Molecular characterisation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacterial isolates from surgical wounds of patients at a hospital in North Central Nigeria

The prevalence of ESBL genes among Gram-negative SSI pathogens is high. This calls for an urgent need to review infection control policies and antimicrobial prescription patterns as well as increased surveillance of ESBLs as the possibility of an epidemic outbreak of multidrug-resistant pathogens in the hospital is high.