Detection of a gene responsible for virulence factors in Acinetobaterbaumannii isolated from wounds, burns and respiratory tract infections

Abstract

The study obtained 20isolates of Acinetobacterbaumanniiout of 60 samples that collected from several pathological casesincluding wounds, burns, and respiratory tract infections. The results of detectionofiutA gene in Acinetobacterbaumannii showed that (17) isolates have iutAgeneby 85%, while (8) isolatesisolated from woundsshowedthe presence of this gene by 40% and 20% in the isolates of respiratory tract infections.The resistance of Acinetobacterbaumannii isolates against 10 of antibiotics wasdetermined; the results revealed that the isolates were resistant to Ceftazidime(100%), Ciprofloxcin and Tobramicin(80%), Gentamicin (75%), Norfloxacin, and Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole (65%), Aztreonam (50%), Imipenem (40%), and Colistin (10%).