Impact of the 4th of August Beirut explosion mass casualty incident on a university hospital microbial Flora

Abstract Background Following the Beirut explosion, our university hospital received at least 350 casualties. Subsequently, infection control standard practices were compromised. Concerns for Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) infections in injured patients and a resulting hospital outbreak were...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Zeinab Roumieh, Hanine Mansour, Rawad Abi Assaad, Hani Dimassi, Rola Husni, Sanaa Zoghby, Jacques E. Mokhbat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Multi-drug resistant microorganisms (MDRO) Hospital acquired infections (HAI) Infection control Blast-related injuries Combat zones Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08818-4