Sabiha Yusuf Essack
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Recent Articles
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Building an antimicrobial stewardship model for a public-sector hospital: a pre-implementation study
Cassim J, Essack S, Chetty S
J Med Microbiol
. 2024 Jul;
73(7).
PMID: 39018101
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognized as an important global health risk, associated with increased mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) involves a coherent set of processes that promote...
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Asare Yeboah E, Agyepong N, Mbanga J, Amoako D, Abia A, Ismail A, et al.
BMC Microbiol
. 2024 Jul;
24(1):250.
PMID: 38978012
Background: ESBL-producing Escherichia coli pose a growing health risk in community and healthcare settings. We investigated the resistome, virulome, mobilome, and genetic relatedness of multidrug-resistant (MDR) E. coli isolates from...
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Founou R, Founou L, Allam M, Ismail A, Essack S
BMC Infect Dis
. 2024 Jul;
24(1):671.
PMID: 38965470
Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important pathogens categorized as high-priority bacteria in the Global Priority List of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Guide Research, Discovery, and Development of New Antibiotics published by...
4.
Asare Yeboah E, Agyepong N, Mbanga J, Amoako D, Abia A, Owusu-Ofori A, et al.
J Infect Public Health
. 2023 Nov;
16 Suppl 1:2-8.
PMID: 37953109
Background: Patients already colonized with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) on admission to critical care units may be an important source of transmission of these bacteria in hospitals. We sought...
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Allison Rout J, Essack S, Brysiewicz P
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
. 2023 Aug;
79:103527.
PMID: 37651822
Objective: To observe nurse administration of carbapenem antibiotics, in the context of medication safety measures, in intensive care units. Research Methodology/design: A quantitative study was conducted using observation principles. Setting:...
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Alabi M, Essack S
JAC Antimicrob Resist
. 2022 Oct;
4(5):dlac101.
PMID: 36196441
Objectives: To investigate the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing among GPs in the private primary healthcare sector in South Africa. Methods: An anonymized national database of claims for antibiotic prescriptions was...
7.
Choonara F, Haldorsen B, Janice J, Mbanga J, Ndhlovu I, Saulosi O, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis
. 2022 Sep;
7(9).
PMID: 36136656
The global rise in infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) Enterobacterales poses a public health problem. We have performed a molecular epidemiological characterisation of representative plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC) and ESBL-positive...
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Founou L, Founou R, Allam M, Ismail A, Essack S
Pathogens
. 2022 Jul;
11(7).
PMID: 35890020
The resistome, virulome and mobilome of extended spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing (ESBL-Ec) isolated from pigs in Cameroon and South Africa were assessed using whole genome sequencing (WGS). Eleven clonally related phenotypic...
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Genomic Investigation of Carbapenem-Resistant Colonization in an Intensive Care Unit in South Africa
Madni O, Amoako D, Abia A, Rout J, Essack S
Genes (Basel)
. 2021 Jul;
12(7).
PMID: 34206235
The study investigated carbapenemase-producing (CPKP) isolates of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) in a public hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Ninety-seven...
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Janice J, Agyepong N, Owusu-Ofori A, Govinden U, Essack S, Samuelsen O, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
. 2021 May;
65(7):e0028921.
PMID: 33941520
Two novel - or -containing genomic islands (GIs) were discovered by whole-genome sequence analyses in four extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from inpatients at a tertiary hospital in Ghana....