Media unit at the College of Science at the University of Basrah organized a seminar entitled (prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii in hospitals as an opportunistic pathogen)by the graduate student (Shahad Mahdi Lateef) The thesis aims to conduct a molecular investigation, its prevalence in hospitals, its virulence, and its resistance, and concludes with a high prevalence, particularly in intensive care unit wards, highly virulent traits, and a marked increase of antibiotic resistance to recommend regular surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns to distinguish common emerging resistance, Implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs to avoid the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, Molecular diagnosis.