New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2016)

Molecular detection of CTX-M-15-type β-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains from Senegal

  • M.L. Dia,
  • B. Ngom,
  • R. Diagne,
  • R. Ka,
  • S. Lo,
  • M.F. Cisse,
  • G. Arlet,
  • A.I. Sow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. C
pp. 45 – 46

Abstract

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We aimed to detect the extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) secreted by clinical strains of Escherichia coli at Fann University Hospital in Dakar and to characterize them molecularly. We identified 32 isolates producing ESBLs. The CTX-M-15 gene was the most frequently detected ESBL gene, detected in 90.63% of the isolates studied.

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