Khouloud Slimene, Asrra A Ali, Elhussan A Mohamed, Allaaeddin El Salabi, Faraj S Suliman, Agela A Elbadri, Fadi F El-Fertas, Ahmed El-Awjly, Salah A Shokri, Jean-Marc Rolain, Chedly Chouchani
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had a devastating effect, globally. We describe, for the first time, the occurrence of carbapenem-resistant bacteria colonizing SARS-CoV-2 patients who developed hospital-associated infections with carbapenemase-producing, Gram-negative bacteria at some isolation centers of SARS-CoV-2 in the eastern part of Libya. In total, at first, 109 samples were collected from 43 patients, with the samples being recovered from oral ( n = 35), nasal ( n = 45), and rectal ( n = 29) cavities...
April 12, 2023: Microbiology Spectrum