1Mbusa Vihembo, G., 1Mbundu Lukukula, C., 1Ngeleka Ngoie J., 2Indeko Lomboto, J., 2Mpoyo Munanga, L., 3Nzingula Phasi, O., 4Bayebila Menanzambi, T., 5Denis, O., 1TakaisiKikuni, N. B., 1Liesse Iyamba, J. M., and *1Mulwahali Wambale, J.
1University Reference Center of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (URC-AMRS), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
2BOYAMBI Hospital Centre Laboratory, Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
3Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
4Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
5National Reference Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative bacilli, CHU UCL NAMUR-Yvoir, Belgium
*Correspondence to: jose.mulwahali@unikin.ac.cd
Abstract:
Background: People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are prone to opportunistic bacterial infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms. The aim of this study was to determine the susceptibility of Enterobacterales isolated from urine and stool samples of PLWA attending the BOYAMBI Hospital Center, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo to commonly used antibiotics and to detect extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) producers among the isolates. Continue reading “Phenotypic detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase Enterobacterales isolated from people living with HIV/AIDS in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo”