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Abstract

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and screening of carbapenemase, MBL, ESBL and AmpC Bacterial identification and antimicrobial sensitivity tests were performed using the MiroScan WalkAway 96 Plus kit (Beckman Coulter, Inc., CA, USA) in accordance with the CLSI 2010 guidelines [7] for Imipenem (IPM), Meropenem (MEPM), Piperacillin (PIPC), Ceftazidime (CAZ), Cefcapene (CFPM), Sulbactam/Cefoperazone (S/C), Aztreonam (AZT), Cefozopran (CZOP), Gentamicin (GM), Tobramycin (TOB), Amikacin (AMK), Levofloxacin (LVFX), Ciprofloxacin (CPFX), Minocycline (MINO), Fosfomycin (FOM) and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (ST). The criteria for multiple drug-resistant A. baumannii was resistance to IPM (MIC > 16 µg/mL), AMK