Laboratory of Epidemiology and Veterinary Microbiology, Group of Bacteriology and Biotechnology Development, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1002, Tunisia
Dr. Ahlem Jouini
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Veterinary Microbiology, Group of Bacteriology and Biotechnology Development, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1002, Tunisia
Objectives To assess the occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in Escherichia coli isolates of faecal samples of animals (n = 40) and food samples (n = 38) obtained in Tunisia in 2006, and to characterize the type of ESBLs, their genetic environments and the associated resistance genes.
5 October 2006 in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy