Background Although β-lactam antibiotics are heavily used in many developing countries,
the diversity of β-lactamase genes (bla) is poorly understood. We screened for major β-…

… These observations also apply to the β-lactam/β-lactam inhibitor combinations for which
we observed a high proportion of isolates with MICs in the resistant range. A possible …

… Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, which, as a referral facility has a wide catchment and is
quite representative on the trends in the Kenyan urban population. Patients’ characteristics …

… , β lactams, and quinolones [6, 7]. This resistance is mediated by the production of
antibiotic-degrading enzymes, especially the β-lactamases, which hydrolyse β-lactam antibiotics [8]. …

… coli isolated from Kenyan children discharged from hospital. In addition, … -lactamase (ESBL)
producing bacterial isolates, an indicator of broad resistance to commonly used beta-lactam …

… , we assessed the prevalence and risk factors for co-infection with ESBL-producing GNB
among severely ill patients admitted in a Kenyan hospital unit dedicated to COVID-19 patients. …

… to characterize the β-lactamase content of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
isolates recovered during 2006 and 2007 in a large tertiary-care centre in Nairobi, Kenya. …

… (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae can be defined as those producing β-lactamases
capable of conferring bacterial resistance to the penicillins, first-, second-, and third-generation …

… We did not find any carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in this study, but it is
known that such isolates are present in Kenya [28, 29]. Use of central quality-assured …

… Kenya between June 2016 and Nov 2019. In this nested cross-sectional study, we examine
Klebsiella isolates collected at enrolment from two county hospitals in Western Kenya. The …