title: Diversity of Acinetobacter species isolated from different environments in Lebanon: a nationwide study.
abstract: To investigate the extrahospital reservoirs of Acinetobacter spp. in Lebanon.
  
  
  
  Two thousand three hundred and sixty-one samples from different ecological niches were analyzed by culture methods. Species identification was confirmed by rpoB-gene sequencing. Multilocus sequence typing was used to characterize the Acinetobacter baumannii clones.
  
  
  
  Acinetobacter spp. were detected in 14% of environmental samples and 8% of food samples. Furthermore, 9% of animals and 3.4% of humans were colonized. Non-baumannii Acinetobacter were the most common species isolated and newly susceptible A. baumannii clones were detected. Interestingly, 21 isolates were not identified at the species level and were considered as putative novel species. To our knowledge, this is the largest epidemiological study investigating the epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp. outside hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie et Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban.|ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Atrouni
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie et Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban.
authors.forename: Monzer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamze
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie et Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Liban.
authors.forename: Rayane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rafei
authors.affiliation: ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France.|Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eveillard
authors.affiliation: ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France.|Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joly-Guillou
authors.affiliation: ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of Angers, France.|Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempf
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D044822:Biodiversity; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology; D058751:Livestock / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D057805:Pets / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: A. baumannii; Acinetobacter spp.; Lebanon; animals; environment; extrahospital; food; humans; novel species; reservoirs