Publications

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

Pathogens February 2021

Whole Genome Sequencing and Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from Surgical Site Infections in Ghana

Egyir B., Bentum J., Attram N., Fox A., Obeng-Nkrumah N., Appiah-Korang L., Behene E., Kumordjie S., Yeboah C., Agbodzi B., Bentil R.E., Tagoe R., Kofi Adu Tabi B., Owusu F., Dayie N.T.K.D., Donkor E.S., Nsaful J., Asah-Opoku K., Nyarko E., Asumanu E., Larsen A.R., Wolfe D.M., Letizia A.G.

Pathogens January 2021

Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Staphylococcus aureus among Children under Five Years in Accra

Nicholas T. K. D Dayie, Egyir B., Mary-Magdalene Osei, Japheth A. Opintan, Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, John Ahenkorah, Kevin Kofi Adutwum-Ofosu.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases December 2020

898. Prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa from Hospital Acquired Surgical Site Infections in Ghana

Beverly Egyir, PhD, Noah Nkrumah-Obeng, PhD, Edward Nyarko, MD, Anne Fox, MD, Andrew Letizia, MD, Terrel Sanders, N/A, MD

Journal of Water and Health December 2020

Antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from the wastewater treatment plant and grey-water samples in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Tomiwa Olumide Adesoji, Beverly Egyir, Adebayo Osagie Shittu

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance September 2020

Whole-genome sequence profiling of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from livestock and farm attendants in Ghana

Beverly Egyir, Nazreen F. Hadjirin, Srishti Gupta, Felicia Owusu, Bright Agbodzi, Tsatsu Adogla-Bessa, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Marc Stegger, Anders Rhod Larsen, Mark A. Holmes

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine September 2020

COVID-19 pandemic and antimicrobial resistance: Another call to strengthen laboratory diagnostic capacity in Africa

Beverly Egyir, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, George B. Kyei

BMC Microbiology August 2020

Antimicrobial Resistance and Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases of Escherichia coli isolates from Raw Meat in Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Esther Dsani, Beverly Egyir, Esther Dsani, Edwin Andrews Afari, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Ernest Kenu, Basil Benduri Kaburi