Household cockroaches carry CTX-M-15-, OXA-48- and NDM-1-producing enterobacteria, and share beta-lactam resistance determinants with humans.

Noah Obeng-NkrumahAppiah-Korang LabiHarriet N A BlanksonGeorgina Awuah-MensahDaniel Oduro-MensahJudelove AnumJames TeyeSolomon Dzidzornu KwashieEvariste BakoPatrick Ferdinand Ayeh-KumiRichard Asmah

Published in: BMC microbiology (2019)

The findings provide evidence that household cockroaches may carry CTX-M-15-, OXA-48- and NDM-1-producers, and share clonal relationship and beta-lactam resistance determinants with humans.

Keyphrases

klebsiella pneumoniae
multidrug resistant
gram negative
escherichia coli
acinetobacter baumannii
drug resistant
pseudomonas aeruginosa