Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Tunisia and characterization of their virulence factors and plasmid addiction systems

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mnif, Basma ^a,c,d   Harhour, Hela ^a,d   Jdidi, Jihène ^b   Mahjoubi, Faouzia ^a,d   Genel, Nathalie ^c   Arlet, Guillaume ^c   Hammami, Adnene ^a,d  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Addiction systems; CTX M 15; E. coli; ESBL; Plasmid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; TUNISIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879247967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-147     Document Type: Article

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