| 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 | 707 | 2011 |
| 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 | 87 | 2009 |
| 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 | 73 | 2017 |
| 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), 1-6, 2006 | 66 | 2006 |
| 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 | 55 | 2019 |
| 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 | 40 | 2008 |
| 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 | 33 | 2010 |
| 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 | 30 | 2014 |
| 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 (6), 516-520, 2008 | 28 | 2008 |
| 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 | 27 | 2007 |
| 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 | 26 | 2017 |
| 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 | 26 | 2013 |
| 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 | 26 | 2006 |
| 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 | 24 | 2018 |
| 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, 220-226, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| 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 | 23 | 2006 |
| Comparison of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold assay and tuberculin skin test to detect latent tuberculosis infection among target groups in Trinidad & Tobago S Baboolal, D Ramoutar, PE Akpaka Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 28, 36-42, 2010 | 19 | 2010 |
| 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 | 19 | 2009 |
| Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin in Trinidad & Tobago: a case report PE Akpaka, S Monecke, WH Swanston, AVC Rao, R Schulz, PN Levett Journal of medical case reports 5 (1), 1-5, 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
| Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa: implications for therapy JP Lynch III, GG Zhanel, NM Clark Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 38 (03), 326-345, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
