Ilhem Boutiba-Ben Boubaker

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the genomic epidemiology using a dataset of 8746 genomes from 33 African countries and two overseas territories and show that the epidemics in most countries were initiated by importations predominantly from Europe, which diminished following the early introduction of international travel restrictions.

TL;DR: Among the 22 transconjugants or electroporants obtained with selected E. coli and K. pneumoniae CTX-M-15-producing strains, a predominant plasmid restriction pattern was obtained with 17 isolates, and the four CTX/M-16 producing strains yielded the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern.

TL;DR: Loss or deficiency of OMPs, coupled with ESBL and/or AmpC production, plays an important role in conferring carbapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae.

TL;DR: Healthy chickens constitute an important reservoir of ESBL- and pAmpC-BL-producing E. coli isolates that potentially could be transmitted to humans via the food chain or by direct contact.

TL;DR: The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes in a collection of 120 extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing enterobacteria and to characterize them.