AmpC

Detection of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Tanta University Hospital, Egypt

Marwa M. E. Abd-Elmonsef, Haidy S. Khalil, Amal Selim, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Walaa Elkhalawany, Sameh Samir, Mohamed S. Abd-Elghafar & Mohamed M. E. Abd-Elmonsef · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) isolated from various hospital-acquired infection cases admitted to Tanta University Hospital, Egypt and to determine the antibiotic resistance profile of these isolates. St...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29240

Identification of Typical Class 1 and Class 2 Integron Gene Cassettes in Clinical Isolates of MDR Shigella flexneri in South Indian Population

M. S. Dhiviya Prabaa, Shalini Anandan, D. R. Naveen Kumar & V. Balaji · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Shigellosis is an acute intestinal infection caused by Shigella spp. Treatment with most widely used antimicrobial drugs became limited due to the emergence of multi-drug resistance (MDR). In Shigella spp., antimicrobial resistance is often associated with the presence of t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19498

Rapid Detection of Extended Spectrum Β-lactamase (ESBL) Producing Strain of Escherichia coli in Urinary Tract Infections Patients in Benha University Hospital, Egypt

Enas Sh. Khater & Hammouda W. Sherif · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Background: An increase in extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) has been observed. Aims: Of this study was done to detect the prevelance of ESBL, AmpC producing and ESBL and AmpC co-producing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in urinary tr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7376