First report on bla -producing Acinetobacter baumannii in three clinical isolates from Ethiopia.

Background: Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are recognized as one of the major threats to global health. In this study, we describe for the first time bla gene carrying organisms from Ethiopia consisting of three Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from patients in Jimma.

Methods: Besides phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing, molecular strain typing and sequencing was performed to describe the phylogenetic relation of the Ethiopian isolates in detail in relation to published isolates from all over the globe.