Relationship between blaSHV genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae

الملخص EN

-Seventy-five Klebsiella pneumonia isolates were identified according to their cultural characteristics and by Vitek2 system.

Both genomic and plasmid DNA of the isolates were extracted.

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was performed for detection of SHV-1gene in the plasmid DNA and SHV-12 gene in the genomic DNA of the isolates.

SHV-1 found in the plasmid DNA of 28% of the isolates, while 52% of the isolates contained SHV-12 in their genomic DNA.

Only 20% of the isolates carry both genes together