Whole-Genome-Sequence-Based Characterization of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Hospital Outbreak.

Carbapenem-resistant (CRAB) is an important opportunistic pathogen linked to a variety of nosocomial infections and hospital outbreaks worldwide. This study aimed at investigating and characterizing a CRAB outbreak at a large tertiary hospital in Lebanon. A total of 41 isolates were collected and analyzed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).

Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae Isolated from Lebanon.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative organism and a major public health threat. In this study, we used whole-genome sequences to characterize 32 carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) and two carbapenem-resistant K.

Molecular characterization of Carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli recovered from a tertiary hospital in Lebanon.

The emergence of carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli represents a serious public health concern. This study investigated the resistome, virulence, plasmids content and clonality of 27 carbapenem resistant E. coli isolated from 27 hospitalized patients at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Lebanon between 2012 and 2016.

Genomic mapping of ST85 bla and bla producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Syrian Civil War Victims.

Objectives: The rapid emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a global health concern. A comparative genomic analysis was performed on two ST85 A. baumannii strains harboring bla and bla collected in Lebanon from Syrian Civil War victims.

Genomic Characterization of MDR Harboring on the IncL/M-type Plasmid Isolated from Blood Stream Infection.

is responsible for a wide variety of community and hospital acquired extraintestinal infections, and the emergence of ESBL resistant isolates is a major clinical concern. In this study, we characterized the genomic attributes of an OXA-48 and CTX-M-3 producing EC-IMP153. Whole-genome initial assembly produced 146 contigs with a combined 5,504,170 bp in size and a G+C content of 50.