Checkboard antimicrobial susceptibility testing of multidrug resistant klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients with ventilator associated pneumonia

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to determine the magnitude of antibiotic resistance problem among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with ventilator associated pneumonia and to investigate the association between multidrug resistance [MDR] strains and DNA, elements called "integrons, ". Also study aimed to test the effect of combined drugs therapy as alternative strategy for these MDR strains