Université de Fribourg

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains carrying the blaOxA-23 and the blaGES-11 genes in a neonatology center in Tunisia

Charfi-Kessis, Karama ; Mansour, Wejdene ; Khalifa, Anis Ben Haj ; Mastouri, Maha ; Nordmann, Patrice ; Aouni, Mahjoub ; Poirel, Laurent

In: Microbial Pathogenesis, 2014, vol. 74, p. 20–24

Multidrug-resistant and difficult-to-treat Acinetobacter baumannii may be responsible for nosocomial infections. The production of carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases (CHDLs) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLs) of the GES type possessing a carbapenemase activity has been increasingly reported worldwide in A. baumannii. The aim of this study was to analyze the...