Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae with High Rate of Autochthonous Transmission in the Arabian Peninsula

• Ágnes Sonnevend,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Akela A. Ghazawi,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Rayhan Hashmey,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Wafaa Jamal,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Vincent O. Rotimi,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Atef M. Shibl,

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Department of Pathology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Amina Al-Jardani,

  Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

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• Seif S. Al-Abri,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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• Waheed U. Z. Tariq,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Stefan Weber,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Tibor Pál

  * E-mail: tpal@uaeu.ac.ae

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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