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High prevalence of multidrug resistant ESBL- and plasmid mediated AmpC-producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique.
BMC infectious diseases - 6 Jan 2021
Estaleva Calvina E L, Zimba Tomas F, Sekyere John Osei, Govinden Usha, Chenia Hafizah Y, Simonsen Gunnar S, Haldorsen Bjørg, Essack Sabiha Y, Sundsfjord Arnfinn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data of cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales in Sub-Saharan Africa is still restricted, and in particular in Mozambique. The aim of this study was to detect and characterize extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) - and plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC)-producing clinical strains of Escherichia coli at Maputo Central Hospital (MCH), a 1000-bed reference hospital in Maputo, Mozambique....
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