging. This research aimed at characterizing seventyfour carbapenem-unsusceptible A, both phenotypically and molecularly. Baumannii isolates from Egypt to detect the various enzymes responsible for the resistance to carbapenem.