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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Multidrug-resistant tet(X)-containing hospital isolates in Sierra Leone
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, Volume 42, No. 1, Year 2013
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Description
The tet(X) gene encodes a flavin-dependent monooxygenase that confers resistance to all clinically relevant tetracycline antibiotics including tigecycline. It has only previously been identified in environmental and non-human pathogenic bacteria. To investigate levels of multidrug resistance in Bo, Sierra Leone, a molecular epidemiological study was conducted using an antimicrobial resistance determinant microarray (ARDM), PCR and DNA sequencing. The study found that 21% of isolates from Mercy Hospital (Bo, Sierra Leone) were tet(X)-positive, all of which originated from urinary specimens. Use of molecular epidemiological surveillance tools has provided the first evidence of tet(X)-containing multidrug-resistant Gram-negative hospital isolates in a hospital in Sierra Leone. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Łȩski, Tomasz Andrzej
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Bangura, Umaru
Sierra Leone, Bo
Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory
Sierra Leone, Freetown
Njala University
Jimmy, David H.
Sierra Leone, Bo
Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory
Sierra Leone, Freetown
Njala University
Ansumana, Rashid
Sierra Leone, Bo
Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory
Sierra Leone, Freetown
Njala University
Lizewski, Stephen E.
United States, Silver Spring
Naval Medical Research Center
Stenger, David Andrew
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Taitt, Chris Rowe
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Vora, Gary J.
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Statistics
Citations: 87
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.04.014
ISSN:
09248579
e-ISSN:
18727913
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Sierra Leone