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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Antibiotic resistance determinants of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Algeria
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Volume 76, No. 4, Year 2013
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Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on 71 Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates, and presence of antibiotic resistance genes was screened for by PCR amplification and sequencing. Resistance rates were very high for aminoglycosides (22-80%), fluoroquinolones (>90%), and cephalosporins (>90%) but remained low for rifampin (2.8%) or null for colistin. Antibiotic resistance encoding genes detected were as follows: blaTEM-128 gene (74.6%), aph(3')-VI (50.7 %), aadA (63.4%), ant(2″)-I (14.1%), aac(3)-Ia (91.1%), aac(6')-Ib (4.2%), mutation Ser83Leu in gyrA (94.4%), double mutations Ser83Leu and Ser80Leu (or Ser84Leu) in gyrA and parC (69.0%), and mutation I581N in RRDR of the rpoB gene. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bakour, Sofiane
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Algeria, Bejaia
Université Abderrahmane Mira - Béjaïa
Touati, Abdelaziz
Algeria, Bejaia
Université Abderrahmane Mira - Béjaïa
Sahli, Farida
Algeria, Setif
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Saadna Mohamed Abdenour - Sétif
Ameur, Abdennour Ait
Algeria, Tizi Ouzou
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Nedir Mohamed - Tizi Ouzou
Haouchine, Djamila
Algeria, Tizi Ouzou
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Nedir Mohamed - Tizi Ouzou
Rolain, Jean Marc
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.04.009
ISSN:
07328893
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Algeria