Characterization of blaNDM-1 and blaOXA-23-Type Carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Post-Surgical Patients
Sana Gul, Nawab Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Maali Alahmad, Muhammad Saeed Khan, Zull E. Nourain, Sadir Zaman, Yar Muhammad, Waheed Ullah · 2026
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Sana Gul leads a nine-author team hunting resistance genes in a hard-to-treat hospital germ taken from surgical wound infections in Pakistan, in 2026 work. The germ, Acinetobacter baumannii, thrives in intensive care and after surgery, and forms resisting the carbapenem drug family are a global treatment crisis. The team collected 118 wound samples from one hospital in Bannu between late 2023 and early 2024. Germs were named by standard tests and confirmed by gene reading, then exposed to a panel of antibiotics.
The target germ appeared in twenty-three samples, just under one fifth of the total. Cases clustered in men and in patients aged fifty-one to sixty-eight. Gene tests searched the resistant isolates for two named carbapenem-breaking genes, with sequencing of sample products to confirm identity. The study adds a local resistance snapshot meant to guide surgical infection control and antibiotic choice in the region.
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| CREATOR | Sana Gul, Nawab Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Maali Alahmad, Muhammad Saeed Khan, Zull E. Nourain, Sadir Zaman, Yar Muhammad, Waheed Ullah |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28044 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |