Publications by authors named "Mrimar N"
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- The prevalence of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is increasing globally, with strains showing resistance to all antibiotics, including colistin.
- Two strains (ABRC1 and ABRC2), isolated from patients in an intensive care unit, demonstrated high colistin resistance with MIC levels over 256 mg/L.
- Genetic analysis revealed several novel mutations linked to colistin resistance, including changes in the lpxC, lpxD, pmrA, pmrB, and lpsB genes in both strains, indicating a complex mechanism of resistance.
Background: The SARS-CoV-2 is an extremely contagious and acute viral disease mainly affecting humans.
Objective: To estimate seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) for illegible armed force individuals living in Rabat, Morocco.
Method: A convenience sample (N = 2662) was conducted from May 2020 to February 2021.
Investigations of carbapenem resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
March 2024
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging pathogen that has gained attention due to its increased ability to cause infections even in healthy individuals. The aim of this study is to investigate virulence factors in K. pneumoniae strains isolated from clinical specimens and their association with carbapenem resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is a major concern that is increasingly reported worldwide. Our study aimed at investigating the resistance of CPE isolates in a Moroccan teaching hospital using phenotypic and genotypic methods.
Methods: Enterobacterales strains from March to June 2018 were collected from different clinical samples.
Acute leukemias are rare disease in the neonatal period. They occur preferentially in newborns with trisomy 21. They often manifest as hepatosplenomegaly, extra-hematopoietic involvement and hyperleukocytosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhole-Genome Sequencing of Two Moroccan Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains.
Microbiol Resour Announc
January 2021
is known to cause pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In Morocco, the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) has become a major challenge. Here, we announce the draft genome sequences of two strains, MTB1 and MTB2, isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco, to describe variants associated with drug resistance.
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- - Tuberculosis is a major global health issue, and this study assesses the effectiveness of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF molecular diagnostic tool for identifying extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and detecting Rifampicin resistance compared to the GenoType MTBDRplus method.
- - Data from a 21-month retrospective study involved analyzing 714 samples from patients, revealing positivity rates for microscopy, GeneXpert, and culture of 12.88%, 20.59%, and 15.82% respectively, with GeneXpert showing impressive sensitivity and specificity in both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary cases.
- - The study found a very low Rifampicin resistance rate of 0.84% via GeneXpert MTB/RIF,
Introduction: Infertility is a global public health problem that affects 15% of couples of childbearing age. Male infertility is involved in 20 to 50% of cases. These figures are sharply increasing around the world.
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- Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs but can also impact other organs like the kidneys, glands, and bones, and is a significant public health issue in Morocco.
- The disease spreads through the air when someone inhales microdroplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze.
- The text discusses the whole-genome shotgun sequences of three multidrug-resistant TB strains that were isolated from patients in Morocco.
Here, we describe the annotated genome sequence of MTB13_M. The organism was isolated from a sputum sample in Morocco.
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