title: CTX-M-3 and CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in isolates of Escherichia coli from a hospital in Algiers, Algeria.
abstract: Sixteen strains of Escherichia coli isolated between January and June 2005 in a hospital in Algiers carry the ISEcp1 element and the TEM and either CTX-M-3 (n=3) or CTX-M-15 (n=13) beta-lactamases. Fourteen of the isolates are multidrug resistant. Five isolates from the neonatal ward were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Mustapha Pacha, Algiers, Algeria.
authors.forename: Nadjia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramdani-Bouguessa
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.forename: Eugénia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tazir
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caniça
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000462:Algeria; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C473109:beta-lactamase CTX-M-15; C417271:beta-lactamase CTX-M-3; D001618:beta-Lactamases