First report of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates in Lebanon

J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 Jun:9:15-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

Authors

Liliane Okdah¹, Thongpan Leangapichart¹, Linda Hadjadj¹, Abiola Olumuyiwa Olaitan¹, Charbel Al-Bayssari¹, Rabih Rizk², Mahmoud Hammoud², Seydina M Diene¹, Jean-Marc Rolain³

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1905, Facultés de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
² Sahel Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE UM 63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1905, Facultés de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. Electronic address: jean-marc.rolain@univ-amu.fr.

PMID: 28286141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.02.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Colistin / pharmacology*
Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Female
Genotype
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Lebanon
Male
Middle Aged
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Colistin