Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, and research outputs from our surveillance networks.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal April 2023

SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Bright Adu, Joseph H.K. Bonney, Beverly Egyir, Isaac Darko Otchere, Prince Asare, Francis E. Dennis, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, Richard Akuffo, Ivy A. Asante, Evangeline Obodai, Selassie Kumordjie, Joyce Appiah-Kubi, Quaneeta Mohktar, Hilda Opoku Frempong, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Mildred A. Adusei-Poku, James O. Aboagye, Bright Agbodzi, Clara Yeboah, Seyram B. Agbenyo, Peace O. Uche, Keren O. Attiku, Bernice Twenewaa Sekyere, Dennis Laryea, Kwame Buabeng, Helena Lamptey, Anita Ghansah, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Abraham K. Anang, William K. Ampofo, George B. Kyei, and John K. Odoom

Antibiotics January 2023

Multicenter Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Bloodstream Infections in Ghana

Eric S. Donkor, Khitam Muhsen, Sherry A.M. Johnson, Fleischer C.N. Kotey, Nicholas T.K.D. Dayie, Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Edem Tette, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Nicholas I. Nii-Trebi, Godfred Owusu-Okyere, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Yonatan Amir, Saritte Perlman, Perdita Hilary Lopes, Adjo Mfodwo, Nicola C. Gordon, Louise Gresham, Mark Smolinski, Dani Cohen.

ASM Journals December 2022

Antibiotic Profiles and Draft Genome Sequences of Kerstersia gyiorum, Providencia stuartii, Providencia vermicola, and Alcaligenes faecalis Strains Recovered from Soft Tissue Biopsy Samples in Ghana

Beverly Egyir, Felicia Owusu, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, William Boateng, Sarkodie Kodom, Quaneeta Mohktar, Pernille Nilsson, Bright Adu, Rene S. Hendriksen

PLoS ONE December 2022

Phenotypic and genotypic detection of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Accra, Ghana

Felicia P. Dwomoh, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Felicia Amoa-Owusu, Vida Bannah, Fuad M. Alzahrani, Ibrahim F. Halawani, Khalid J. Alzahrani, Beverly Egyir, Eric S. Donkor

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance November 2022

Occurrence and significance of fluoroquinolone-resistant and ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae complex of the rectal flora in Ghanaian patients undergoing prostate biopsy

Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Ben Molai Addo, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Ama Fenny, Beverly Egyir, James Edward Mensah

BMC Microbiology July 2022

Antimicrobial resistance and genomic analysis of staphylococci isolated from livestock and farm attendants in Northern Ghana

Beverly Egyir, Esther Dsani, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, Felicia Amoa Owusu, Emmanuel Allegye-Cudjoe, Kennedy Kwasi Addo

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology July 2022

Characterization of MRSA and ESBL pathogens from patients with surgical-site infections in Accra, Ghana

Terrel Sanders, Jeannette Bentum, Anne Fox, Beverly Egyir, Chaselynn Watters