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Prevalence of Proteus spp. in some hospitals in Baghdad City | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 665-672 | ||
| Author | ||
| Dalia Azher Ahmed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this research, 152 clinical samples were collected from different hospitals in Baghdad city, 30 isolates of Proteus spp. were identified from urine, wounds and burns by using different bacteriological and biochemical assays. It was found that 20 (66.6%) samples were identifies as Proteus mirabilis and 10 (33.3%) samples were Proteus vulgaris. Among the 30 isolates of Proteus spp., 18 isolates (60%) were isolated from urine samples; 7 (23.3%) isolates from wounds samples and 5 (16.6%) isolates from burns samples. Out of 20 isolates of P. mirabilis, 13 (65%) isolates were from urine samples, 4 (20%) isolates were isolated from wounds samples and 3 (15%) isolates from burns. According to the gender, out of 30 Proteus spp., 17 (56%) were from female and 13 (43%) from male at different age. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cefotaxime resistance Proteus; CTX; ESBLs producers | ||
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