2023
The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in hospitals: a major challenge for a debilitated healthcare system in Lebanon
Daaboul D, Oueslati S, Rima M, Kassem I, Mallat H, Birer A, Girlich D, Hamze M, Dabboussi F, Osman M, Naas T. The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in hospitals: a major challenge for a debilitated healthcare system in Lebanon. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1290912. PMID: 38074718, PMCID: PMC10699444, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1290912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKirby-Bauer disk diffusionDifferent Lebanese hospitalsSelf-medication practicesDisk diffusionPublic health systemCarbapenemase-producing EnterobacteralesConventional diagnostic methodsESBL producersHospital settingAntibiotic susceptibilityLebanese hospitalsClinical settingHospitalHealth systemSusceptibility profilesAntimicrobial resistanceHealthcare systemPlasmid typesHealthcare challengesDiagnostic methodsNDMCarbapenemsAMR awarenessIsolatesLebanese community
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 data on antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Moraxella catarrhalis isolates in Lebanon
Hamze M, Osman M, Mallat H, Achkar M. First data on antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Moraxella catarrhalis isolates in Lebanon. The International Arabic Journal Of Antimicrobial Agents 2019, 9 DOI: 10.3823/833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntimicrobial susceptibility patternsMoraxella catarrhalisSusceptibility patternsM. catarrhalisM. catarrhalis strainsAntibiotic susceptibility ratesEffective empirical treatmentThroats of patientsAntimicrobial susceptibility profilesEmergence of resistanceAntimicrobial susceptibility testingMajority of antibioticsReliable diagnostic toolNini HospitalTrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazoleAppropriate treatmentEmpirical treatmentSusceptibility ratesAntibiotic susceptibilityClinical specimensCatarrhalisPercent susceptibilityClinical settingSusceptibility testingSusceptibility profiles
2017
Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and characterization of antibiotic resistant genes among carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli and yeast in intestinal flora of cancer patients in North Lebanon
Christophy R, Osman M, Mallat H, Achkar M, Ziedeh A, Moukaddem W, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and characterization of antibiotic resistant genes among carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli and yeast in intestinal flora of cancer patients in North Lebanon. Journal Of Infection And Public Health 2017, 10: 716-720. PMID: 28216021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbapenem-resistant bacteriaCancer patientsIntestinal carriageCarbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilliAntibiotic stewardship programsInfection control measuresDepartment of ChemotherapyGram-negative bacilliOXA-48 genePublic health concernAntimicrobial susceptibility profilesNini HospitalEndogenous infectionsMechanisms of resistanceStool samplesHigh prevalenceIntestinal floraHodge testStewardship programsPatientsAntibiotic susceptibilityNorth LebanonChemotherapySusceptibility profilesHealth concern