ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2005
Available online at http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajmr
© 2005 International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Identification of metallo-b-lactamase from a clinical isolate at Saint Camillle medical Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Boukaré Zeba1, Pere Jacques Simporé2, Odile G. Nacoulma1, Jean-Marie Frère3
1Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Appliquée (Enzymologie) /UFR-SVT/ Université de Ouagadougou/ BurkinaFaso 03 BP 7021 03 Ouagadougou.
2Saint Camille Hospital center/ Ouagadougou/ Burkina Faso
3Enzymology/ Center of Protein Engineering/ Ulg/ Belgium.
Accepted 23 December, 2004
Abstract
A metallo-b-lactamase was identified from a clinical sample. The host bacteria was identified to be Chryseobacterium indologenes. This preliminary characterization of the enzyme is reported here.
Key words: b-lactamase , metallo-b-lactamase,Chyseobacterium indologenes, bacterial resistance, antibiotics.