Abstract
Reports of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Africa remain rare and assess mostly blaOXA-48-producing isolates from Mediterranean countries and South Africa. We identified blaNDM-7-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon in 2016. The isolates contained blaNDM-7 IncX3 plasmids that were unusual and similar to the one described in a colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae SZ04 isolate from China.
Keywords:
Africa; Central Africa; Enterobacter cloacae; Gabon; Klebsiella pneumoniae; bacteria; blaNDM-7; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / history
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
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Enterobacteriaceae / classification
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Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
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Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
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Enterobacteriaceae Infections / history
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Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
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Gabon / epidemiology
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Multilocus Sequence Typing
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Phylogeny
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Prevalence
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beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
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beta-Lactamases / genetics*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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beta-Lactamases