Multiple ST clonal complexes, with a predominance of ST131, of Escherichia coli harbouring blaCTX-M-15 in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
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TextPublisher number: Phone: +255 28 298 3384 Fax: +255 28 298 3386 Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz Website: www.bugando.ac.tz Language: English Series: ; Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 17 Issue 8 Publication details: Mwanza, Tanzania: Elsevier & Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] 23 March 2011Description: Pages 1279-1282Online resources: Summary: Abstract
The molecular epidemiology of 32 non-duplicate, CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli strains, isolated from clinical samples, was investigated. Multilocus sequence typing revealed multiple sequence type clonal complexes: ST131 (12), ST405 (4), ST638 (3), ST38 (2), ST827 (2), ST224 (1), ST648 (1), ST46 (1) and two new sequence type clonal complexes (1845 and 1848) in 22 pulsed field gel electrophoresis clusters. The blaCTX-M-15 gene was located on conjugative IncF plasmids. This is the first report of the worldwide emerging clonal complex ST131 linked to blaCTX-M-15 in Tanzania and demonstrates the need for constant surveillance in developing countries to prevent the spread of these multiresistant isolates.
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Abstract
The molecular epidemiology of 32 non-duplicate, CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli strains, isolated from clinical samples, was investigated. Multilocus sequence typing revealed multiple sequence type clonal complexes: ST131 (12), ST405 (4), ST638 (3), ST38 (2), ST827 (2), ST224 (1), ST648 (1), ST46 (1) and two new sequence type clonal complexes (1845 and 1848) in 22 pulsed field gel electrophoresis clusters. The blaCTX-M-15 gene was located on conjugative IncF plasmids. This is the first report of the worldwide emerging clonal complex ST131 linked to blaCTX-M-15 in Tanzania and demonstrates the need for constant surveillance in developing countries to prevent the spread of these multiresistant isolates.
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