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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2006, p. 4584-4586, Vol. 44, No. 12
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01445-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CTX-M-3 and CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Isolates of Escherichia coli from a Hospital in Algiers, Algeria{triangledown}

Nadjia Ramdani-Bouguessa,1 Nuno Mendonça,2 Joana Leitão,2 Eugénia Ferreira,2 Mohamed Tazir,1 and Manuela Caniça2*

Service de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Mustapha Pacha, 16000 Algiers, Algeria,1 Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Centre of Bacteriology, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal2

Received 12 July 2006/ Returned for modification 31 August 2006/ Accepted 9 September 2006

Sixteen strains of Escherichia coli isolated between January and June 2005 in a hospital in Algiers carry the ISEcp1 element and the TEM and either CTX-M-3 (n = 3) or CTX-M-15 (n = 13) ß-lactamases. Fourteen of the isolates are multidrug resistant. Five isolates from the neonatal ward were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Antibiotic Resistance Unit, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Phone and fax: 351-217-519-246. E-mail: manuela.canica{at}insa.min-saude.pt.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 September 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2006, p. 4584-4586, Vol. 44, No. 12
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01445-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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