Table 4: Association between genes of resistance to β-lactams, geographical areas of occurrence and clinical isolates in Africa.

Africa
Country    Genes
   (N. reports)*		 Isolated
(N. reports)*		 References
Kenya blaNDM-1 Urine
Urethral pus		 (Poirel et al. 2011) [75]
South Africa blaTEM-10
blaSHV-5
blaSHV-2
blaTEM-12
blaCTX-M-2
blaNDM-1
blaKPC-2 		Bloodstream
Urine
Sputum		 (Paterson et al. 2003) [55]
(Brink et al. 2012) [76]
Tanzania blaCTX-M-15
blaTEM-104
blaSHV-11
blaTEM-176 		Bloodstream
Wound swab
Urine
Pus		 (Mshana et al. 2013) [77]

1*Number of times the gene was identified.