Publications

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

BMC Microbiology August 2020

Antimicrobial resistance and molecular detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolates from raw meat in Greater Accra region, Ghana

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

mSphere July 2020

Evolution and Population Dynamics of Clonal Complex 152 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Sharmin Baig, Anders Rhod Larsen, Patrícia Martins Simões, Frédéric Laurent, Thor Bech Johannesen, Berit Lilje, Anne Tristan, Frieder Schaumburg, Beverly Egyir, Ivana Cirkovic, Graeme R Nimmo, Iris Spiliopoulou, Dominique S Blanc, Sara Mernelius, Aina Elisabeth Fossum Moen, Michael Z David, Paal Skytt Andersen, Marc Stegger

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences January 2020

Microbial exposure drives polyclonal expansion of innate γδ T cells immediately after birth

Sarina Ravens, Egyir B, Fichtner A.S., Willers M., Torkornoo D., Pirr S., Schöning J., Deseke M., Sandrock I., Bubke A., Wilharm A., Dodoo D., Flanagan K.L., Steinbrück L., Dickinson P., Ghazal P., Adu B., Viemann D., Prinz I.

Dove Medical Press May 2018

A genomic infection control study for Staphylococcus aureus in two Ghanaian hospitals

Donkor E.S., B. Egyir, Donkor E.S., Jamrozy D., Mills R.O., Dankwah T., Amoo P.K., Badoe E.V., Twasam J., Bentley S.D.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences February 2017

Origin, evolution, and global transmission of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus ST8

Lena Strauß, Stegger M., Eberechi A.P., Alabi A., Breurec S., Coombs G., B. Egyir, Larsen A.R., Laurent F., Monecke S., Peters G., Skov R., Strommenger B., Vandenesch F., Schaumburg F., and Mellmann A.

European Journal of Medicinal Plants January 2017

Anti-microbial activities of selected Ghanaian medicinal plants and four structurally similar anti-protozoan compounds against susceptible and multi-drug resistant bacteria.

N. Antwi, A., K. B. A. Owusu, M. Amoa-Bosompem, N. B. Williams, F. Ayertey, L. Akyeh, J. Agyapong, T. Tetteh, G. I. Djameh, S. K. Botchie, F. Azerigyik, A. Ablordey, N. H. Tung, A. A. Appiah, S. Iwanaga, Y. Shoyama, N. Ohta, B. Egyir, M. Ohashi.

The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries May 2016

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in Accra, Ghana

B. Egyir, Oteng AA, Owusu E, Newman MJ, Addo KK, Rhod-Larsen A.