Publications

imipenem resistance in aerobic gram-negative bacteria.	a prospective study was undertaken to observe the emergence of resistance to imipenem, if any, among aerobic gram-negative bacteria. a total of 736 isolates were tested during 1994-95 and less than 1% of them were resistant to imipenem, whereas the next year ('95-'96) the rate increased to 11 of the 903 isolates tested. the resistant isolates during '94-'95 were all stenotrophomonas maltophilia whereas the spectrum of resistant bacterial species increased in '95-'96 to include pseudomonas aerugi ...	1998	9603633
characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl)-producing kuwait and uk strains identified by the vitek system, and subsequent comparison of the vitek system with other commercial esbl-testing systems using these strains.	two hundred and fifty-one unique patient isolates of klebsiella pneumoniae (123), escherichia coli (114), klebsiella oxytoca (7), enterobacter cloacae (5) and citrobacter freundii (2), flagged as extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) positive by the vitek system (gns-526 card), were collected. these strains were isolated from a variety of clinical specimens submitted to the clinical bacteriology laboratories of the royal infirmary of edinburgh (rie), edinburgh, uk (and associated gp practices) ...	2006	16533989
multiplex pcr for detection of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance qnr genes in esbl-producing enterobacterial isolates.	to develop a rapid and reliable single-tube-based pcr technique for detecting simultaneously the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance qnra, qnrb and qnrs genes.	2007	17561500
high prevalence of vim-4 and ndm-1 metallo-β-lactamase among carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.	the purpose of this study was to identify the mechanisms leading to carbapenem resistance among multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from hospitalized patients with nosocomial infections in mubarak al kabeer hospital, kuwait. fourteen carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae isolates were obtained from inpatients in different wards and intensive care units between april 2009 and february 2011. antibiotic susceptibilities were determined using the e-test method. genes encoding ...	2013	23639985
emergence of new sequence type oxa-48 carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in kuwait.	the aim of this study was to investigate the infections due to oxa-48 carbapenemase-producing bacteria in tertiary hospitals in kuwait (september 2011 to april 2013) and to determine the sequence types (sts) of the corresponding isolates. eleven oxa-48 carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae isolates were recovered from patients treated in nine different hospitals in kuwait. susceptibility testing to eighteen antibiotics was done using the e-test. pcr assays were performed for the detection o ...	2015	25551428