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Table 2 Types of carbapenems resistant genes carried by A. baumannii collected from various clinical specimens of patients at Saudi Arabia hospitals

From: Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii in Saudi Arabia: risk factors, antimicrobial resistance patterns and mechanisms of carbapenem resistance

Region

Refs.

Year of sampling

Specimens

Sources of isolates

Setting

No. of carbapenems resistant isolates

Types of carbapenems genes (%)

Across KSA

[37]

2006–2007

Sputum, urine, blood, ulcer

Inpatients and outpatients with DM

Different hospital wards

20

blaOXA-51 (45); blaOXA-131 (20)

Across KSA

[6]

2008–2011

Blood, respiratory, urine, wound

Inpatients

ICUs

196

A blaVIM (93); blaOXA-23 (55); blaOXA-40 (30); ISAba1-blaOXA-51 (4)

Across KSA

[16]

2012

Respiratory, blood, urine, abdomen, skin

Inpatients with DM

ICUs

64

blaVIM (92.2); blaOXA-23 (53.1); blaOXA-40 (29.7); blaSPM (28.1)

Across KSA

[73]

2012

Respiratory, skin, wound, urine

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

79

OXA-51 (100); OXA-23 (97.5); OXA-72 (2.5); NDM-1 (1.2); OXA-23+NDM-1 (1.2)

Aseer

[63]

2013–2014

Tracheal aspirate, sputum, wound and urine

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

56

blaOXA-23 (85.7); blaOXA-40 (5.4); blaOXA-58 (3.6);

Eastern region

[12]

2010–2012

Respiratory, wound, urine

Inpatients and outpatients

Different hospital wards and adult ICU

46

blaOXA-23 (80.4); blaOXA-51 (2.2)

Eastern region

[74]

2008–2012

Various clinical specimensb

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

57

blaOXA-23 (58); blaOXA-40 (13); blaVIM (94)

Eastern region

[27]

2014

Rectal swab

Inpatients

ICUs

35

OXA-23 (100)

Eastern region

[61]

2014

Sputum, blood, wound, nasal swab, pus swab

Inpatients and outpatients

Different hospital wards

10

blaOXA-23 (10); blaNDM-1 (30)

Eastern region

[68]

NM

Sputum, throat, abdomen, catheter and endotracheal aspirates

Inpatients

ICUs

5

OXA-23 (100)

Madinah

[55]

NM

Wound, sputum, urine, blood

Inpatients and outpatients

Different hospital wards

48

VIM-1 gene (37.9)

Makkah

[17]

2012–2014

Blood, and skin wound

Inpatients

ICUs

100a

OXA-51-like (94); OXA-23-like (91)

Riyadh

[53]

2011

NM

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

55

blaOXA-23 (60.0); blaPER (49.1); blaGES (34.5); blaOXA-24 (3.6)

Riyadh

[50]

2006–2008

Respiratory, wound and burn, blood, urine and other samples

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

253

OXA-23 (100); OXA-51 (100); OXA-58 (1.6)

Riyadh

[18]

2012

Tracheal aspirate

Inpatients

Adults ICU

12

OXA-51 (100); OXA-23 (91.7); OXA-24/40 (8.3)

Riyadh

[2]

2006–2014

Respiratory, wound and burn, blood, urine, and others samples

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

503

OXA-51-like (90.8); PER-1 (76.3)

Riyadh

[52]

2010

Various clinical specimensb

Inpatients

Different hospital wards

27

OXA-23 (63); OXA-24/40 (3.7); ADC (96.3); GES-1 (18.5); GES-11 (11); GES-5 (3.7)

Riyadh-Khobar

[33]

2011–2013

Blood, sputum, urine, respiratory, body fluid

Inpatients and outpatients

Different hospital wards

80

OXA-51 (100); OXA-23 (93)

  1. ICU intensive care unit, KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, NM not mentioned
  2. aIsolates were positive for extended spectrum beta lactamases
  3. bTypes of clinical specimens were not specified in the study