Antibiotic susceptibility profile and molecular characterization of quinolones resistant Klebsiella pneumonia isolates: First report from Iraq

Molecular detection of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae during Covid-19 pandemic

“…A molecular study of this study found that 47.1% of samples harbored the aac (6')-Ib-cr gene, which it appears that the aac (6')-Ib-cr gene is more prevalent than any other qnr genes; this result agrees with similar studies conducted in the south of Iraq, in Baghdad, Kareem et al (2018) found out of 27 K. pneumoniae 92.5% harbored aac (6')-Ib-cr and in Najaf, in a total of 74 K. pneumoniae 52.7% has been reported (Al-Hilali et al 2021). In Tehran, Iran was 53.2% (Eftekhar and Seyedpour 2015), Kashan-Iran (70.1%) (Shams et al 2015), Saudi Arabia, 51.6% (Al-Agamy et al 2018, in Jordan, 50% (Idris et al 2017).…”

“…Our results found that the percentage of qnrS was 32.4%. This result near to Nourozi et al (2020) in Tehran, Iran, found that in a total of 80 K. pneumoniae isolates 34% had qnrS, and Kareem et al (2018) found that in all 27 K. pneumoniae, 37% had qnrS in Baghdad, Iraq.…”

“…While in the south of Iraq, different percentages have been reported. Kareem et al (2018) in Baghdad reported 51.8%, Mosul 15.8% (Mahmood and Abdullah 2015) Najaf 23% (Al-Hilali et al 2021). Another study in Najaf by Alshammari and Al-Skhattat (2015) found that out of 89 K. pneumoniae isolates from clinical and environmental specimens, only one sample had qnrB.…”