2020
Investigation of an XDR-Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 outbreak in an intensive care unit of a Lebanese tertiary care hospital
Osman M, Halimeh F, Rafei R, Mallat H, Tom J, Raad E, Diene S, Jamal S, Al Atrouni A, Dabboussi F, Moudani W, Madec J, Saras E, Lupo A, Haenni M, Rolain J, Hamze M. Investigation of an XDR-Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 outbreak in an intensive care unit of a Lebanese tertiary care hospital. Future Microbiology 2020, 15: 1535-1542. PMID: 33215520, DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsLebanonMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedPhylogenyTertiary Care CentersConceptsTertiary care hospitalCare hospitalPolymerase chain reactionInfection preventionPulsed-field gel electrophoresisAppropriate infection preventionIntensive care unitReal-time polymerase chain reactionMultilocus sequence typing analysisHospitalized patientsCare unitPolyclonal outbreakOXA-23Epidemiological relatednessSequence typing analysisControl measuresHospitalChain reactionFull eradicationTyping analysisPreventionOutbreakGel electrophoresisPatients
2018
Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. in North Lebanon.
Osman M, Benamrouz S, Guyot K, El Safadi D, Mallat H, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Viscogliosi E, Certad G. Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. in North Lebanon. The Journal Of Infection In Developing Countries 2018, 12: 34s. PMID: 31805009, DOI: 10.3855/jidc.10014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk factorsFirst molecular epidemiology studySymptomatic hospitalized patientsIntestinal parasitic infectionsZiehl-Neelsen stainingMain transmission routeCryptosporidium sppMolecular epidemiology studiesGastrointestinal symptomsHospitalized patientsGastrointestinal tractParasitic infectionsEpidemiology studiesNorth LebanonPredominant causeMolecular epidemiologyChild populationFoodborne outbreaksMolecular testsCryptosporidiosisSocio-economic levelEpidemiological situationTransmission routesC. parvumFecal samples