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Lebanese American UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0977-1242Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Leon Kassabian, Charbel Al Khoury, George Farah Araj, Sima T. Tokajian
The paper describes the within-host succession of carbapenemase types in E. coli isolates from a single patient, showing a shift from OXA-48-like to NDM-type resistance due to plasmid displacement.
Martine Abboud, Tia Clara Chaaya, Yara El Daccache…·Sima T. Tokajian
This study identifies a novel hypervirulent extensively drug-resistant ST383 K. pneumoniae lineage in Lebanon carrying ICEKp5 and multiple resistance genes.
Israa El Jouaid, Ghena M Sobh, George Farah Araj…·Jamal Saad
The paper uses whole-genome sequencing to analyze Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Lebanon, identifying M. tuberculosis lineages and M. bovis clades.
Sahar Alousi, Jamal Saad, Balig Panossian…·Sima T. Tokajian
This study identifies genetic and structural mechanisms of colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, showing mutations and insertion sequences disrupt lipid A modification and regulatory networks.