Publications by authors named "Bassam Hasan"

() is an increasingly common multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) and is not part of the normal human flora. It is most commonly found in patients who are immunocompromised and/or in poor health, with multiple comorbidities. As an increasingly identified MDRO, needs to be identified early, especially in patients with multiple comorbidities, organ transplants, or on mechanical ventilation.

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is a facultative anaerobic gram-negative coccobacillus of the genus (the most common ones are serogroups and ). Its incubation period is typically 1-14 days. The symptoms of infection include fever, abdominal pain (which may mimic appendicitis), and diarrhea (which may be bloody and can persist for several weeks).

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During an ongoing pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel virus, new discoveries about its complications and treatment are made every day. Bowel perforation is another rarely reported complication due to the virus itself leading to ischemia or can be due to the treatment with antiviral drugs that reduces the integrity of epithelial barriers. This makes the bowel more prone to perforation even in patients with no prior history of bowel disease.

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