Vol. 12 No. 02.1: February 2018 - SUPPLEMENT

The Lebanese LSIDCM

• The 19th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (LSIDCM)

  Zahi Helou

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• Antimicrobial Resistance in the One Health Concept in Lebanon

  Ziad Daoud

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• From bugs to drugs: Combating antimicrobial resistance by discovering novel antibiotics

  Antoine Abou Fayad, Dana Itani, Mariam Miari, Arax Tanelian, Sereen Iweir, Ghassan M Matar

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• Increase of blaOXA-23-like in Acinetobacter baumannii at a tertiary care center in Lebanon between 2007 and 2013

  Souha S Kanj, Ralph Tayyar, Marwa Shehab, Bassam El-Hafi, Sari S Rasheed, Kohar Annie Kissoyan, Zeina A Kanafani, Rima Hanna Wakim, Nada Kara Zahreddine, George F Araj, Ghassan Dbaibo, Ghassan M Matar

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• Epidemiology of multi drug resistant organisms in pigs in Lebanon

  Iman Dandachi, Elie Fayad, Bassel El-Bazzal, Ahmad Sleiman, Jean-marc Rolain, Ziad Daoud

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• Distribution and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Aeromonas spp. from different aquatic environments in north Lebanon

  Rayane Rafei, Imad Al Kassaa, Marwan Osman, Fouad Dabboussi, Monzer Hamze

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• Multi Drug resistant Organisms in Chicken farms and their Surrounding Environment

  Iman Dandachi, Elie Fayad, Bassel El-Bazzal, Ahmad Sleiman, Jean-Marc Rolain, Ziad Daoud

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• Assessing the effect of micafungin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation using confocal microscopy and gene expression

  Sari S Rasheed, Kohar Annie Kissoyan, Usamah Hadi, Marwan El-Sabban, Ghassan M Matar

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• Prevalence of carbapenem resistance genes and corresponding MIC90 in Enterobacteriaceae at a tertiary care center in Lebanon

  Kohar Annie Kissoyan, George F Araj, Ghassan M Matar

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• Epidemiology of bacteremia after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the absence of antibiotic prophylaxis

  Rima Moghnieh, Anas Mugharbil, Ali Youssef, Tamima Jisr, Hani Tamim, Kamal Zahran, Samer Khaldieh, Dania Abdallah, Lyn Awad, Oula Massri, Najat Rachini, Youssef Hamdan, Ahmad Ibrahim

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• In vitro analysis of colistin-carbapenem combination activity against Acinetobacter spp infection

  Micheline Soudeiha, E Salem Sokhn, Ziad Daoud, Dolla Sarkis

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• Evaluating ginger extract, wild blueberry extract, and polysorbates (PS20, PS80) on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation

  Mariam Miari, Sari Shawki Rasheed, Nathaline Haidar-Ahmad, Antoine Abou Fayad, Ghassan M Matar

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• Antibacterial activity of Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba Mate) against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

  Tania Noureddine, Ziad El Husseini, Ali Nehme, Roula M Abdel-Massih

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• Combating antimicrobial resistance using antimicrobial combination therapy and β–lactamase inhibitors

  Bassam El-Hafi, Sari Shawki Rasheed, Noor Salloum, Antoine Abou Fayad, George Farah Araj, Ghassan Matar Matar

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• Comparison of virulence determinants among Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical isolates obtained from Spain and Lebanon

  Elias Abdo Dahdouh, Monica Suarez Rodriguez, Ziad Daoud

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• ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in two major Lebanese hospitals: molecular epidemiology and correlation with consumption

  Anas Obeid, Peter Maliha, Samah Abdallah, Estelle Akl, Maria Deeb, Hassan El Moussawi, Elie Salem-Sokhn, Ghassan Matar, Ziad Daoud

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• Molecular epidemiology and clonality of Acinetobacter spp in a Lebanese hospital over a period of one year

  Micheline Soudeiha, Elie Salem Sokhn, Ziad Daoud, Dolla Sarkis

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• Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Lebanon using a novel rapid spoligotyping multiplex luminex method

  Khaldoun Massoud, George Farah Araj, Sukayna Fadlallah, Lina Reslan, Lina Itani, Aline Avedissian, Ghassan Dbaibo, Antoine Saade, Ghassan Matar Matar

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• The importance of blood culture and serology for Brucellosis diagnosis and treatment

  Lama Faddoul, Rania Azar, Antoine Haddad, Abi Hanna

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• Epidemiology of pneumococcal infections in hospitalised adult patients in Lebanon with a highlight on non-invasive disease

  Rima Moghnieh, Lyn Awad, Dania Abdallah, Rahil Sleiman, Tamima Jisr, Hani Tamim, Mona Al Helou, Ahmad Ibrahim, Anas Mugharbil, Nabila Droubi, Lina Reslan, Ghassan M Matar, Kamal Zahran, Ghassan Dbaibo

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• Infected diabetic ulcers, when to amputate

  Mario Harb, Wafaa Greige, Christelle Ephrem

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• Carriage trends and fitness cost of MDROs in Lebanese nursing homes

  Caren Challita, Nourhane Hafza, Elias Dahdouh, Michel Attieh, Iman Dandachi, Ziad Daoud

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• Colistin monotherapy v/s colistin combination therapy for treatment of Acinetobacter infections, a systematic review

  Myriam Salameh, Layal M Abou Daher, Marwan Chartouny, Pierre Abi Hanna

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• Search for hits and early leads from soil bacteria to combat infectious diseases

  Jennifer Herrmann

  24S

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• Brucella endocarditis: diagnostic challenges

  Christelle G Ephrem, Madonna J Matar, Gaelle C Chalhoub, Wafaa G Greige

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• Endosomal Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) mediate enhancement of IL-17A production triggered by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in mice

  Marwa Shehab, Rana Jammaz, Noor Salloum, Elias A. Rahal

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• Hepatitis C in Lebanon: burden of the disease and value of comprehensive screening and treatment

  Antoine Abou Rached, Selim Abou Kheir, Jowana Saba, Salwa Assaf, Georges Kassis, Yuri Sanchez Gonzalez, Olivier Ethgen

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• Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among intravenous drug abusers in the Lebanese population

  Mary Nakhoul, Carine Richa, Afif Jreij, Antoine Abou Rached

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• Viral infections of the central nervous system in Qatar: epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical outcomes

  Fatma Ben Abid, Muhamed Abukhattab, Obada Khalil, Ahmed Gohar, Hafedh Gazwani, Muna Al Masalmani, Abdullatif Al Khal, Adeel A Butt

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• Real world experience with the all-oral interferon free regimen for the treatment of chronic hepatitis c virus infection in the Lebanese population

  Jowana Saba, Antoine Abou Rached, Cesar Yaghi, Alaa Sharara, Walid Ammar

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• Visceral leishmaniasis in Lebanon a report of four cases: case series and review

  Oussaima Eldbouni, Pierre Abihanna, Mona Beaini, Afaf Minari, Ibrahim Khalife, Gladys Gemayel

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• Candida glabrata spondylodiscitis: A case report

  Christina El Khoury, Philippe Younes, Rabih Hallit, Nabil Okais, Matta Antoun Matta

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• Correlation between antifungal consumption and distribution of Candida spp. in different departments of a Lebanese hospital

  Lyn Awad, Hani Tamim, Ahmad Ibrahim, Dania Abdallah, Mohammad Salameh, Anas Mugharbil, Tamima Jisr, Nabila Droubi, Kamal Zahran, Rima Moghnieh

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• Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. in North Lebanon

  Marwan Osman, Sadia Benamrouz, Karine Guyot, Dima El Safadi, Hassan Mallat, Fouad Dabboussi, Monzer Hamze, Eric Viscogliosi, Gabriela Certad

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