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Infections in general are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. The objective of this investigation was to detect some Gram-negative bacteria recovered from different urine specimens isolated from bladder cancer patients and examine their ultrastructural characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to carbapenems were identified and isolated. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were then tested for employing meropenem in the phenotypic modified Hodge test (MHT), the modified carbapenem inactivation technique (mCIM), and the combined disk test (CDT). Genotypic detection of bacterial isolates was studied using\n the blaNDM<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n blaVIM<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n blaIMP<\/jats:italic>\n carbapenemase genes. 50 isolates (\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n ) were tested for plasmid-mediated carbapenemase genes. Finally, agarose gel electrophoresis was used to investigate the polymerase chain reaction of\n blaNDM<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n blaVIM<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n blaIMP<\/jats:italic>\n carbapenemase genes. The structural characteristics of\n E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n .\n aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n were analyzed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to observe bacterial ultrastructure and illustrate cellular changes consistent with antimicrobial resistance. Gram-negative bacterial isolates included 35\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n recovered from the study\u2019s different urine samples. The resistance profile of\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n and\n E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n was greater than 80% for all tested antibiotics. Amikacin also exhibited high resistance at 80% (i.e., 20% susceptibility). The resistance profile of\n P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n exceeded 100% for all examined antibiotics. Notably, amikacin was the single agent to which\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n and\n E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n demonstrated any measurable susceptibility (20%), distinguishing it as the best-performing antibiotic among the tested drugs, despite its overall limited efficacy. Unfortunately, high resistance was observed for all other examined antibiotics. The obtained results of MHT, mCIM, and CDT tests revealed that 82%, 32%, and 74% of isolated bacteria were carbapenem-resistant, respectively. PCR data revealed that\n blaIMP<\/jats:italic>\n is the most relevant gene, followed by\n blaNDM<\/jats:italic>\n and finally\n blaVIM<\/jats:italic>\n , with 36%, 32%, and 22%, respectively. The current study showed a positive result of PCR for\n blaNDM<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n blaVIM<\/jats:italic>\n genes, and\n blaIMP<\/jats:italic>\n , respectively.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n \n Isolates that produced carbapenemase exhibited high levels of resistance to numerous antimicrobials employed in this investigation. The study focused on the genotypic detection of\n blaNDM<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n blaVIM<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n blaIMP<\/jats:italic>\n . 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