Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Producing CTX-M-15 Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Phoba, Marie-France; Barbé, Barbara; Lunguya, Octavie; Masendu, Lysette; Lulengwa, Deo; Dougan, Gordon; Wong, Vanessa K; Bertrand, Sophie et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2017

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a typhoid fever case with a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolate showing extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Whole genome sequencing revealed that the strain carried a plasmid-mediated CTX-M-15 ESBL gene and did not belong to the dominant H58 Salmonella Typhi clade.

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