2022
Prevalence and Molecular Mechanisms of Carbapenem Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacilli in Three Hospitals of Northern Lebanon
Rima M, Oueslati S, Dabos L, Daaboul D, Mallat H, Raad E, Achkar M, Mawlawi O, Bernabeu S, Bonnin R, Girlich D, Osman M, Hamze M, Naas T. Prevalence and Molecular Mechanisms of Carbapenem Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacilli in Three Hospitals of Northern Lebanon. Antibiotics 2022, 11: 1295. PMID: 36289953, PMCID: PMC9598570, DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11101295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCarbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilliCarbapenem resistanceGram-negative bacilliHealth care centersCare centerEpidemiological surveyDiscordant resultsCarba NP testHealth issuesOXA-162PCR sequencingNP testHospitalPrevalenceMolecular mechanismsNovel variantsIsolatesImmunochromatographic assayRegistration systemResistance spreadOXABacilliCarbapenemsGenesThe 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
2021
Spread of ESC-, carbapenem- and colistin-resistant Escherichia coli clones and plasmids within and between food workers in Lebanon
Al-Mir H, Osman M, Drapeau A, Hamze M, Madec J, Haenni M. Spread of ESC-, carbapenem- and colistin-resistant Escherichia coli clones and plasmids within and between food workers in Lebanon. Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2021, 76: 3135-3143. PMID: 34534282, DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR E. coliCarriage rateColistin resistanceFood workersHigh carriage rateNon-duplicate isolatesMDR Escherichia coliMiddle-income countriesCarbapenem resistanceHealthy adultsE. coli lineagesDifferent STsPlasmid transmissionCarbapenemsClonal transmissionE. coliMonthly intervalsLebanese communityPlasmid spread