Review Article

Updates on the Status of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Lebanon

Table 1

A summary of all detected carbapenemase types in Lebanon since the first reported carbapenemase in 2007. IMP: imipenemase metallo-β-lactamase; NDM: New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase; OXA: oxacillin carbapenemase/oxacillinase.

YearsStudiesTypes of detected carbapenemase

2007Daoud et al.IMP
2008Matar et al.OXA-48
2010El-Herte et al.OXA-48 and NDM-1
2011Baroud et al.OXA-48 and NDM-1
2011-2012Hammoudi et al.OXA-48
2012Hammoudi et al.OXA-48
2012Beyrouti et al.OXA-48
2008–2014Kissoyan et al.OXA-48 and NDM-1
2011–2015Hajj et al.OXA-48 and OXA-244
2012–2016Dagher et al.OXA-48 and OXA-181
2018-2019Bayssari et al.OXA-48, NDM-1 and NDM-4