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Lebanon APUA-Lebanon was founded in March of 2003 and currently has 6 members. It is affiliated with the Saint George University Hospital, Nini Hospital, and Rizk Hospital, among others. Its goals for the upcoming years are to: conduct activities aimed at raising awareness of the problem of resistance in Lebanon and the misuse and abuse of antibiotics, increase the knowledge of Lebanese laboratories about appropriate methods for detection of resistance in clinical and environmental isolates, encourage research and educational projects. work in collaboration with other national and international institutions for the development of a national center for policy making to monitor the use of antibiotics. Drs. Hakime et al., of the APUA-Lebanon chapter, have written a case study of the first reported case of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus in Lebanon. Full Article Upcoming International Chapter Events

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