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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;104(4):327-30.
doi: 10.1179/136485910X12743554760108.

First detection of oxacillinase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Morocco

A Benouda  1 , O Touzani, M-T Khairallah, G F Araj, G M Matar
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Case Reports

First detection of oxacillinase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Morocco

A Benouda et al. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

The frequency of carbapenem resistance due to class-D beta-lactamases (i.e. oxacillinases) among the world's Enterobacteriaceae is increasing. Recently, in Morocco, two isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from the same patient, one harbouring plasmid-encoded bla-(OXA-48) and the other the bla-(OXA-1) gene. This represents the first evidence of bla(OXA-48)-mediated carbapenem-resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Morocco.

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