A multicenter survey of asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia among patients with advanced HIV disease in Nigeria.

Autor: Rita O Oladele, Alexander M Jordan, Joy U Okaa, Iriagbonse I Osaigbovo, Shuwaram A Shettima, Nathan Y Shehu, Adeyinka A Davies, Yahaya Mohammed, Mary A Alex-Wele, Garba Iliyasu, Jude C Nwaokenye, Samuel A Fayemiwo, Ubong A Udoh, Titilola Gbajabiamila, David W Denning, Tom M Chiller

Publikováno v: PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 3, Iss 1, p e0001313 (2023)

As of 2018, cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (AHD) was not routinely implemented in Nigeria despite being recommended in the national HIV treatment guidelines. Our aim was to d

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Standardization of IgG diagnostic cutoff in Nigerians

Autor: Rita O. Oladele, Akaninyene A. Otu, Oluwaseyi J. Balogun, Oladayo M. Babalola, Augustina O. Nwosu, Iriagbonse Iyabo Osaigbovo, Titilayo Gbajabiamila, Nicholas K. Irurhe, Samuel A. Fayemiwo, Shuwaram A. Shettima, Nkolika Stella Uwaezuoke, Chinagozi Precious Edwin, Toyese Stephen Ayanbeku, Joy U. Okaa, Charles John Elikwu, David W. Denning, Phyllis J. Kanki, Folasade T. Ogunsola

Publikováno v: Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, Vol 8 (2021)

Background and objectives: Commercial Aspergillus IgG antibody assays have become pivotal in the current diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). However, diagnostic cutoffs have been found to vary from manufactures’ recommendations in d

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https://doaj.org/article/486b8552a0944c63b161f53d030c2e6a

Characterization of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacterial isolates from Nigeria by whole genome sequencing

Autor: Jack Sumner, Caitlin M. dela Cruz, Isabella A. Tickler, Victoria M. Le, Scott Dewell, Fred C. Tenover, Shuwaram A. Shettima

Publikováno v: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 101(1)

This study characterized the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients in Yola, Nigeria. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on 66 isolates previously identified phenotypically as carbapenem-non-susc

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34111650

Wide spread of carbapenemase-producing bacterial isolates in a Nigerian environment

Autor: Patrice Nordmann, Folake Olugbeminiyi, Chinagozi Precious Edwin, Nkolika Stella Uwaezuoke, Christophe Le Terrier, Shuwaram A. Shettima, Laurent Poirel, S. N. Ushie, Agantem Emmanuel Ekuma, Amandine Masseron

Publikováno v: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Vol 21, Iss, Pp 321-323 (2020)

Objectives The presence of carbapenemase-producing bacterial isolates is found not only in hospital and community settings but also in the environment. Carbapenemase production may be related to acquired, usually plasmid-borne, β-lactamase genes or

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http://doc.rero.ch/record/328929/files/nor_wsc.pdf

Prior subclinical histoplasmosis revealed in Nigeria using histoplasmin skin testing

Autor: Shuwaram A Shettima, Rita O. Oladele, Conchita Toriello, Malcolm Richardson, Olusola Ayanlowo, Philip Foden, Adetona S. Fayemiwo, Anthony A. Iwuafor, Folasade Ogunsola, Iriagbonse Iyabo Osaigbovo, Halimat Ayodele Ekundayo, David W. Denning

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 5, p e0196224 (2018)
PLoS ONE
Oladele, R, Ogunsola, F T, Toriello, C, Ayanlowo, O, Foden, P, Fayemiwo, A, Osaigbovo, I, Iwuafor, A, Shettima, S, Ekundayo, H, Richardson, M & Denning, D 2018, ' Prior subclinical histoplasmosis revealed in Nigeria using histoplasmin skin testing ', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 5 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196224

Objectives Disseminated histoplasmosis is an AIDS-defining illness. Histoplasmosis is commonly misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. Nigeria has the second highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. The present study was carried out to investig

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196224