Data on comprehensive population-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance is lacking.
In low-and middle-income countries, the challenges are high due to weak laboratory …

Carbapenemases are β-lactamases belonging to different Ambler classes (A, B, D) and can
be encoded by both chromosomal and plasmid-mediated genes. These enzymes represent …

Over the last decades, there has been a dramatic global increase in multidrug-resistant
(MDR) pathogens particularly among Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). Pseudomonas …

In the last decade, extended-spectrum cephalosporin and carbapenem resistant Gram-
negative bacilli (GNB) have been extensively reported in the literature as being …

Few studies have addressed the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates in the Arabian Peninsula, and such investigations have …

Background There is a lack of official national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data in
Lebanon. Individual hospitals generate their own antibiotic susceptibility data in the form of …

Abstract Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is increasing worldwide, which led the WHO to list these bacteria …

Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pathogens have been increasingly isolated
and reported in Lebanon. Several studies have been published over the last two decades …

Background Acinetobacter species have become increasingly common in the intensive care
units (ICU) over the past two decades, causing serious infections. At the American University …

In this study, we determined the incidence and risk factors of Carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacterales (CRE) acquisition in inpatients with 3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant …