Spread of the meningococci group C isolates of the clonal complex 10217 beyond the African meningitis belt.

Objectives: To monitor the spread of invasive meningococcal disease due to group C of the clonal complex 10217 isolates beyond the sub-Saharan African meningitis belt.

Methods: Cases were confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction in blood or cerebrospinal fluid samples and further characterized by multi-locus sequence typing that defined sequence type and clonal complexes. Sequencing of gene (encoding the penicillin-binding protein 2) was also used to predict susceptibility to β-lactams.

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Algeria: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical isolates.

Introduction: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is a major public health problem worldwide. The aim of our study was to determine the microbiological, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of VREfm isolated in north-central, eastern and western Algeria.

Methodology: a collection of 48 VREfm isolated from September 2010 to April 2017 in several Algerian hospitals were studied.

Detection of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli in the ovaries of healthy broiler breeders with emphasis on extended-spectrum β-lactamases producers.

In the last few years, antimicrobial resistant (AMR) Escherichia coli have been detected in newborn chickens suggesting their vertical transmission from breeding birds to their offspring. However, little is known about the presence of AMR E. coli in the reproductive organs of broiler breeders.

Wide spread of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Algerian hospitals: A four years' study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Algerian hospitals and to characterize the molecular types of carbapenemases found.

Methodology: During a four years study lasting between 2012 and 2015, 81 strains of Enterobacteriaceae with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems were collected from different hospitals. Carbapenemase genes were detected by PCR.

Isolation of Escherichia coli carrying the bla and qnrS1 genes from reproductive organs of broiler breeders and internal contents of hatching eggs.

This study aimed to characterize two third-generation cephalosporins- and quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (TGCs- and Q-R-Ec) isolates recovered from the ovaries of a broiler breeder flock and the internal contents of hatching eggs produced by the broiler breeder flock. Clonal relatedness was determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The isolates displayed the same multidrug resistance profile, with resistance to ampicillin, ticarcillin, piperacillin, cefazollin, cephalothin, cefotaxime, nalidixic acid, tetracycline and sulfonamides.

Characterization of quinolone-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from poultry in Western Algeria: First report of in an .

Aim: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Enterobacteriaceae have frequently been reported, in both human and veterinary medicine, from different parts of the world as a consequence of antibiotic usage. However, there is a lack of published data regarding antimicrobial resistance in non- () Enterobacteriaceae from animals in Algeria. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of resistance to antibiotics with a focus on quinolones and to investigate the presence of genes inEnterobacteriaceaeof poultry origin.

Antibacterial activity of essential oil alone and in combination with cefotaxime against producing multidrug resistant isolates.

The aim was to evaluate the susceptibility of producing to Slovakian essential oil (TVEO) alone and in combination with cefotaxime (CTX). TVEO composition was determined by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Susceptibility to 21 antibiotics was determined by disc diffusion assay.