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High prevalence of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae among hospitalized children in luanda, angola

  • Kieffer, Nicolas Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - INSERM European Unit (LEA, Paris, France), University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Nordmann, Patrice Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - INSERM European Unit (LEA, Paris, France), University of Fribourg, Switzerland - University of Lausanne and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Aires-de-Sousa, Marta Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (ESSCVP), Lisbon, Portugal
  • Poirel, Laurent Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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    10.01.2016
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  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. - 2016, vol. 60, no. 10, p. 6189–6192
English This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Luanda, Angola. A total of 157 rectal samples were collected from children visiting a pediatric hospital in Luanda in March 2015. Fifty-seven imipenem-nonsusceptible enterobacterial isolates were recovered, most of which were non-clonally related. The blaOXA-181 (50/57) and blaNDM-1 (7/57) carbapenemase genes were identified. Notably, OXA-181-producing Escherichia coli isolates rarely coproduced extended-spectrum β-lactamases and consequently remained susceptible to broad-spectrum cephalosporins. The blaOXA-181 gene was always located on an IncX3 plasmid, while the blaNDM-1 gene was located on either IncFIA or IncA/C plasmids. The study identified a high prevalence of OXA-181 among hospitalized children in Angola.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Médecine 3ème année
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  • English
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Biological sciences
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