French
Racha EID
Chargé de Cours
School of Medical Lab Technicians
+961 (1) 421 000 racha.eid1@usj.edu.lb
Racha Eid is a pharmacist-biologist specialized in clinical microbiology and molecular biology. She currently holds the position of Head of the Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Biology laboratory at Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Saint Joseph University of Beirut as well as a Specialized Studies Diploma in Medical Biology, option Infectious Agents, jointly delivered by Saint Joseph University and Universite Paris Cite. Her academic path also includes a Master 1 in clinical biochemistry and molecular genetics from Saint Joseph University, as well as a Master 2 in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Sorbonne University. Her professional path unfolded between Lebanon and France, within several reference university hospital centers, notably Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut, Avicenne Hospital (AP-HP), and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital (AP-HP) in Paris, in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute. Author and co-author of several scientific publications in international journals, her research work focuses mainly on bacterial infections, antibiotic resistance, and diagnostic techniques in microbiology. She has also presented her work at national and international conferences.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 - Biochimie et biologie moléculaire | Sorbonne Université | France | 2025 |
| D.E.S.S - Biologie médicale | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 2024 |
| Doctorat d'exercice - Pharmacie | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 2020 |
| M1 - sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 2020 |
Publications and communications
Which Classes of Antibiotics Are Associated with the Acquisition of Carbapenemase-Producing
Enterobacterales? Life, Juillet 2025
Lisa Sadou, Benoit Pilmis, Racha Eid, Pierre Moënne-Locoz, Sophie Lefèvre, Françoise Jauréguy, Vanessa
Rathouin, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Laura Foucault-Fruchard
2) Comparison of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from intensive care and nonintensive care units and its impact on treatment decisions Nature Scientific Reports, Avril 2025
Racha Eid, Georges Dabar, Lydia-Rossa Hanna, Gebrael Saliba, Moussa Riachy, Jacques Choucair,
Rindala Saliba
3) Collapse on a flight to Paris returning from Bangalore: A sentinel cholera case in a man visiting
friends and relatives in India Travel Med Infect Dis, Février 2025
Marin Caumartin, Sophie Nagle, Racha Eid, Caroline Rouard, Marie Christine Bouton, Lou Macaux,
Vladimir Adrien, Olivier Bouchaud, Fatma el Alaoui, Nicolas Vignier
4) Evolution of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales over a five-year period: Worrying
increase in acquired cases and patients residing abroad JHI, Decembre 2024
Racha Eid, Benoit Pilmis, Rindala Saliba, Françoise Jaureguy, Jean Ralph Zahar
5) Bloodstream Infections: Comparison of Diagnostic Methods and Therapeutic Consequences between
a Hospital in a Resource-Limited Setting and Two French Hospitals MDPI, Microorganisms, Août
2023
Racha Eid, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Chahrazed Ait Ali, Assaf Mizrahi, Racha Ibrahim, Emeline Banh, Habib
Halouani, Françoise Jauréguy, Benoit Pilmis, Rindala Saliba
6) First reported case of Cladosporium para-aortic abscess IDCases, Janvier 2022
Racha Ibrahim, Zeina Bou Chebl, Rindala Saliba, Racha Eid, Mahdi Kassem, Victor Jebara, Jacques