Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Detection of blaOXA-23geneamong carbapenemresistantAcinetobacter species isolated from various clinical samples

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Md. Mustafa Sofiur Rahman1 (Ph.D. Scholar, Malwanchal University), Dr. Ramanath Karicheri2 (Professor), Surendra Prasad Chauhan3 (Ph.D. Scholar Malwanchal University)

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Invasive infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii are among the leading nosocomial infections in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU). An increase in multidrug-resistant has been observed in recent years. A hospital-based prospective study was carried out on 287 laboratory-confirmed Acinetobacter species from various clinical samples out of which 232 (81%) were found to be Acinetobacter baumannii and other species of Acinetobacter were 55 (19%). Most of the isolates were obtained from pus samples (30.31%) followed by Urine (25.43%), ET Tip (14.28%) ET Aspirate (12.19%) blood (4.18%). The number of Isolates was more in IPD (91.99%) and less in OPD (8.01%). Among IPD patients, the highest number of isolates were obtained from ICU (52.65%), surgery (21.97%), and Obstetrics and gynecology (13.63%). Isolates showed the highest resistance towards cephalosporins Ampicillin (89%) followed by Cefotaxime (87%), Ceftazidime (85%), and ceftriaxone (84%). Among the carbapenem group, Meropenem was found more resistant in comparison to Imipenem with a resistance rate of 61% and 56% respectively. Colistin was found to be the most effective drug. Carbapenem resistance among other species of Acinetobacter was 172 (61.82%) by the Modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM). Out of 172 carbapenem-resistant isolates screened, 144 (83.72%) gave MHT positive that confirms the production of carbapenemase by the isolates. A total of 140 (97.23%) out of 144 MHT positive isolates showed the presence of the target gene i.e., blaOXA-23.

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