The emergence of carbapenem resistance in ESBL-producing Escherirchia coli O25B-ST131 strain from community acquired infection in Kuwait

In this study we investigated a multi-drug resistant E.coli recovered from ascetic fluid of a haemodialysis patient with community-onset urinary tract infection from Al-Amiri hospital in Kuwait. The patient was suffering from advanced liver disease with portal hypertension and multiple current inter abdominal abscesses.