Predominance of extensively-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying bla OXA-23 in Jordanian patients admitted to the intensive care units.

Background And Aim: The global emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii is of great concern, especially inside intensive care units (ICUs). This study investigated the prevalence, antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation and genetic relatedness of A. baumannii recovered from ICU patients in three major hospitals in Jordan.

Extensively drug-resistant : role of conjugative plasmids in transferring resistance.

is one of the most successful pathogens that can cause difficult-to-treat nosocomial infections. Outbreaks and infections caused by multi-drug resistant are prevalent worldwide, with only a few antibiotics are currently available for treatments. Plasmids represent an ideal vehicle for acquiring and transferring resistance genes in .