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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Medical Bacteriology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Medical Bacteriology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2251-8649</Issn>
      <Volume>11</Volume>
      <Issue>1-2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>20</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Antibiotics Resistance among Nosocomial Burkholderia cepacia Isolates Detected in Sebha, Libya</title>
    <FirstPage>11</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>18</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shamsi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Saad Shamsi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Botany  (Microbiology Program), Faculty of Science, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Khadija</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ahmad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Abdelkader</FirstName>
        <LastName>Elzen</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">4 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>31</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background:&#xA0; &#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;B. cepacia &#xA0;&#xA0;complex &#xA0;(Bcc) is an emerging pathogenic organism that can cause many nosocomial infections among hospitalized patients. Inadequate laboratory facilities for B. cepacia &#xA0;&#xA0;complex detection and subsequently inappropriate treatment are considered a major cause for poor therapy outcomes.
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Methods:&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; &#xA0;&#xA0;This project was aimed to investigate phenotype production of ESBL, AmpC, and Carbapenemase among 47 B. cepacia &#xA0;&#xA0;complex isolated from different Sebha health care facilities.
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Results:&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; &#xA0;Our data showed that 44.68% were ESBL producers, 57.44% were AmpC producers, while only 29.78% produced carbapenemase.&#xA0; In this study, antibiotics susceptibility of Bcc isolates was variable, 100 % resistant to Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid, 85 % resistant to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, 76 % resistant to Ticarcillin/clavulanic Chloramphenicol, 57 % to Ceftazidime, and 55 % to Tetracyclines, 44% to Ciprofloxacin and&#xA0; 31%&#xA0; to Meropenem.
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Conclusion:&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; &#xA0;In conclusion,&#xA0; this study shows that Bcc species have a higher resistance level attributed to several mechanisms. This high resistance needs careful antimicrobial prescribing regulations, and urgent implementation of infection prevention control is necessary.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/473</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/download/473/360</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
