Carbapenemases and extended-spectrum β-lactamases producing enterobacteriaceae isolated from Tunisian and Libyan hospitals

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 718-727

  Mathlouthi, Najla ^a,b   Al Bayssari, Charbel ^a   El Salabi, Allaaeddin ^d,e   Bakour, Sofiane ^a   Ben Gwierif, Salha ^f   Zorgani, Abdulaziz A ^g   Jridi, Yahia ^h   Ben Slama, Karim ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Chouchani, Chedly ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^e Benghazi Medical Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^f The Libyan Academy   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^h Université de Sousse   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; ESBLs; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Libya; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFANILAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ENCODING GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE DISK SYNERGY TEST; EPSILOMETER TEST; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MODIFIED HODGE TEST; MOLECULAR DETECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLISTIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIBYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TUNISIA;

EID: 84980315533     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.7426     Document Type: Article

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