Occurrence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in the Wildlife: First Report of OXA-48 in Wild Boars in Algeria

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 337-345

  Bachiri, Taous ^a,b   Bakour, Sofiane ^b   Lalaoui, Rym ^b   Belkebla, Nadia ^a   Allouache, Meriem ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Touati, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Enterobacteriaceae; OXA 48; virulence; wild animals

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE OXA-48, E COLI; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OXACILLINASE;

ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPEAN WILD BOAR; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MACACA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PIG; SEROTYPE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRULENCE;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MACACA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROGROUP; SUS SCROFA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85045453991     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0323     Document Type: Article

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