Journal:
:avicenna journal of clinical microbiology and infection
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kobra salimian rizi department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, ir iran; department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-9382657837, fax: +98-1288006544
shahin najar peerayeh department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, ir iran
bita bakhshi department of bacteriology, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, ir iran
mohammad rahbar department of microbiology, iranian reference health laboratory, deputy of health, ministry of health and medical education, tehran, ir iran
conclusions it was the first report on the blactx-m-15 gene emergence in clinical enterobacter spp. in iran. the current study demonstrated the predominant presence of the gene encoding ctx-m-15 among esbl producing enterobacter spp. commonly with a large plasmid, in the setting. background enterobacter spp. is increasingly recognized as an important nosocomial pathogen and implicated in many e...