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First report of blaOXA-48 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from wastewater in Morocco

Amine Aiddi, Ilham Zerdani, Aboubakr Khazaz, Ihssane Benzaarate, Hafsa Mguild, Fatna Bourjilat, Kaotar Nayme
Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 15, No 1 | a598 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v15i1.598 | © 2024 Amine Aiddi, Ilham Zerdani, Aboubakr Khazaz, Ihssane Benzaarate, Hafsa Mguild, Fatna Bourjilat, Kaotar Nayme | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 May 2024 | Published: 08 August 2024

About the author(s)

Amine Aiddi, Microbiology Unit, Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco; and Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco
Ilham Zerdani, Microbiology Unit, Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Aboubakr Khazaz, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco; and Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents Research Team, LB2VE, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Ihssane Benzaarate, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco; and Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents Research Team, LB2VE, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Hafsa Mguild, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco; and Research Laboratory of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbial Valorization, Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, Morocco
Fatna Bourjilat, Medical Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco
Kaotar Nayme, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Center for Serums and Vaccines (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Casablanca, Morocco

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Keywords

antimicrobial resistance; Klebsiella pneumoniae; blaOXA-48 gene; wastewater; environment

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