Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii in Diyala Governorate from Different Clinical Sources and its Antibiotics Profile Analysis
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Acinetobacter baumannii from various clinical sources (Blood, urine, CSF, Ear swab, burn swab, wound swab, sputum and vaginal swab) were isolated from patients were attending to Baquba Teaching Hospital and Al-Betool Teaching Hospital. A total of (27) isolates of A. baumannii bacteria out of (200) samples were isolated from various clinical sources. Diagnoses all Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria isolates and AST test by Vitek 2 advice. The maximum isolates were obtained from blood samples 10(37.03%), urine samples 4(14.8%), CSF samples 4 (14.81%), burn swab (14.81%), sputum swab 2(7.4%), while 1(3.7) for wound swab, Ear swab, and vaginal swab. All isolates were tested for their resistance to (23) different antibiotics and the results showed that resistant to Amoxicillin, Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid and Trimethoprim were (96.2%) but lesser to Ticarcillin, Ticarcillin / Clavulanic Acid, Piperacillin/Tazobactam, Ceftriaxone, Imipenem, Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin were 88.8%.
Institution: University of Diyala
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Medicine
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402311592