Molecular characterization of Carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli recovered from a tertiary hospital in Lebanon.

The emergence of carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli represents a serious public health concern. This study investigated the resistome, virulence, plasmids content and clonality of 27 carbapenem resistant E. coli isolated from 27 hospitalized patients at the American University of Beirut Medical C...

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Main Authors: Christel Dagher, Tamara Salloum, Sahar Alousi, Harout Arabaghian, George F Araj, Sima Tokajian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6126819?pdf=render