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

  2S

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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

  3S

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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

  4S

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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

  5S

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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

  6S

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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

  9S

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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

  10S

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

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

  11S

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

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

  12S

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

  Tania Noureddine, Ziad Al Husseini, Ali Nehme, Roula Abdel Massih

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

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

  14S

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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

  15S

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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

  16S

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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

  17S

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

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

  18S

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

  lama Faddoul, Rania Azar, Antoine Haddad, Abi Hanna

  19S

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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 Matar, Kamal Zahran, Ghassan Dbaibo

  20S

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• Infected diabetic ulcers, when to amputate

  Mario Harb, Wafaa Greige, Christelle Ephrem

  21S

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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, Dr

  22S

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

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

  23S

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

  Jennifer Herrmann

  24S

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• The Brucella endocarditis: diagnostic challenges

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

  25S

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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

  27S

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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

  28S

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

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

  29S

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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

  30S

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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

  31S

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• Candida glabrata spondylodiscitis: A case report

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

  32S

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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

  33S

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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

  34S

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