February 2019

Antibiotic resistance in Saudi Arabia and some Middle Eastern countries: Current status

Antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health worldwide, especially for serious infections, leaving limited choices for antimicrobials to be used. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched several strategies to control the spread of this resistance. However, in the Middle East the problem can become worse if these strategies are not applied due to the geographical location between developed and...

Author(s): Shadi Ahmed Zakai  

February 2019

First report of the types TEM, CTX-M, SHV and OXA-48 of beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli, from Brazzaville, Congo

The objective of this study was to evaluate the emergence of beta-lactam resistance related to extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) encoding genes (TEM, SHV, CTX-M-1 and OXA-48) in Escherichia coli from Brazzaville. In the period between January 2016 and May 2017, 89 strains in E. coli were isolated from hospitalized patients, outpatients and domestic sewage. The E. coli strains were identified by the API 20E system....

Author(s): Fils Landry Mpelle, Esther Nina Ontsira Ngoyi, Christian Aimé Kayath, Etienne Nguimbi, Rachel Moyen and Simon Charles Kobawila