Heterogeneity of Carbapenem Resistance Mechanisms among Gram-Negative Pathogens in Lebanon: Results of the First Cross-Sectional Countrywide Study

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 733-743

  Hammoudi Halat, Dalal ^a,b,c   Moubareck, Carole Ayoub ^a,b,d   Sarkis, Dolla Karam ^a,b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Rodolph Merieux Laboratory   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

beta lactamases; carbapenemases; epidemiology; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE ACC; BETA LACTAMASE CMY; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE DHA; BETA LACTAMASE FOX; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 1; BETA LACTAMASE IMP 2; BETA LACTAMASE LAT; BETA LACTAMASE MOX; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 23; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 2; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLOXACILLIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; LEBANON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 85038619833     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0077     Document Type: Article

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