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Charity Wiafe Akenten

Country of origin: Ghana Currently in: Ghana, KUMASI General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Academic Background

Degrees

2013 Master Biological Systems and Organisms
2023 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria with a specific interest in nosocomial or community infections of Acinetobacter spp, E.coli, and Klebsiella in Children from rural Ghana


Publications resulting from Research: 


1. Akenten, C. W., Khan, N. A., Mbwana, J., Krumkamp, R., Fosu, D., Paintsil, E. K., Boahen, K. G., Osei-Mensa, J., Maiga-Ascofare, O., May, J., Obiri-Danso, K., Phillips, R. O., Ofori, L. A., & Dekker, D. (2023). Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/S13756-023-01263-7/FIGURES/2

2. Akenten, C. W., Ofori, L. A., Khan, N. A., Mbwana, J., Sarpong, N., May, J., Thye, T., Obiri-Danso, K., Paintsil, E. K., Fosu, D., Philipps, R. O., Eibach, D., Krumkamp, R., & Dekker, D. (2023). Prevalence, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli from Domestic Free-Range Poultry in Agogo, Ghana. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 20(2), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1089/FPD.2022.0060

3. Krumkamp, Ralf, Matin Kohsar, Kolja Nolte, Benedikt Hogan, Daniel Eibach, Anna Jaeger, Charity Wiafe Akenten, et al. 2023. “Pathogens Associated with Hospitalization Due to Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Rural Ghana: A Case–Control Study.” Scientific Reports 2023 13:1 13 (1): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29410-5.

4. Akenten, C.W.; Weinreich, F.; Paintsil, E.K.; Amuasi, J.; Fosu, D.; Loderstädt, U.; May, J.; Frickmann, H.; Dekker, D. Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022, 7, 374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ tropicalmed711037

5. Paintsil EK, Ofori LA, Akenten CW, Zautner AE, Mbwana J, Jaeger A, Lamshöft M, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Philipps RO, Krumkamp R and Dekker D (2022) Antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in commercial and smallholder farm animals in the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana. Front. Microbiol. 13:983047. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.983047

6. Pankok, F.; Taudien, S.; Dekker, D.; Thye, T.; Oppong, K.; Wiafe Akenten, C.; Lamshöft, M.; Jaeger, A.; Kaase, M.; Scheithauer, S.; et al. Epidemiology of Plasmids in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae with Acquired Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Genes Isolated from Chronic Wounds in Ghana. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ antibiotics11050689

7. Paintsil, E.K.; Ofori, L.A.; Adobea, S.; Akenten, C.W.; Phillips, R.O.; Maiga-Ascofare, O.; Lamshöft, M.; May, J.; Obiri Danso, K.; Krumkamp, R.; et al. Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Humans and Food-Producing Animals in West Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pathogens 2022, 11, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pathogens11020140

8. Ellis Kobina Paintsil, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Dennis Fosu, Seth Ofori, Maike Lamshöft, Jürgen May, Kwasi Obiri Danso, Ralf Krumkamp, Denise Dekker; (2021) ‘Antimicrobial Usage in Commercial and Domestic Poultry Farming in Two Communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana’, Antibiotics 2021, Vol. 10, Page 800. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 10(7), p. 800. doi: 10.3390/ANTIBIOTICS10070800.

9. Dekker, D.; Pankok, F.; Thye, T.; Taudien, S.; Oppong, K.; Akenten, C.W.; Lamshöft, M.; Jaeger, A.; Kaase, M.; Scheithauer, S.; et al. Clonal Clusters, Molecular Resistance Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Chronic Wounds in Ghana. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 339. https:// doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030339

10. Charity Wiafe Akenten, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo, Nimako Sarpong, Denise Dekker, Nicole Sunaina Struck, Lawrence Osei Tutu, Juergen May, John Humphrey Amuasi and Daniel Eibach Bloodstream infection with Acinetobacter baumanii in a Plasmodium falciparum positive infant: a case report. J Med Case Reports 15, 46 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02648-7



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Post Doc/ project Coordinator at One Health Bacteriology group at Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research

Workshop and Conference Attended

2023 Copehengan, Denmark ECCMID 2023

Presentation given

2023
Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Among Diarrhoea, Non-diarrhoea Children and Farm Animals in Rural Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Event: Thesis Defense
OWSD 6th General Assembly certificate: download

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