A master’s thesis was discussed in the Department of Life Sciences, College of Science, Al-Qadisiyah University, entitled “Immunological and Molecular Study of Class I, II, and III Integrins in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Different Clinical Sources.” The thesis was presented by Ali Adel Abdul Hussein and supervised by Prof. Dr. Suad Abdul Fazaa.
The study aimed to isolate and identify Acinetobacter baumannii from patients admitted to Diwaniyah hospitals from various clinical samples (wounds, burns, urine, blood, and bronchial tubes) using biochemical and phenotypic tests, including the Vitek2 assay. Antibiotic susceptibility testing and phenotypic screening of class I, II, and III integrons were performed using PCR.
The most important recommendations are that the intermittent investigation of antibiotic resistance in A. baumannii is very essential as it will help clinicians discover points in the resistance pattern of frequently recommended antibiotics against pathogens, about the recent activity of antibacterial agents commonly used in Diwaniyah hospitals and find new ways to disrupt biofilms.