First detection of CTX-M-28 in a Tunisian hospital from a cefotaxime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain.
A cefotaxime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ML4313 was obtained from a patient from intensive care unit of Military hospital in Tunisia. This strain was resistant to beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, quinolones and phenicols, and tetracyclines. It was identified as producer of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) by double-disk synergy test between amoxicillin-clavulanate and cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime and aztreonam. The ESBL was identified as CTX-M-28 by sequencing of PCR products and by isoelectric focusing. The ESBL resistance was transferred by a 50kb plasmid. CTX-M-28 is closely related to CTX-M-15. This is the first description of this enzyme in Tunisia.
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Laboratoire de biochimie et de technobiologie, faculté des sciences de Tunis, campus universitaire, 2092 EL-Manar II, Tunisia. benachour_nahed@yahoo.fr
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Power
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Belhadj
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Ben Moussa
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Galleni
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Belhadj
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D011815:R Factors / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C544678:CTX-M-28 beta-lactamase, Klebsiella pneumoniae; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D002439:Cefotaxime