Isolation of acinetobacter baumannii from different clinical source and study some antibiotic resistant and β-lactamase production

Abstract EN

A total of (10) isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii out of (75) samples were isolated from various clinical sources (urinary tract infections (UTIs), wounds, burn and sputum), from patients were attending to Hilla Teaching Hospital.

Maximum isolates were obtained from urine samples 5(50 %), wound samples 3(30 %), burn and sputum samples 1(10 %).

All isolates were tested for their resistance to (10) different antibiotics and the results showed that all isolates were entirely resistant to Tetracycline (100 %) but lesser to Ampicillin(70 %), Cefotaxime(60 %), Pipracillin, Polymyxine B and Norfloxacin (20 %), Imipenem and Ciprofloxacin (30 %), Amikacin and Gentamicin (40 %).

Besides, β-Lactamase production was detected in all samples of Acinetobacter baumannii and results of this test were positive for all tested isolates in this study.