Countrywide spread of OXA-48 carbapenemase in Lebanon: Surveillance and genetic characterization of carbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in 10 hospitals over a one-year period

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages e139-e144

  Hammoudi, D ^a,b   Moubareck, C Ayoub ^a,b,c   Aires, J ^d   Adaime, A ^a,b,e   Barakat, A ^f   Fayad, N ^g   Hakime, N ^h   Houmani, M ⁱ   Itani, T ^a,b,j   Najjar, Z ^k   Suleiman, M ^l   Sarraf, R ^m   Sarkis, D Karam ^a,b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Rodolph Merieux Laboratory   (Lebanon)

^c ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Clinique du Levant   (Lebanon)

^f Bellevue Medical Center   (Lebanon)

^g Secours Populaire Libanais ^*  (Lebanon)

^h SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

ⁱ Labib Medical Center   (Lebanon)

^j Arz Hospital   (Lebanon)

^k Chtoura Hospital   (Lebanon)

^l Farhat Hospital   (Lebanon)

^m Monla Hospital   (Lebanon)

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Author keywords

AmpC; Carbapenem resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; OXA 48

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLOXACILLIN; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEBANESE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEBANON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEBANON;

EID: 84909636202     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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