A field guide to pandemic, epidemic and sporadic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus S Monecke, G Coombs, AC Shore, DC Coleman, P Akpaka, M Borg, ... PloS one 6 (4), e17936, 2011 | 961 | 2011 |
Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole … SW Lo, RA Gladstone, AJ Van Tonder, JA Lees, M Du Plessis, R Benisty, ... The Lancet Infectious Diseases 19 (7), 759-769, 2019 | 206 | 2019 |
Origin, evolution, and global transmission of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus ST8 L Strauß, M Stegger, PE Akpaka, A Alabi, S Breurec, G Coombs, B Egyir, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (49), E10596-E10604, 2017 | 170 | 2017 |
Emergence of KPC-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Trinidad and Tobago PE Akpaka, WH Swanston, HN Ihemere, A Correa, JA Torres, JD Tafur, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 47 (8), 2670-2671, 2009 | 105 | 2009 |
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Trinidad & Tobago PE Akpaka, S Kissoon, WH Swanston, M Monteil Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 5, 1-6, 2006 | 79 | 2006 |
Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance genes against Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Trinidad and Tobago PE Akpaka, R Roberts, S Monecke Journal of infection and public health 10 (3), 316-323, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
Molecular Typing of ST239-MRSA-III From Diverse Geographic Locations and the Evolution of the SCCmec III Element During Its Intercontinental Spread S Monecke, P Slickers, D Gawlik, E Müller, A Reissig, A Ruppelt-Lorz, ... Frontiers in microbiology 9, 1436, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
Population structure of Staphylococcus aureus from Trinidad & Tobago S Monecke, B Stieber, R Roberts, PE Akpaka, P Slickers, R Ehricht PLoS One 9 (2), e89120, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
Molecular detection and epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes prevalent in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and E coli from Trinidad and Tobago PE Akpaka, B Legall, J Padman West Indian Medical Journal 59 (6), 591, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards infection prevention among healthcare workers in Trinidad and Tobago CG Unakal, A Nathaniel, B Keagan, B Alexandria, B Lauralee, C Varun, ... International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 4 (7), 2240-2247, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
Evaluation of Methods for Rapid Detection of Resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Collected in the Caribbean PE Akpaka, S Baboolal, D Clarke, L Francis, N Rastogi Journal of clinical microbiology 46 (10), 3426-3428, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
Rapid detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus cultures by use of a lateral flow assay based on monoclonal antibodies S Monecke, E Müller, J Buechler, J Rejman, B Stieber, PE Akpaka, ... Journal of Clinical Microbiology 51 (2), 487-495, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study SW Lo, K Mellor, R Cohen, AR Alonso, S Belman, N Kumar, PA Hawkins, ... The Lancet Microbe 3 (10), e735-e743, 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from regional hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago PE Akpaka, S Kissoon, C Rutherford, WH Swanston, P Jayaratne International journal of infectious diseases 11 (6), 544-548, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
Phenotypic detection and occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli at a tertiary hospital in Trinidad … PE Akpaka, WH Swanston Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 12, 516-520, 2008 | 34 | 2008 |
Epidemiology of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from clinical blood specimens at the University Hospital of the West Indies PE Akpaka, N Christian, NC Bodonaik, MF Smikle West Indian Med J 55 (3), 170-173, 2006 | 28 | 2006 |
First Insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity in Trinidad and Tobago S Baboolal, J Millet, PE Akpaka, D Ramoutar, N Rastogi Journal of clinical microbiology 47 (6), 1911-1914, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the National Chest Hospital in Jamaica PE Akpaka, M Tulloch-Reid, A Justiz-Vaillant, MF Smikle Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 19, 38-43, 2006 | 27 | 2006 |
Human papillomavirus genotypes and their prevalence in a cohort of women in Trinidad GM Andall-Brereton, F Hosein, RA Salas, W Mohammed, MA Monteil, ... Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 29 (4), 220-226, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
Major West Indies MRSA clones in human beings: do they travel with their hosts? T Chroboczek, S Boisset, JP Rasigade, H Meugnier, PE Akpaka, ... Journal of travel medicine 20 (5), 283-288, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |