Selected Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge
Olalekan, A., Bader, B., Iwalokun, B., Wolf, S., Lalremruata, A., Dike, A., Mannie-Udoh, M., Lo Presti, L., Liese, J., Guther, J., D'alvise, P., Peter, S. (2023): High incidence of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Lagos, Nigeria. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 10;5(2): pages 1-10, dlad038. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad038. PMID: 37051191; PMCID: PMC10084947.
Olalekan, A., Iwalokun, B., Akinloye, O., Popoola, O., Samuel, T., Akinloye O. (2020): 'COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test could contain transmission in low- and middle-income countries', African Journal of Laboratory Medicine; Vol 9, No 1 page 1-8. DO - 10.4102/ajlm. v9i1.1255.
Olalekan, A., Onwugamba, F., Iwalokun, B., Mellmann, A., Becker, K., and Schaumburg, F. (2020): 'High proportion of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producers in Nigerian hospitals', J Glob Antimicrob Resist, 21: 8-12.
Olalekan, A., Taiwo, S., Smith, S., Shittu, A., Kolawole, D., Schaumburg, F. (2016): Persistent Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in ambulatory HIV infected patients in Nigeria: Risk factors and molecular features. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 49 (6): pages 992-995.
Nurjadi, D., Olalekan, A., Layer, F., Shittu, A., Alabi, A., Ghebremedhin, B., Schaumburg, F., Hofmann-Eifler, J., Van Genderen, P., Caumes, E., Fleck, R., Mockenhaupt, F., Herrmann, M., Kern, W., Abdulla, S., Grobusch, M., Kremsner, P., Wolz, C., Zanger P. (2014): Emergence of Trimethoprim Resistance Gene dfrG in Staphylococcus aureus causing human infection and colonisation in sub-Saharan Africa and its Import to Europe. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 69 (9): pages 2361-2368.
Collaborations / Networks
Prof Dennis Nurjadi, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Lübeck, Germany
Prof Silke Peters, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Germany
Prof Olusola Ojurongbe, Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, LAUTECH, Nigeria
Prof Alex O’Neill, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Prof Modibo Sangare, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
Prof Rahmat Adisa, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lagos
Dr Ireti Fajolu, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos
Prof Solayide Adesida, Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Prof Olayinka Ogunley, Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
Prof Bamidele Iwalokun, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos
National Centre for Disease Control. Nigeria
Dr Abdurrahman Hassan Jibril, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
Dr Olanike Buraimoh, Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos,
