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Community fecal carriage of broad-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli in Tunisian children.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2017
Ferjani Sana, Saidani Mabrouka, Hamzaoui Zeineb, Alonso Carla Andrea, Torres Carmen, Maamar Elaa, Slim Amine Faouzi, Boutiba Ben Boubaker Ilhem
Abstract excerpt
The spread of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and plasmid mediated AmpC β-lactamases (pAmpC) was evaluated in Escherichia coli strains collected from the intestinal microbiota of healthy children in Tunisia. The carriage rate of CTXRE. coli was 6.6% (7 of 105 samples) and one strain/sample was further characterized (7 isolates). These isolates harbored blaCTX-M-1 (n = 4), blaCTX-M-15 (n = 2), and blaCMY-2...
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