2022
The Emergence and Dissemination of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lebanon: Current Status and Challenges during the Economic Crisis
Dabbousi A, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Osman M, Kassem I. The Emergence and Dissemination of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lebanon: Current Status and Challenges during the Economic Crisis. Antibiotics 2022, 11: 687. PMID: 35625331, PMCID: PMC9137902, DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11050687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaDiabetic foot infectionsChronic airway diseasesLesions of patientsAntimicrobial resistanceHealthcare-associated infectionsResistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaPublic health concernAntimicrobial susceptibility profilesFoot infectionsAirway diseaseNon-clinical settingsMechanical ventilationBurn patientsCommon causeHematological malignanciesAMR surveillance programsCarbapenem resistanceVariety of antimicrobialsHuman infectionsRecalcitrant infectionsSusceptibility profilesSurveillance programHealth concernInfection
2019
First report on the prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in dairy cattle in Lebanon and assessment of zoonotic transmission
Greige S, El Safadi D, Khaled S, Gantois N, Baydoun M, Chemaly M, Benamrouz-Vanneste S, Chabé M, Osman M, Certad G, Hamze M, Viscogliosi E. First report on the prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in dairy cattle in Lebanon and assessment of zoonotic transmission. Acta Tropica 2019, 194: 23-29. PMID: 30878470, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomestic cattleBlastocystis spCattle livestockDairy cattleFecal samplesLow host specificityNon-human hostsDairy farmersZoonotic potentialZoonotic transmissionCattleZoonotic reservoirsFarmers' CohortLivestockAnimal hostsST3 isolatesPossible reservoirST distributionHost specificityST10FarmsHuman populationHuman infectionsPositive samplesST1
2017
Molecular Epidemiology of Blastocystis sp. in Various Animal Groups from Two French Zoos and Evaluation of Potential Zoonotic Risk
Cian A, Safadi D, Osman M, Moriniere R, Gantois N, Benamrouz-Vanneste S, Delgado-Viscogliosi P, Guyot K, Li L, Monchy S, Noël C, Poirier P, Nourrisson C, Wawrzyniak I, Delbac F, Bosc S, Chabé M, Petit T, Certad G, Viscogliosi E. Molecular Epidemiology of Blastocystis sp. in Various Animal Groups from Two French Zoos and Evaluation of Potential Zoonotic Risk. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0169659. PMID: 28060901, PMCID: PMC5217969, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal hostsAnimal groupsFrench zoosNon-mammalian speciesNon-mammalian groupsBlastocystis spExtensive genetic diversityZoonotic transmissionNew animal hostsGenetic diversityHost specificityHuman infectionsAvian hostsPotential zoonotic riskReal-time PCRSpIntensive samplingInsectsSpeciesZoonotic riskReptilesHuman populationAnimal handlersAvian subtypesCommon intestinal parasites