Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Pages: 1279-1282

Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volume number: 17

Issue number: 8

ISSN: 1198-743X

eISSN: 1469-0691

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03518.x

Publisher: Elsevier

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 bla(CTX-M-15) gene was located on conjugative IncF plasmids. This is the first report of the worldwide emerging clonal complex ST131 linked to bla(CTX-M-15) in Tanzania and demonstrates the need for constant surveillance in developing countries to prevent the spread of these multiresistant isolates.

Harvard Citation style: Mshana, S., Imirzalioglu, C., Hain, T., Domann, E., Lyamuya, E. and Chakraborty, T. (2011) Multiple ST clonal complexes, with a predominance of ST131, of Escherichia coli harbouring bla_CTX-M-15 in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 17(8), pp. 1279-1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03518.x

APA Citation style: Mshana, S., Imirzalioglu, C., Hain, T., Domann, E., Lyamuya, E., & Chakraborty, T. (2011). Multiple ST clonal complexes, with a predominance of ST131, of Escherichia coli harbouring bla_CTX-M-15 in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 17(8), 1279-1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03518.x