Nosocomial dissemination of Providencia stuartii isolates carrying blaOXA-48, blaPER-1, blaCMY-4 and qnrA6 in a Tunisian hospital

Abstract

This is the first report of an outbreak due to P. stuartii isolates carrying bla(OXA-48) in Tunisia. The simultaneous expression of various resistance genes (bla(OXA-48), bla(CMY-4), bla(PER-1), qnrA and aac-6'-Ib) by P. stuartii isolates is alarming.