Featured Publications
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Lebanon, 2016 – 2017 - Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Achkar S, Demanche C, Osman M, Rafei R, Ismail M, Yaacoub H, Pinçon C, Duthoy S, De Matos F, Gaudin C, Trovato A, Cirillo D, Hamze M, Supply P. Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Lebanon, 2016 – 2017 - Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019, 25: 564-568. PMID: 30789124, PMCID: PMC6390733, DOI: 10.3201/eid2503.181375.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2019
Evaluation of different testing tools for the identification of non-gonococcal Neisseria spp. isolated from Lebanese male semen: a strong and significant association with infertility
Khoder M, Osman M, Diene S, Okdah L, Lalaoui R, Al Achkar M, Mallat H, Hamze M, Rolain J. Evaluation of different testing tools for the identification of non-gonococcal Neisseria spp. isolated from Lebanese male semen: a strong and significant association with infertility. Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2019, 68: 1012-1020. PMID: 31172907, DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeisseria sppSignificant associationRetrospective study designCross-sectional retrospective study designCritical treatment decisionsSymptoms of infertilityLarge-scale epidemiological investigationsAntimicrobial susceptibility testingStrains of NeisseriaUrogenital infectionsInfertile patientsNeisseria infectionsTreatment decisionsNormal seminogramMale infertilityControl groupLebanese menEpidemiological investigationsInfertilitySusceptibility testingLebanese populationAPI NHPatientsStudy designAnalytical profile index
2018
Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanese extra-hospital settings: An overview
Osman M, Al Mir H, Rafei R, Dabboussi F, Madec J, Haenni M, Hamze M. Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanese extra-hospital settings: An overview. Journal Of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2018, 17: 123-129. PMID: 30553113, DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimal DiseasesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial ProteinsBeta-LactamasesCattleDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEnvironmental MicrobiologyFood MicrobiologyHospitalsHumansLebanonMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPoultrySwineConceptsAntimicrobial resistanceExtra-hospital settingsTerms of mortalityMiracle drugAntimicrobial-resistant pathogensNon-clinical settingsSignificant morbidityClinical settingNovel drugsAntimicrobial-resistant bacteriaMultidrug-resistant bacterial strainsSocietal costsInappropriate useCombat infectionEpidemiological situationMorbidityMortalityEpidemiologyDrugsAntibioticsVeterinary medicineAMR crisisMajority of investigationsMolecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, with a special focus on its epidemiology in Lebanon
Jamal S, Al Atrouni A, Rafei R, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Osman M. Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, with a special focus on its epidemiology in Lebanon. Journal Of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2018, 15: 154-163. PMID: 29859266, DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.05.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCross InfectionDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansLebanonMicrobial Sensitivity TestsConceptsAcinetobacter baumanniiA. baumannii outbreaksIntensive care unitAntimicrobial resistanceType of infectionInternational clones ICare unitA. baumanniiHigh mortalityMolecular epidemiologyOpportunistic bacteriumBaumanniiWorldwide emergenceInfectionEpidemiologySpecific clonesMolecular mechanismsClone IMorbidityMolecular techniquesSpecial focusMortalityAvailable data