Publications by authors named "L Thabet"
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the activated partial thromboplastin time clot waveform analysis (APTT-CWA), which reflects clot formation. It was mainly studied in hemophilia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of APTT-CWA in hemophilia carriers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResistance to carpabenems in burns is rapidly spreading in many countries. Therefore identification of carbapenemase pathogen carriers is imperative in order to establish adequate infection control precautions and stop outbreaks of these multidrug-resistant bacteria. The aim of our study was to evaluate the distribution of carbapenemase producers in burn patients admitted to a burn center in Tunisia over 9 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe goal of this study was to assess plasma procalcitonin (PCT) concentrations during infectious events of burns in the ICU. We conducted a prospective, observational study in a 20-bed Burn Intensive Care Unit in Tunisia. A total of 120 septic patients admitted to the Burn ICU were included in our study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab) is an important cause of infections in burn patients. This study aimed to characterize the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of CR-Ab isolated from burns in Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) of the Trauma and Burn Centre of Ben Arous, to determine the prevalence of β-lactamase-encoding genes and to search eventual genetic relatedness of CR-Ab strains.
Methods And Results: From 15 December 2016 to 2 April 2017, all nonduplicated CR-Ab isolated in burn patients in the BICU were screened by simplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for the class A, B, C, and D β-lactamase genes.