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Nosocomial dissemination of extended-spectrum β-lactamase VEB-1a-producing Providencia stuartii isolates in a Tunisian hospital.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Oct 2011
Lahlaoui H, Poirel L, Moussa M B, Ferjani M, Omrane B, Nordmann P
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 20 multidrug-resistant Providencia stuartii isolates recovered from 2005 to 2009 at the Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia, was analysed. They all expressed the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) VEB-1a. The bla (VEB-1a) gene was plasmid-located and it was associated with complex genetic structures, including Re elements. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) revealed a clonal relationship...
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