African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5241

Full Length Research Paper

Carbapenem-resistant and OXA-23 producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolate in Tunisian hospital

Hela Chihi1*, Amel Bourouis1, Sihem Mahrouki1, Rym Ouertani1, Farouk Barguellil2, Mouhamed Ben–Moussa2 and Omrane Belhadj1
1Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Technobiologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire,  2092 EL Manar II, Tunisie. 2Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Militaire de Tunis, 1089 Monfleury, Tunis, Tunisie.
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  •  Accepted: 23 April 2012
  •  Published: 14 June 2012

Abstract

We investigated resistance determinant of clinical isolate of carbapenem–resistantAcinetobacter baumannii, collected from patients hospitalized at the Military hospital in Tunisia. The isolate which was multidrug resistant produced OXA-23. The bla OXA-23 gene was found to be adjacent to ISAbaI.

 

Key words: Acinetobacter baumannii, OXA-23, ISAbaI.

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