Detection of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli from Infected Wounds in Khartoum State-2014

Abstract

Background: Carbapenem family are from the recently synthesized beta-lactam antibiotics which used as last resort antibiotics for treating infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli and the resistant to them by Gram-negative bacilli have been developed, due to production of variety of carbapenemase enzymes and other mechanisms that significantly limits treatment options for life-threatening infections.