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  1. Whole genome characterization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an Egyptian Tertiary Care Hospital

    Article • Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection, August 2023, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  2. Genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 in Egypt: insights into spike protein thermodynamic stability

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2023, Frontiers

    Reem Hassan

  3. Prevalence and species distribution of Candida bloodstream infection in children and adults in two teaching university hospitals in Egypt: first report of Candida kefyr

    Article • Infection, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  4. SARS-CoV-2 genome variations and evolution patterns in Egypt: a multi-center study

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  5. COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Fungal Infection among Pediatric Cancer Patients, a Single Center Experience

    Article • Journal of Fungi, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Reem Hassan

  6. Carriage of distinct blaKPC-2 and blaOXA-48 plasmids in a single ST11 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate in Egypt

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan , Dr Mohamed El-Sayed Ahmed

  7. Routine Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Bacterial Infections in Body Fluids Other than Blood: Benefits in a Limited Resource Hospital

    Article • Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2022, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Reem Hassan

  8. Deciphering Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a Pediatric Cancer Hospital in Egypt

    Article • mSphere, December 2021, ASM Journals

    Reem Hassan

  9. Management and Outcome of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Single Centre Experience from a Developing Country

    Article • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia, November 2021, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  10. Prognostic impact of CT severity score in childhood cancer with SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  11. Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Egyptian patients

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2021, PLOS

    Reem Hassan

  12. Cationic zinc (II) phthalocyanine nanoemulsions for photodynamic inactivation of resistant bacterial strains

    Article • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  13. Emergence of Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Coharboring a bla NDM-1 -Carrying Virulent Plasmid and a bla KPC-2 -Carrying Plasmid in an Egyptian Hospital

    Article • mSphere, May 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Mohamed El-Sayed Ahmed, Reem Hassan

  14. Identification of Aspergillus species in human blood plasma by infrared spectroscopy and machine learning

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, March 2021, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  15. Establishment of an antimicrobial stewardship strategy on the surgical NICU at Cairo University specialized pediatric hospital

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, September 2020, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  16. Author Correction: Genotypic characterization of multiple drug resistant Escherichia coli isolates from a pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  17. The possible role of Dickkopf-1, Golgi protein- 73 and Midkine as predictors of hepatocarcinogenesis: a review and an Egyptian study

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  18. Genotypic characterization of multiple drug resistant Escherichia coli isolates from a pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  19. A Simultaneous Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Egyptian Patients: Dietary, Psychiatric, Microbiologic and Autonomic Aspects

    Article • Open Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2020, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Reem Hassan

  20. Neutrophil and monocyte receptor expression in patients with sepsis: implications for diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Reem Hassan

  21. Effect of rifampicin–colistin combination against XDR Acinetobacter baumannii harbouring blaOXA 23-like gene and showed reduced susceptibility to colistin at Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

    Article • Infectious Diseases, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Reem Hassan , Doaa Ghaith

  22. GeneXpert MTB/RIF as a Rapid Diagnostic tool for Diagnosis of Pulmonary, Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance in the Egyptian Population

    Article • Journal of Advances in Microbiology, December 2018, Sciencedomain International

    Reem Hassan

  23. Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes qnrA, qnrB, qnrC, qnrD, qnrS and aac (6')-Ib in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Microbiology Research Journal International, November 2018, Sciencedomain International

    Reem Hassan

  24. Early Identification of Bacterial Isolates from Positive Blood Culture Bottles using MALDI-TOF MS and Early Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on Pediatric Oncology Patients

    Article • International Journal of Biomedical Science, September 2018, International Assotiation of Biomedical Sciences

    Reem Hassan

  25. Comparison of E Test and Disc Diffusion Methods for Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi; Experience of a Routine Lab

    Article • Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2018, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Reem Hassan

  26. Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Egypt: Clonal Spread of blaOXA-23

    Article • Microbial Drug Resistance, April 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Reem Hassan

  27. Reduced susceptibility of Enterococcus spp. isolates from Cairo University Hospital to tigecycline: Highlight on the influence of proton pump inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, March 2018, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  28. Role of insertion sequence Aba-1 and AdeS in reduced tigecycline susceptibility in MDR-Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Cairo, Egypt

    Article • Journal of Chemotherapy, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Reem Hassan , Doaa Ghaith

  29. Early diagnosis of infective endocarditis using a commercial multiplex PCR assay in Egypt

    Article • Kasr Al Ainy Medical Journal, January 2017, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Reem Hassan

  30. Early identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing from positive blood culture bottles using MALDI-TOF MS

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2016, Elsevier

    Reem Hassan

  31. Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Article • Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Reem Hassan

  32. Evaluation of a novel commercial quaternary ammonium compound for eradication of Mycobacteria, HCV and HBV in Egypt

    Article • The Journal of Microbiology, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  33. Rapid identification of nosocomialAcinetobacter baumanniiisolated from a surgical intensive care unit in Egypt

    Article • Annals of Saudi Medicine, December 2015, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

    Reem Hassan

  34. The Role of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing in Confirmation of Suspected Neonatal Sepsis

    Article • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Reem Hassan

  35. Impact of serology and molecular methods on improving the microbiologic diagnosis of infective endocarditis in Egypt

    Article • Infection, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Reem Hassan

  36. Neonatal Sepsis and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Nicus of Cairo University Hospitals

    Article • Journal of Arab Child, December 2014, Al Manhal FZ, LLC

    Reem Hassan

  37. Evaluation of broad-range 16S rRNA PCR for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections: two years of experience

    Article • The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, October 2014, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

    Reem Hassan