Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi producing CTX-M-15 extended spectrum beta-lactamase in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi producing CTX-M-15 extended spectrum beta-lactamase in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Phoba, M. F.; Barbé, B.; Lunguya, O.; Masendu, L.; Lulengwa, D.; Dougan, G.; Wong, V. K.; Bertrand, S.; Ceyssens, P. J.; Jacobs, J.; Van Puyvelde, S.; Deborggraeve, S.

Journal Name:

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Issue Date:

2017

Volume:

Issue:

Pages:

1229-1231

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix342

Language:

English

Type:

Article

Keywords:

Salmonella enterica
Typhoid fever
Bacterial diseases
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

Abstract:

We report a typhoid fever case with a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolate showing extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Whole genome sequencing revealed that the strain carried a plasmid-mediated CTX-M-15 ESBL gene and did not belong to the dominant H58 Salmonella Typhi clade.

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