2022
High rates of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in human campylobacteriosis in the Middle East and North Africa
Dabbousi A, Osman M, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. High rates of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in human campylobacteriosis in the Middle East and North Africa. Future Microbiology 2022, 17: 957-967. PMID: 35796073, DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman campylobacteriosisRoutine stool cultureBacterial gastrointestinal infectionsClinical laboratoriesIncidence of campylobacteriosisPaucity of dataMain causative agentStool culturesGastrointestinal infectionsDiarrheal patientsMicrobiological diagnosisClinical importanceFluoroquinolone resistanceInfection prevalenceAntimicrobial resistanceZoonotic diseaseCausative agentCampylobacteriosisHigh rateAlarming ratePatientsCritical needEpidemiologyInfectionPrevalenceGenome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli strain isolated from a newborn with severe diarrhea in Lebanon
Halimeh F, Rafei R, Diene S, Osman M, Kassem I, Jamal Akoum R, Moudani W, Hamze M, Rolain J. Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli strain isolated from a newborn with severe diarrhea in Lebanon. Folia Microbiologica 2022, 67: 319-328. PMID: 34997523, DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00921-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCampylobacter coli strainsSevere diarrheaST-828 complexC. coli isolatesBurden of CampylobacterBeta-lactam resistanceNew sequence typesSequencing analysisEpidemiological backgroundColi isolatesWhole-genome sequencing analysisAminoglycoside resistanceC. coliColi strainsAntimicrobial resistanceBlaOXA-61Virulence determinantsDisk diffusionMLST analysisWGS analysisDiarrheaNewbornsPTet plasmidAntimicrobial susceptibility phenotypesSusceptibility phenotype
2019
Prevalence and genetic diversity of Campylobacter spp. in the production chain of broiler chickens in Lebanon and its association with the intestinal protozoan Blastocystis sp
Greige S, Rivoal K, Osman M, Safadi D, Dabboussi F, Hage R, Viscogliosi E, Hamze M, Chemaly M. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Campylobacter spp. in the production chain of broiler chickens in Lebanon and its association with the intestinal protozoan Blastocystis sp. Poultry Science 2019, 98: 5883-5891. PMID: 31134283, DOI: 10.3382/ps/pez286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlastocystisBlastocystis InfectionsCampylobacterCampylobacter InfectionsChickensGenetic VariationLebanonPoultry DiseasesPrevalenceConceptsHigh prevalenceCampylobacter sppBlastocystis spBroiler chickensC. coliC. jejuniBurden of campylobacteriosisC. jejuni isolatesPublic health impactHuman clinical casesPrevalence of CampylobacterSignificant associationJejuni isolatesSlaughterhouse workersClinical casesPrevalenceHuman campylobacteriosisCecumHuman gastroenteritisCampylobacter jejuniCampylobacter speciesCommon foodborne pathogensHealth impactsRecent dataTyping methodsMolecular epidemiology of Campylobacter isolates from broiler slaughterhouses in Tripoli, North of Lebanon
Rafei R, Al Kassaa I, Osman M, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter isolates from broiler slaughterhouses in Tripoli, North of Lebanon. British Poultry Science 2019, 60: 675-682. PMID: 31321996, DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2019.1645945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbattoirsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCampylobacterCampylobacter InfectionsCecumChickensDrug Resistance, BacterialElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldFlagellinFoodborne DiseasesGenetic VariationHumansLebanonPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPoultry DiseasesPrevalenceSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationConceptsAntibiotic resistance profilesErtapenem resistanceMolecular epidemiologyReal burdenResistance profilesAntibiotic resistanceRestriction fragment length polymorphismNorth of LebanonFragment length polymorphismEpidemiologyField gel electrophoresisCampylobacterLength polymorphismBroiler slaughterhousesBroilersIsolatesSlaughterhouseGentamicinAmoxicillinErythromycin