Detection of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli of Environmental Surfaces at Upper Egypt

Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles and ESBL production in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca among hospitalized patients

“…Such high rate of ESBL among K. pneumoniae might be due to inappropriate use of antibiotics and self-medication against K. pneumoniae infection. However, our results are significantly better for ESBL producing K. pneumoniae than found by Afifi (2013) in Egypt (56.25%), Jain et al (2003) in India (86.6%) and Ullah et al (2009) in Pakistan (58.5%) (1,16,37).…”

Phenotypic and Genotypic Patterns of Beta-Lactam Resistance among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates

“…A high prevalence of ESBL-production by Enterobacteriaceae (78.4%) was also reported by Alsultan et al, (Grohs et al, 2013). (Alsultan is correct reference) Comparing our results with other studies in Egypt, it was found that our work showed the highest level of ESBL resistance (Afifi, 2013;Alsultan et al, 2013;Abdallah et al, 2015) (remove Alsultan) Possibly, the high prevalence in the Middle East, especially Egypt, is related to the uncontrolled use of antibiotics in these countries, where many drugs are still available over the counter.…”

Characteristics of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Fecal Samples of Inpatients of Beijing Tongren Hospital

“…Colonization by ESBL-positive isolates is considered a risk factor (7,8). Livermore and Paterson reported that nearly 70.0% of patients have their gastrointestinal tract colonized by ESBL-positive strains on a particular ward where patients are infected with ESBL-positive strains (9).…”