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Autor:
Appiah-Korang Labi, Karen L. Nielsen, Rasmus L. Marvig, Stephanie Bjerrum, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Marc Bennedbæk, Mercy J. Newman, Prosper K. Ayibor, Leif P. Andersen, Jørgen A.L. Kurtzhals
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2235-2238 (2020)
We sequenced 29 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. Twenty-eight isolates were sequence type 17 with blaOXA-181 and differed by 0–32 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Improved surveill
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/700f243fa65a4faca948fa7012918b29
Autor:
Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Elizabeth Y. Tettey, Mercy J. Newman, Elizabeth Bannerman, Eric S. Donkor, Appiah-Korang Labi, Hans-Christian Slotved
Publikováno v:
BMC Pediatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Abstract Background The study objective was to determine the carriage and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Accra, Ghana, five years after the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) in 2012. Meth
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c6b5c3ff86b247ce9a5c3510b2de94da
Autor:
Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Stephanie Bjerrum, Nii Armah Adu Aryee, Yaw Adjei Ofori-Adjei, Alfred E. Yawson, Mercy J. Newman
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Abstract Background Understanding the knowledge, attitudes and practices of physicians towards antibiotic resistance is key to developing interventions aimed at behavior change. The survey aimed to investigate physicians’ knowledge and attitudes to
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/752b790b900c46d1a2c68118bc2435dd
Autor:
Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Edmund Tetteh Nartey, Stephanie Bjerrum, Nii Armah Adu-Aryee, Yaw Adjei Ofori-Adjei, Alfred E. Yawson, Mercy J. Newman
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
Abstract Background The global rise and spread of antibiotic resistance is limiting the usefulness of antibiotics in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The use of antibiotic stewardship programs guided by local data on prescribing p
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2aad6f6db09e4bb0aebedd2872824423
Autor:
Naiki Attram, Bright Agbodzi, Helena Dela, Eric Behene, Edward O Nyarko, Nicholas N A Kyei, John A Larbi, Bernard W L Lawson, Kennedy K Addo, Mercy J Newman, Christopher A Duplessis, Nehkonti Adams, Magnus Unemo, Andrew G Letizia
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 10, p e0223598 (2019)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance is essential for tracking the emergence and spread of AMR strains in local, national and international populations. This is crucial for developing or refining treatment guidelines. N.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5493d1ffe9f44ae680054e6f3d8f71e7
Autor:
Appiah-Korang Labi, Leif P. Andersen, Stephanie Bjerrum, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Edmund T. Nartey, Mercy J. Newman, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Prosper K Ayibor
Publikováno v:
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 40:1115-1121
Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized neonates. Data on antibiotic resistance in neonatal BSIs and their impact on clinical outcomes in Africa are limited. Methods We conducted a prospec
Publikováno v:
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol 2017 (2017)
Background. The current definitive treatment of Buruli ulcer with antibiotics makes the issue of antimicrobial drug resistance an unavoidable one. This is as a result of drug misuse by health personnel and patients’ noncompliance to treatment regim
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2354b3cec2e54cd8bf26a0b19c440dc8
Publikováno v:
Journal of Advances in Microbiology. :22-33
Aim: This study aimed to characterize ciprofloxacin-resistance genes in clinical Escherichia coli isolates obtained from a six-month antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance from Ghana. Methods: Eighty-three of 440 archived E. coli isolates were c
Autor:
Antoinette Bediako-Bowan, Anne Kjerulf, Kåre Mølbak, Enid Owusu, Samuel Debrah, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Mercy J. Newman
Publikováno v:
Journal of Hospital Infection. 104:321-327
Summary Background Surveillance systems for surgical site infections (SSIs), as a measure of patient safety, help health institutions devise strategies to reduce or prevent them. No surveillance systems exist to monitor SSIs in Ghana. Aim To establis
Autor:
Japheth A, Opintan, Robert C, Will, George K, Kuma, Mary, Osei, Amos, Akumwena, Gifty, Boateng, Godfred, Owusu-Okyere, Lorreta, Antwi, David, Opare, Agila Kumari, Pragasam, Karthick, Vasudevan, Sunil Kumar, Srivastava, Veeraraghavan, Balaji, Mercy J, Newman, Gordon, Dougan, Ankur, Mutreja
Publikováno v:
Microbial Genomics
We investigated the evolution, phylogeny and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates (VCO1) from Ghana. Outbreak and environmental sources of VCO1 were characterized, whole-genome sequenced and compared to globally available seventh p