Phenotypic and genotypic detection of β-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp. isolates recovered from Lebanese patients over a 1-year period

A high rate of carbapenem resistance, with a predominance of OXA-23-like and IC II, was shown in this study. Moreover, the inhibitor-based method was shown not to be accurate for the prediction of carbapenemases in A. baumannii.