Molecular Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated in Lebanon Using Four Different Typing Methods

Rayane Rafei; Fouad Dabboussi; Monzer Hamze; Matthieu Eveillard; Carole Lemarié; Marie-Pierre Gaultier; Hassan Mallat; Rima Moghnieh; Rola Husni-Samaha; Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou; Marie Kempf

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115969

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Molecular Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated in Lebanon Using Four Different Typing Methods

Rayane Rafei,

Affiliations L'UNAM Université, Université d'Angers, Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, UPRES EA3142, Institut de Biologie en Santé – IRIS, CHU, Angers cedex, France, Laboratoire de Santé et environnement, Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
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Fouad Dabboussi,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Santé et environnement, Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
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Monzer Hamze,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Santé et environnement, Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
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Matthieu Eveillard,

Affiliations L'UNAM Université, Université d'Angers, Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, UPRES EA3142, Institut de Biologie en Santé – IRIS, CHU, Angers cedex, France, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, CHU, Angers cedex, France
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Carole Lemarié,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, CHU, Angers cedex, France
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Marie-Pierre Gaultier,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, CHU, Angers cedex, France
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Hassan Mallat,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Santé et environnement, Centre AZM pour la recherche en Biotechnologie et ses applications, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban
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Rima Moghnieh,

Affiliation Ain wa zein Hospital, Shouf, Lebanon
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Rola Husni-Samaha,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou,

Affiliations L'UNAM Université, Université d'Angers, Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, UPRES EA3142, Institut de Biologie en Santé – IRIS, CHU, Angers cedex, France, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, CHU, Angers cedex, France
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Marie Kempf

* E-mail: makempf@chu-angers.fr

Affiliations L'UNAM Université, Université d'Angers, Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, UPRES EA3142, Institut de Biologie en Santé – IRIS, CHU, Angers cedex, France, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, CHU, Angers cedex, France
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Molecular Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated in Lebanon Using Four Different Typing Methods

Rayane Rafei,
Fouad Dabboussi,
Monzer Hamze,
Matthieu Eveillard,
Carole Lemarié,
Marie-Pierre Gaultier,
Hassan Mallat,
Rima Moghnieh,
Rola Husni-Samaha,
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou

Published: December 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115969

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