Research Article
Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter: Detection of ESBL, MBL, blaNDM-1 Genotype, and Biofilm Formation at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal
Table 3
Acinetobacter species in relation to various types of resistance mechanisms and biofilm formation.
| | Characteristic of isolates (a = no of isolates) | Acb complex(n = 167) | A. lwoffii (n = 83) | A. haemolyticus(n = 38) | A. radioresistens(n = 30) | A. junii (n = 6) |
| | MDR (a = 128) | 111 (66.5%) | 4 (4.8%) | 8 (21.1%) | 4 (13.3%) | 1 (16.6%) | | ESBL (a = 13) | 10 (5.9%) | — | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (6.6%) | — | | Carbapenemase (a = 12) | 10 (5.9%) | — | 2 (5.2%) | — | — | | MBL (a = 70) | 56 (33.5%) | 3 (3.6%) | 7 (18.4%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (16.7%) | | bla NDM-1 genotype (a = 33) | 28 (16.8%) | 2 (2.4%) | 2 (5.2%) | — | 1 (16.7%) | | Biofilm (a = 121) | 94 (56.2%) | 12 (14.5%) | 8 (21.1%) | 6 (20%) | 1 (16.7%) |
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Note. MDR:multidrug resistant, ESBL: extended spectrum beta-lactamase, MBL: metallo-β-lactamase, and blaNDM-1= New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1.
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