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CTX-M-3 and CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Isolates of Escherichia coli from a Hospital in Algiers, Algeria

2006; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 44; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.01445-06

1098-660X

Nadjia Ramdani‐Bouguessa, Nuno Mendonça, Joana Leitão, Eugénia Ferreira, Mohamed Tazir, Manuela Caniça,

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

ABSTRACT Sixteen strains of Escherichia coli isolated between January and June 2005 in a hospital in Algiers carry the IS Ecp1 element and the TEM and either CTX-M-3 ( n = 3) or CTX-M-15 ( n = 13) β-lactamases. Fourteen of the isolates are multidrug resistant. Five isolates from the neonatal ward were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.