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
2017
Molecular detection of genes responsible for macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in North Lebanon
Ashkar S, Osman M, Rafei R, Mallat H, Achkar M, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. Molecular detection of genes responsible for macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in North Lebanon. Journal Of Infection And Public Health 2017, 10: 745-748. PMID: 28215918, DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrolide resistance genotypesS. pneumoniaeMacrolide resistanceStreptococcus pneumoniaeS. pneumoniae isolatesUse of macrolidesS. pneumoniae strainsNorth LebanonResistance genotypesCMLSB phenotypePolymerase chain reactionPneumoniae isolatesPneumoniae strainsClinical isolatesPneumoniaeChain reactionEfflux pumpsPhenotypic diagnosisCommon resistance genesMolecular detection