Escherichia coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections of Lebanese Patients between 2005 and 2012: Epidemiology and Profiles of Resistance
- 1Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Tripoli, Lebanon
- 2“Centre Hospitalier du Nord” Hospital, Zgharta, Lebanon
- 3Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- 4Division of Geographic and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
A corrigendum on
Inadvertently, the names of two authors were not included in the final version of the manuscript sent for typesetting and this oversight was not picked up during the final proofs. The authors regret the oversight and any inconvenience these may have caused.
The two missing authors are:
Katia Cheaito
Nathaline Haidar-Ahmad
The final author contributions are as follows:
Ziad Daoud participated in designing the study and in the lab work, as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Elie Salem Sokhn participated in designing the study and in the lab work, as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Khalil Masri participated in designing the study and in the clinical part of the work, as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Katia Cheaito participated in designing the study and in the lab work (mainly the PFGE), as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Nathaline Haidar-Ahmad participated in designing the study and in the lab work (mainly the PFGE), as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Ghassan Matar participated in designing the study and in the lab work (mainly the PFGE), as well as in writing all the sections of the article.
Shira Doron participated in designing the study and in clinical protocols elaboration, as well as in writing and reviewing all the sections of the article.
The original article has been updated.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Keywords: ESBL, carbapenemases, E. coli, urinary infections, bacterial resistance
Citation: Daoud Z, Salem Sokhn E, Masri K, Cheaito K, Haidar-Ahmad N, Matar GM and Doron S (2015) Corrigendum: Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infections of Lebanese patients between 2005 and 2012: epidemiology and profiles of resistance. Front. Med. 2:66. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2015.00066
Received: 26 August 2015; Accepted: 27 August 2015;
Published: 22 September 2015
Edited and reviewed by: Frontiers in Medicine Editorial Office, Frontiers, Switzerland
Copyright: © 2015 Daoud, Salem Sokhn, Masri, Cheaito, Haidar-Ahmad, Matar and Doron. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Ziad Daoud, ziad.daoud@balamand.edu.lb