Phenotypic characterization of ESBLs and AmpC β-lactamases was performed utilizing ... Out of 311 GNB isolates, the frequency of ESBL and AmpC β-lactamase ...CanadianJournalofInfectiousDiseasesandMedicalMicrobiology+JournalMenuPDFJournaloverviewForauthorsForreviewersForeditorsTableofContentsSpecialIssuesSubmitCanadianJournalofInfectiousDiseasesandMedicalMicrobiology/2019/ArticleArticleSectionsOnthispageAbstractIntroductionMaterialsandMethodsResultsDiscussionConclusionDataAvailabilityConflictsofInterestAuthors’ContributionsAcknowledgmentsReferencesCopyrightResearchArticle|OpenAccessVolume2019|ArticleID6054694|https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6054694MutasimE.Ibrahim,MohammedAbbas,AbdullahM.Al-Shahrai,BahaeldinK.Elamin,"PhenotypicCharacterizationandAntibioticResistancePatternsofExtended-Spectrumβ-Lactamase-andAmpCβ-Lactamase-ProducingGram-NegativeBacteriainaReferralHospital,SaudiArabia",CanadianJournalofInfectiousDiseasesandMedicalMicrobiology,vol.2019,ArticleID6054694,9pages,2019.https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6054694ShowcitationPhenotypicCharacterizationandAntibioticResistancePatternsofExtended-Spectrumβ-Lactamase-andAmpCβ-Lactamase-ProducingGram-NegativeBacteriainaReferralHospital,SaudiArabiaMutasimE.Ibrahim,1MohammedAbbas,2AbdullahM.Al-Shahrai,3andBahaeldinK.Elamin1,41DepartmentofBasicMedicalScience(MicrobiologyUnit),CollegeofMedicine,UniversityofBisha,Bisha,SaudiArabia2DepartmentofPediatrics,CollegeofMedicine,UniversityofBisha,Bisha,SaudiArabia3DepartmentofFamilyMedicine,CollegeofMedicine,UniversityofBisha,Bisha,SaudiArabia4DepartmentofMedicalMicrobiology,FacultyofMedicalLaboratorySciences,UniversityofKhartoum,Khartoum,SudanShowmoreAcademicEditor:KapilChousalkarReceived05Feb2019Revised25May2019Accepted16Jun2019Published26Jun2019Background.Emergenceofpathogenicbacteriacarryingβ-lactamase-resistantdeterminantshasbecomeamajorhealthprobleminthehospitalsetting.Thestudyaimedtodetermineantibiotic-resistantpatternsandfrequencyofextended-spectrumβ-lactamase-(ESBL-)producingGram-