Genetic characterization of extensive drug resistant : an appalling impediment.

Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii infections are a growing public-health concern. The bacterium's potentiality to acquire resistance to a number of commonly used antibiotics has turned it into a formidable pathogen.

Aims: Molecular characterization of extensive drug resistant (XDR) typing of A.

A plethora of carbapenem resistance in : no end to a long insidious genetic journey.

, notorious for causing nosocomial infections especially in patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and burn units, is best at displaying resistance to all existing antibiotic classes. Consequences of high potential for antibiotic resistance has resulted in extensive drug or even pan drug resistant . Carbapenems, mainly imipenem and meropenem, the last resort for the treatment of infections have fallen short due to the emergence of carbapenem resistant (CRAB).