From the Urinary Catheter to the Prevalence of Three Classes of Integrons, <i>β</i>‐Lactamase Genes, and Differences in Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <i>Proteus mirabilis</i> and Clonal Relatedness with Rep‐PCR

Abstract

In this study, 82.5% of isolates were MDR with high antibiotic resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The <i>intI1</i> and <i>bla</i> _TEM were the most prevalent genes in the integrase and ESBL gene family. High diversity was seen in the isolates with Rep-PCR. The increasing rate of MDR isolates with a high prevalence of resistance genes could be alarming and demonstrate the need for hygienic procedures to prevent the increased antibiotic resistance rate in the future.