ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Sobhan Ghafourian1,2 , Nourkhoda Sadeghifard2,5, Zamberi Bin Sekawi1, Vasante Kumari Neela1, Mariana Nor Shamsudin1, Iraj Pakzad2, Elham Abouali Galehdari2, Abbas Maleki2, Majid Pornour3, Haedeh Mobaiyen3 and Mohammad Rahbar4
1Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Science Health, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.
2Department of Medical Microbiology, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
3Medicine Faculty of Azad University of Tabriz, Iran.
4Reference laboratory of Iran.
5Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2011;5(1):01-10
© The Author(s). 2011
Received: 07/08/2010 | Accepted: 18/09/2010| Published: 30/04/2011
Abstract

Objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of K. pneumoniae producing ESBLs, to evaluate the susceptibility of K. pneumoniae producing ESBLs towards non-beta-lactam antibiotics and to study the dominant ESBLs gene in Emam Reza hospital. K. pneumoniae producing ESBLs identified by phenotypic and genotypic methods. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) performed for detection of blaSHV, TEM and CTX-M. The findings showed that 43.69%, 13.59%, 7.77%, 11.65% and 23.3% were from UTI, ICUs, surgery ward, lesion infections and RTI, respectively. The results showed that 43.7% of isolates were ESBLs produces. The findings revealed that 26.7%, 6.7%, 20% and 0% of K.pneumoniae producing ESBLs were resistant to amikacin, ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazol and imipenem, respectively. Thirty-nine blaSHV, seven blaTEM and seven blaCTX-M identified among K.pneumoniae producing ESBLs. The results reflected in cold month resistant to third generation cephalosporins were more than warm months. Generally, frequency of blaSHV was more than blaCTX-M and blaTEM.

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Phenotypic, Genotypic, K. pneumoniae and Tabriz

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