Antimicrobial resistance in the farm-to-plate continuum: more than a food safety issue Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms are unaffected by antimicrobials that previously killed/inhibited them and cured the infection. This...
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Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacterales Isolated from Carriage Samples among HIV Infected Women in Yaoundé, Cameroon The exacerbation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health...
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CEDBCAM representatives were invited to participate and contribute to the Call to Action on AMR conference in 2021 as well as to the African World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021.
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CEDBCAM researchers were delighted to participate to the 1st International Microbiology Day, under the theme “Antimicrobial Resistance: The Next Pandemic?” that was hosted by the Cameroonian Society of Microbiology in November 2021...
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As of 23 April 2021, the of COVID-19 claimed around 150 million confirmed cases with over 3 million deaths worldwide. Yet, an even more serious but silent pandemic, that of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is likely complicating the outcome of...
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Fouloum and colleagues determined the prevalence and described the antimicrobial resistance patterns of circulating methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) isolated from clinical specimens during a 3-year period in CEDBCAM. From...
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Genome analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pigs: Detection of the clonal lineage ST398 in Cameroon and South Africa. Food animals are considered reservoirs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Extended spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae remain a critical...
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CEDBCAM is happy to announce that we are now member of the prestigious global think tank SEDRIC that promotes the power of data to contain antimicrobial resistance. We will bring our multi-sectorial expertise to identify evidence gaps, describe...
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Draft genome sequences of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacter aerogenes isolated from swine and human Dr Luria Founou and colleagues, reported on the genome sequences of two Enterobacter aerogenes strains (HN503E2II and...
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Emergence and Spread of Extended Spectrum ß-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in Pigs and Exposed Workers: A Multicentre Compara-tive Study between Cameroon and South Africa. Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing...
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