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Molecular Characterization and Biofilm Formation of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in King Faisal Medical Complex Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia

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The aim of this study was to identify carbapenemase genes distributed among carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB), previously collected from medical samples from different sites in King Faisal Medical Complex Hospital (KFMC), Taif, Saudi Arabia, and to determine the ability of these CR-GNB isolates to biofilm formation. The bacterial samples, collected from patients at FMC from November 2021 to April 2022 (6 months), were screened for carbapenem resistance (CR) by Phoenix System. Further, the detection of carbapenemase producer (CP) genes was performed using the XpertCarba-R molecular method. Overall, 236 clinical samples were determined as CR-GNB from 167 CR patients. The real-time PCR results show that 40.7% (68/167) of the CR isolates were positive for blaNDM and 33.5% (56/167) were positive for blaOXA while no isolates were positive for blaKPC, blaVIM and blaIMP which mean41.3% (69/167) of the CR isolates didn't have any carbapenemase genes. There was a significant association between the type of carbapenem resistance genes within various CRorganisms, antibiotypes categories, and hospital service wards. There were three distinct groups of CP isolates circulating in KFMC. The first group of strains was positive for blaOXA (30, 18.6%). The second group of strains was positive for blaNDM 42 (25.1 %). The third group of isolates was positive for both blaNDM and blaOXA (26, 15.6%). Most CR Klebsiella spp. isolates were strong biofilm former (74/99, 74.7%) while lower numbers of CR Klebsiella spp. formmoderate biofilm (25/99, 25.3%). Also, the strong biofilms were the most common among CR Pseudomonas spp. (18/23, 78.3%), Acinetobacter baumannii (25/32, 78.1%), and other organisms (13/13, 100%). Weak biofilm just appeared in two isolates (8.7%) of Pseudomonas spp.It is clear that biofilm formation ability didn't distribute randomly in the various CR organisms and antibiotype categories. Carbapenemase-producing ability and biofilm formation ability are the most virulent factors of CR-GNB, the increase of carbapenemase-producing organisms in biofilm-producing isolates of CR-GNB is considered a serious alert

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10.21608/eajbsc.2022.277002

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carbapenemases, Enterobacterales, blaKPC, blaNDM, blaOXA, blaVIM, blaIMP, lactamase, Biofilm

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Reda

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Amashah

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Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Rawan

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Abou-assy

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Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia

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Moufag

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Fida

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H.

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Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia

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Samyah

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Jastaniah

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Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia

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Sharifah

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Fahmi

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Department of Microbiology, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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saudi Arabia

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Magda

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Aly

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Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-Department of Botany and Microbiology, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.

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saudi Arabia

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14

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2

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35452

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2022-12-01

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2022-10-13

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2022-12-05

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389

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401

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2090-0767

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2090-083X

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology

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Molecular Characterization and Biofilm Formation of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in King Faisal Medical Complex Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia

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22 Jan 2023