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