Blood culture time to positivity in pediatric patients with bloodstream infection in rural Gambia

Authors: Osei, Isaac ^{1, 2, ⁎}, Wutor, Baleng Mahama ¹, Kuyateh, Alieu ¹, Barjo, Ousman ¹, Sarwar, Golam ¹, Omotosho, Mayowa ¹, Adefila, Williams Oluwatosin ¹, Olawale, Yusuf Abdulsalam ¹, Lamin, Keita Modou ¹, Hossain, Ilias ¹, Lobga, Babila G. ¹, Wally, Muhammed ¹, Cham, Morr ¹, Molfa, Minteh ¹, Salaudeen, Rasheed ¹, Mackenzie, Grant A. ^{1, 2, 3, 4}

Source: In IJID Regions March 2025 14

Epidemiology of human metapneumovirus among children with severe or very severe pneumonia in high pneumonia burden settings: the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study experience

Authors: Miyakawa, Ryo ¹, Zhang, Haijun ^{2, 3, ⁎}, Brooks, W. Abdullah ^{4, 5}, Prosperi, Christine ², Baggett, Henry C. ^{6, 7}, Feikin, Daniel R. ^{2, 8}, Hammitt, Laura L. ^{2, 9}, Howie, Stephen R.C. ^{10, 11, 12}, Kotloff, Karen L. ¹³, Levine, Orin S. ², Madhi, Shabir A. ^{14, 15}, Murdoch, David R. ^{16, 17}, O'Brien, Katherine L. ², Scott, J. Anthony G. ^{9, 18}, Thea, Donald M. ¹⁹, Antonio, Martin ^{10, 20}, Awori, Juliet O. ⁹, Bunthi, Charatdao ⁶, Driscoll, Amanda J. ^{2, 21}, Ebruke, Bernard ¹⁰, Fancourt, Nicholas S. ^{22, 23}, Higdon, Melissa M. ², Karron, Ruth A. ²⁴, Moore, David P. ^{14, 15, 25}, Morpeth, Susan C. ^{9, 18, 21}, Mulindwa, Justin M. ²⁶, Park, Daniel E. ^{2, 27}, Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur ⁵, Rahman, Mustafizur ⁵, Salaudeen, Rasheed A. ^{10, 28}, Sawatwong, Pongpun ⁶, Seidenberg, Phil ^{19, 29}, Sow, Samba O. ³⁰, Tapia, Milagritos D. ¹³, Deloria Knoll, Maria ²

Source: In Clinical Microbiology and Infection March 2025 31(3):441-450

Immunogenicity of yellow fever vaccine co-administered with 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in rural Gambia: A cluster-randomised trial

Authors: Osei, Isaac ^{a, b, ⁎}, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas ^c, Licciardi, Paul V. ^{d, e}, Secka, Ousman ^a, D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a, Salaudeen, Rasheed ^a, Sarwar, Golam ^a, Clarke, Ed ^a, Mohammed, Nuredin I. ^a, Nguyen, Cattram ^{d, e}, Greenwood, Brian ^b, Jansen, Stephanie ^{c, f}, Mackenzie, Grant A. ^{a, b, d, e}

Source: In Vaccine 15 February 2025 47

Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in The Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance

Authors: Mackenzie, Grant A ^*, Hill, Philip C, Jeffries, David J, Ndiaye, Malick, Sahito, Shah M, Hossain, Ilias, Uchendu, Uchendu, Ameh, David, Adeyemi, Oyedeji, Pathirana, Jayani, Olatunji, Yekini, Abatan, Baderinwa, Muhammad, Bilquees S, Ahameefula, Ebirim, Fombah, Augustin E, Adeshola, Banjo, Lobga, Babila G, Saha, Debasish, Mackenzie, Roslyn, Odutola, Aderonke, Plumb, Ian D, Akano, Aliu, Ebruke, Bernard E, Ideh, Readon C, Kuti, Bankole, Githua, Peter, Olutunde, Emmanuel, Ofordile, Ogochukwu, Green, Edward, Usuf, Effua, Badji, Henry, Ikumapayi, Usman NA, Manjang, Ahmed, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Nsekpong, E David, Jarju, Sheikh, Antonio, Martin, Sambou, Sana, Ceesay, Lamin, Lowe-Jallow, Yamundow, Fofana, Sidat, Jasseh, Momodou, Mulholland, Kim, Knoll, Maria, Levine, Orin S, Howie, Stephen R, Adegbola, Richard A, Greenwood, Brian M, Corrah, Tumani

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases September 2021 21(9):1293-1302

Standardized study performance, quality assurance, and quality control in a cluster-randomized trial: the Pneumococcal Vaccine Schedules trial.

Authors: Osei, Isaac, Young, Benjamin, Sarwar, Golam, Olatunji, Yekini A., Hossain, Ilias, Lobga, Babila G., Wutor, Baleng M., Adefila, Williams, Mendy, Emmanuel, Adeshola, Banjo, Isa, Yasir Shitu, Olawale, Yusuf A., Lamin, Keita M., Nyimanta, Ebrimah, Baldeh, Bubacarr, Nyassi, Abdoullah, Drammeh, Momodou M., Ousman, Barjo, Molfa, Minteh, Salaudeen, Rasheed

Source: Trials; 12/18/2024, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p

Subject Terms: VACCINE trials, DATA scrubbing, QUALITY assurance, PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines, RANDOMIZED controlled trials

Respiratory syncytial, parainfluenza and influenza virus infection in young children with acute lower respiratory infection in rural Gambia

Authors: Mackenzie, Grant, Vilane, Aminata, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Hogerwerf, Lenny, Brink, Sharon, Wijsman, Lisa, Overduin, Pieter, Janssens, Thierry, Silva, Thushan, Sande, Marianne, Kampmann, Beate, Meijer, Adam

Source: Scientific reports. 9(1):1-10

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100190921084.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100190921084.0x000001

Association of C-Reactive Protein With Bacterial and Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Pneumonia Among Children Aged

Authors: PERCH Study Group, Higdon, Melissa M., Le, Tham, O'Brien, Katherine L., Murdoch, David R., Prosperi, Christine, Baggett, Henry C., Brooks, W. Abdullah, Feikin, Daniel R., Hammitt, Laura L., Howie, Stephen R. C., Kotloff, Karen L., Levine, Orin S., Scott, J. Anthony G., Thea, Donald M., Awori, Juliet O., Baillie, Vicky L., Cascio, Stephanie, Chuananon, Somchai, DeLuca, Andrea N., Driscoll, Amanda J., Ebruke, Bernard E., Endtz, Hubert P., Kaewpan, Anek, Kahn, Geoff, Karani, Angela, Karron, Ruth A., Moore, David P., Park, Daniel E., Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Seidenberg, Phil, Somwe, Somwe Wa, Sylla, Mamadou, Tapia, Milagritos D., Zeger, Scott L., Knoll, Maria Deloria, Madhi, Shabir A.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 Jun . 64, S378-S386.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26374806

Microscopic Analysis and Quality Assessment of Induced Sputum From Children With Pneumonia in the PERCH Study

Authors: PERCH Study Group, Murdoch, David R., Morpeth, Susan C., Hammitt, Laura L., Driscoll, Amanda J., Watson, Nora L., Baggett, Henry C., Brooks, W. Abdullah, Knoll, Maria Deloria, Feikin, Daniel R., Kotloff, Karen L., Levine, Orin S., Madhi, Shabir A., O'Brien, Katherine L., Scott, J. Anthony G., Thea, Donald M., Ahmed, Dilruba, Awori, Juliet O., DeLuca, Andrea N., Ebruke, Bernard E., Higdon, Melissa M., Jorakate, Possawat, Karron, Ruth A., Kazungu, Sidi, Kwenda, Geoffrey, Hossain, Lokman, Makprasert, Sirirat, Moore, David P., Mudau, Azwifarwi, Mwaba, John, Panchalingam, Sandra, Park, Daniel E., Prosperi, Christine, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Toure, Aliou, Zeger, Scott L., Howie, Stephen R. C.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 Jun . 64, S271-S279.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26374795

Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumonia in The Gambia: population-based surveillance and case-control studies

Authors: Mackenzie, Grant A, Hill, Philip C, Sahito, Shah M, Jeffries, David J, Hossain, Ilias, Bottomley, Christian, Uchendu, Uchendu, Ameh, David, Ndiaye, Malick, Osuorah, Chidebereh D, Adeyemi, Oyedeji, Pathirana, Jayani, Olatunji, Yekini, Abatan, Bade, Ahameefula, Ebirim, Muhammad, Bilquees S, Fombah, Augustin E, Saha, Debasish, Mackenzie, Roslyn, Plumb, Ian, Akano, Aliu, Ebruke, Bernard, Ideh, Readon C, Kuti, Bankole, Githua, Peter, Olutunde, Emmanuel, Ofordile, Ogochukwu, Green, Edward, Usuf, Effua, Badji, Henry, Ikumapayi, Usman N A, Manjang, Ahmad, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Nsekpong, E David, Jarju, Sheikh, Antonio, Martin, Sambou, Sana, Ceesay, Lamin, Lowe-Jallow, Yamundow, Sowe, Dawda, Jasseh, Momodou, Mulholland, Kim, Knoll, Maria, Levine, Orin S, Howie, Stephen R, Adegbola, Richard A, Greenwood, Brian M, Corrah, Tumani

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases September 2017 17(9):965-973

Ochrobactrum anthropi sepsis in a 15‐month‐old child: A case report.

Authors: Adefila, Williams Oluwatosin, Osei, Isaac, Lamin, Keita Modou, Wutor, Baleng Mahama, Olawale, Yusuf Abdulsalam, Molfa, Minteh, Barjo, Ousman, Omotosho, Mayowa, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Mackenzie, Grant

Source: Clinical Case Reports; Jun2024, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p1-5, 5p

Subject Terms: OPPORTUNISTIC infections, SEPSIS, PROTEIN-energy malnutrition, SYMPTOMS, CATHETER-related infections, GRAM-negative bacteria, NOCARDIOSIS

Geographic Terms: SUB-Saharan Africa

Effect of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: a population-based surveillance study

Authors: Mackenzie, Grant A, Hill, Philip C, Jeffries, David J, Hossain, Ilias, Uchendu, Uchendu, Ameh, David, Ndiaye, Malick, Adeyemi, Oyedeji, Pathirana, Jayani, Olatunji, Yekini, Abatan, Bade, Muhammad, Bilquees S, Fombah, Augustin E, Saha, Debasish, Plumb, Ian, Akano, Aliu, Ebruke, Bernard, Ideh, Readon C, Kuti, Bankole, Githua, Peter, Olutunde, Emmanuel, Ofordile, Ogochukwu, Green, Edward, Usuf, Effua, Badji, Henry, Ikumapayi, Usman N A, Manjang, Ahmad, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Nsekpong, E David, Jarju, Sheikh, Antonio, Martin, Sambou, Sana, Ceesay, Lamin, Lowe-Jallow, Yamundow, Jasseh, Momodou, Mulholland, Kim, Knoll, Maria, Levine, Orin S, Howie, Stephen R, Adegbola, Richard A, Greenwood, Brian M, Corrah, Tumani

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 2016 16(6):703-711

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination schedules in infants—acquisition, immunogenicity, and pneumococcal conjugate and yellow fever vaccine co-administration study: statistical analysis plan.

Authors: Mackenzie, Grant A., Osei, Isaac, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Licciardi, Paul V., Greenwood, Brian, Mulholland, Kim, Nguyen, Cattram

Source: Trials; 3/26/2024, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: YELLOW fever, PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines, IMMUNE response, BOOSTER vaccines, ANTIBODY titer, PREMATURE infants, INFANTS

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia neonatal sepsis: a case report.

Authors: Adefila, Williams Oluwatosin, Osie, Isaac, Keita, Modou Lamin, Wutor, Baleng Mahama, Yusuf, Abdulsalam Olawale, Hossain, Ilias, Molfa, Minteh, Barjo, Ousman, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Mackenzie, Grant

Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports; 3/25/2024, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-5, 5p

Subject Terms: NEONATAL sepsis, STENOTROPHOMONAS maltophilia, MULTIDRUG resistance in bacteria, NOSOCOMIAL infections, OPPORTUNISTIC infections, MULTIDRUG resistance

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Children of Rural Areas of The Gambia, 2008-2015.

Authors: Odutola, Aderonke^1,2, ceemee10@yahoo.ca, Bottomley, Christian¹, Zaman, Syed A.^1,2, Lindsay, Jodi³, Shah, Muhammed², Hossain, Ilias², Ndiaye, Malick², Osuorah, Chidebere D. I.², Olatunji, Yekini², Badji, Henry², Ikumapayi, Usman N. A.², Manjang, Ahmad^2,4, Salaudeen, Rasheed², Ceesay, Lamin⁵, Jasseh, Momodou², Adegbola, Richard A.², Corrah, Tumani², Hill, Philip C.⁶, Greenwood, Brian M.¹, Mackenzie, Grant A.^1,2,7

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Apr2019, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p701-709, 9p

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a clinical trial of pneumococcal vaccine scheduling (PVS) in rural Gambia.

Authors: Hossain, Ilias, Osei, Isaac, Lobga, Galega, Wutor, Baleng M., Olatunji, Yekini, Adefila, Williams, Adeshola, Banjo, Isa, Yasir, Nguyen, Cattram, Sonko, Kemo, Ceesay, Lamin, Baldeh, Bubacarr, Barrow, Omar, Young, Benjamin, Ceesay, Saidina, Nyassi, Abdoullah, Sarwar, Golam, Barjo, Ousman, M.Drammeh, Momodou, Salaudeen, Rasheed

Source: Trials; 4/13/2023, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p, 2 Charts, 1 Graph

Subject Terms: VACCINE trials, COVID-19 pandemic, HEALTH facilities, CLINICAL trials, PERSONNEL management

Geographic Terms: GAMBIA

Company/Entity: MEDICAL Research Council (Great Britain)

Community-acquired multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae sepsis in a 25-month-old child in rural Gambia: A case report

Authors: Wutor, Baleng Mahama ^{a, ⁎}, Adefila, Williams Oluwatosin ^a, Lamin, Keita Modou ^a, Abdulsalam O, Yusuf ^a, Hossain, Ilias ^a, Molfa, Minteh ^a, Barjo, Ousman ^a, Salaudeen, Rasheed ^a, Osei, Isaac ^{a, b}, Mackenzie, Grant ^{a, b, c, d}

Source: In IDCases 2024 37

Pneumonia, Meningitis, and Septicemia in Adults and Older Children in Rural Gambia: 8 Years of Population-Based Surveillance.

Authors: Green, Edward W, Ndiaye, Malick, Hossain, Ilias M, Olatunji, Yekini A, Sahito, Shah M, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Badji, Henry, Manjang, Ahmed, Ceesay, Lamin, Hill, Philip C, Greenwood, Brian, Mackenzie, Grant A

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2/15/2023, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p694-703, 10p

Subject Terms: PNEUMONIA diagnosis, MENINGITIS diagnosis, PNEUMONIA-related mortality, PNEUMONIA, PUBLIC health surveillance, RURAL conditions, SEPSIS, STREPTOCOCCUS, NEISSERIA, STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus, RESEARCH funding, MENINGITIS

Geographic Terms: GAMBIA

Invasive bacterial disease in young infants in rural Gambia: Population-based surveillance.

Authors: Olatunji, Yekini A., Banjo, Adeshola A., Jarde, Alexander, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Ndiaye, Malick, Galega, Lobga B., Odutola, Aderonke, Hossain, Ilias M., Osuorah, Chidiebere, Sahito, Muhammad S., Muhammad, Bilquees Shah, Ikumapayi, Nurudeen U., Drammeh, Momodou M., Manjang, Ahmad, Adegbola, Richard A., Greenwood, Biran M., Hill, Phillip C., Grant, Mackenzie A.

Source: Journal of Global Health; 2023, Vol. 13, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases, LUNG microbiology, BACTEREMIA, PNEUMONIA, PUBLIC health surveillance, KRUSKAL-Wallis Test, CONFIDENCE intervals, ANALYSIS of variance, RURAL conditions, PLEURA, AGE distribution, QUANTITATIVE research, MANN Whitney U Test, STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases, PEARSON correlation (Statistics), T-test (Statistics), COMPARATIVE studies, STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus, ESCHERICHIA coli diseases, RESEARCH funding, CASE studies, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CHI-squared test, BACTERIAL diseases, BLOOD testing, CEREBROSPINAL fluid, MENINGITIS, DATA analysis software, ODDS ratio, MICROBIAL sensitivity tests, LONGITUDINAL method, CHILDREN

Geographic Terms: GAMBIA

Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance.

Authors: Ikumapayi, Usman N., Hill, Philip C., Hossain, Ilias, Olatunji, Yekini, Ndiaye, Malick, Badji, Henry, Manjang, Ahmed, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Ceesay, Lamin, Adegbola, Richard A., Greenwood, Brian M., Mackenzie, Grant A.

Source: PLoS ONE; 8/10/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p1-16, 16p

Subject Terms: STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae, BACTERIAL meningitis, MENINGITIS, NEISSERIA meningitidis, COLIFORMS, HAEMOPHILUS influenzae, GRAM-negative bacteria, AGE groups

Geographic Terms: SUB-Saharan Africa, GAMBIA

Insights Into Pneumococcal Pneumonia Using Lung Aspirates and Nasopharyngeal Swabs Collected From Pneumonia Patients in The Gambia.

Authors: Dunne, Eileen M, Hua, Yinglei, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Hossain, Ilias, Ndiaye, Malick, Ortika, Belinda D, Mulholland, E Kim, Hinds, Jason, Manna, Sam, Mackenzie, Grant A, Satzke, Catherine

Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases; 4/15/2022, Vol. 225 Issue 8, p1447-1451, 5p

Subject Terms: PNEUMONIA diagnosis, STREPTOCOCCAL disease diagnosis, LUNGS, STREPTOCOCCUS, NASOPHARYNX, RESEARCH funding

Geographic Terms: GAMBIA