Prof. Akosua Bonsu Karikari - University for Development Studies

PROF. AKOSUA BONSU KARIKARI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TAMALE Campus

Background

Research interest: One Health Concept of AMR Surveillance, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Maternal and Neonatal Health (GBS research).
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zK6b56QAAAAJ&hl=en

Courses Taught

Teaching and Research experience 17 years

Medical Microbiology
Infectious Agents & Diseases
Advanced Medical Bacteriology
Infection Control and Prevention
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP)
Fevers, Infections and Inflammation

Collaborative Research Projects

Developing a Sustainable Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at Tamale Teaching Hospital, 2024 (In-progress)
Microbiology testing capacity and antimicrobial drug resistance in surgical site infections: secondary analysis of the FALCON randomised trial in seven low- and middle-income countries.(2022)
Genomic Epidemiology and Transmission of Campylobacter in Africa. (GET-Campy-Africa) In progress.
Assessment of the neuromodulatory effect of Cannabinoid Receptors and Connexin-43 in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Mediated Neurotoxicity, 2021
Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance genes of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in West Africa. (2017-2019)
The rates and routes of transmission of multidrug resistant Klebsiella clones and genes into the clinic from environmental sources. (2019-2021)

Achievements

Established post graduate training (MPhil & PhD) in Clinical Microbiology at the School of Medicine, UDS.
Set up a functional bacteriology unit at the Kintampo Health Research Centre and managed it from 2008-2010

Boakye AN, Hatsu N, Akwetey SA, Karikari AB., Atta SK, Addae MM. (2025) Prevalence and Hematological Changes in Urogenital Schistosomiasis: Infection Persistence in the Phase of Mass Drug Administration in Sempoa (Kwahu East, Ghana): A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Sci Rep. 29;8(2):e70404. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70404. PMID: 39897461; PMCID: PMC11779747.
Aaron Oladipo Aboderin, Solomon Amfoabegyi Abimbola Temitayo Awopeju Michael Bahrami-Hessari, Emmanuel Isaac Acquah Garchie, Martin Gill, Akosua Karikari Andrew Kirby Olufunmilola Makanjuola Bamidele Mutiu Anthony Bassey Offiong, Philip Olayiwola Oshun, Hisham Alhassan Osumanu, Alex Owusu-Ofori et al. (2024). Microbiology Testing Capacity and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Surgical-Site Infections: a Post-Hoc, Prospective, Secondary Analysis of the FALCON Randomised Trial in Seven Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. Lancet Glob Health 2024;https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00330-9.
Calland, J.K, Haukka, K.E., Saba, C.K.S., Karikari, A. B., Kpordze, S.W., Brusah, A., Corbella, M., Merla, C., Samuelsen, O., Feil, E., Sassera, D.,Thorpe, H.A., Corander, J. (2023). Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance Among Klebsiella Isolates Sampled from Human, Animal, and Environmental Sources in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Genomic One Health Study. Lancet Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2666-5247(23)00208-2
Karikari AB., Kpordze SW, Yamik DY and Saba CKS (2022) Ready-to-Eat Food as Sources of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Salmonella and E. coli in Tamale, Ghana. Front. Trop. Dis. 3:834048. doi: 10.3389/fitd.2022.834048
Karikari, A.B., Saba, C.K.S. & Yamik, D.Y (2020). Assessment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Sterile Pyuria among Antenatal Attendants in Hospitals in Northern Ghana. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 20, 239 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-02936-6.
Karikari AB., Obiri-Danso K, Frimpong EH and Krogfelt KA (2017). Antibiotic Resistance of Campylobacter Recovered from Faeces and Carcasses of Healthy Livestock. Biomed Res. Int.; 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4091856.
Karikari, A.B., Obiri-Danso, K., Frimpong, E.H. and Krogfelt, K.A. (2017). Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter Isolated from Patients with Gastroenteritis in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Open Journal of Medical Microbiology, 7, 1-11.
Karikari, A.B., Obiri-Danso, K., Frimpong, E.H. and Krogfelt, K.A. (2017). Multidrug Resistant Campylobacter in Faecal and Carcasses of Commercially Produced Poultry. Afr. J. Microb. Res, 11(7): 271-277.
Karikari, A.B., Frimpong, E.H. and Owusu-Ofori A. (2017). Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Int J One Health 2017;3:46-49. doi: 10.14202/IJOH.
Baiden F, Webster J,Tivura M, Delimini R, Berko Y, Amenga Etego S, Agyeman-Budu A, Karikari AB., Bruce J, Owusu-Agyei S., Chandramohan D (2012). Accuracy of Rapid Tests for Malaria and Treatment Outcomes for Malaria and Non-Malaria Cases among Under-Five Children in Rural Ghana. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34073. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034073.