Publications by authors named "I Boutiba-Ben Boubaker"
Case report of an abdominal wet gangrene caused by Acidaminococcus.
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
September 2024
The Acidaminococcus genus is a part of the normal flora in gastrointestinal tract. It is a strictly anaerob Gram-negative coccus that is rarely pathogenic. We report the case of a 58-year-old man, who presented to surgery department A of the Charles Nicolle hospital, complaining of a wide inflammatory lesion in the anterior abdominal wall evolving for two weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenetic background of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes in various genetic lineages of clinical aminoglycosides-resistant E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates in Tunisia.
J Appl Microbiol
July 2024
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro activity of clinically relevant aminoglycosides and to determine the prevalence of genes encoding aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs) and 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) methyltransferases among aminoglycoside-resistant E. coli (n = 61) and K. pneumoniae (n = 44) clinical isolates.
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- * It finds that adolescents made up over half of the cases, identified 23 viral lineages, and noted that seven were newly reported in Tunisia.
- * The research indicates that children play a significant role in virus transmission and emphasizes the importance of vaccinating kids, including booster doses, to control future outbreaks.
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- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of targeted antibiotic prophylaxis (TAP) based on rectal swab culture versus standard empiric prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate (TRUS-BP).
- A total of 157 patients were randomized into two groups, with G1 receiving TAP and G2 receiving standard empiric treatment; findings indicated a prevalent resistance to Fluoroquinolone-resistant Enterobacterales (FQRE) in the G2 group.
- The results revealed that TAP led to a significantly lower rate of febrile urinary tract infections after the procedure (3.8% in G2 compared to 13% in G1), illustrating its effectiveness in
Introduction: The Delta variant posed an increased risk to global public health and rapidly replaced the pre-existent variants worldwide. In this study, the genetic diversity and the spatio-temporal dynamics of 662 SARS-CoV2 genomes obtained during the Delta wave across Tunisia were investigated.
Methods: Viral whole genome and partial S-segment sequencing was performed using Illumina and Sanger platforms, respectively and lineage assignemnt was assessed using Pangolin version 1.