Dr Brekhna Hassan
Research Associate
Publication
2025
2024
2023
2022
- Carvalho, M. J. et al. 2022. Antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiota of mothers and linked neonates with or without sepsis from low- and middle-income countries. Nature Microbiology 7, pp. 1337-1347. (10.1038/s41564-022-01184-y)
- Martins, W. M. et al. 2022. Diversity of lytic bacteriophages against XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 16 recovered from sewage samples in different parts of the world. Science of the Total Environment 839, article number: 156074. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156074)
- Milton, R. et al. 2022. Incidence and sociodemographic, living environment and maternal health associations with stillbirth in a tertiary healthcare setting in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Short title: Incidence and factors associated with stillbirth in Kano, Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 22, article number: 692. (10.1186/s12884-022-04971-x)
- Mohsin, M., Hassan, B., Khan, A. U., Ali, A., Swedberg, G. and Hasan, B. 2022. Genomic characterization of high-risk Escherichia coli and Enterobacter hormaechei clones recovered from a single tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Microbiology 132(5), pp. 3907-3914. (10.1111/jam.15482)
2021
- Thomson, K. M. et al. 2021. Effects of antibiotic resistance, drug target attainment, bacterial pathogenicity and virulence, and antibiotic access and affordability on outcomes in neonatal sepsis: an international microbiology and drug evaluation prospective substudy (BARNARDS). The Lancet Infectious Diseases 21(12), pp. 1677-1688. (10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00050-5)
- Hassan, B. et al. 2021. A role for arthropods as vectors of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in surgical site infections from South Asia. Nature Microbiology 6(10), pp. 1270. (10.1038/s41564-021-00965-1)
- Mohsin, M., Hassan, B., Martins, W. M., Li, R., Abdullah, S., Sands, K. and Walsh, T. R. 2021. Emergence of plasmid-mediated tigecycline resistance tet(X4) gene in Escherichia coli isolated from poultry, food and the environment in South Asia. Science of the Total Environment 787, article number: 147613. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147613)
- Tansawai, U. et al. 2021. Emergence of mcr-3-mediated IncP and IncFII plasmids in Thailand. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 24, pp. 446-447. (10.1016/j.jgar.2021.02.006)
2020
2019
2017
2016
Articles
- Abdullah, S. et al. 2025. Dissemination of clinical Escherichia coli harboring the mcr-1 gene in Pakistan. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, article number: 1502528. (10.3389/fmicb.2024.1502528)
- Tsang, K. K. et al. 2024. Diversity, functional classification and genotyping of SHV β-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbial Genomics 10(10), article number: 1294. (10.1099/mgen.0.001294)
- Umair, M. et al. 2023. International manufacturing and trade in colistin, its implications in colistin resistance and One Health global policies: a microbiological, economic, and anthropological study. The Lancet Microbe 4(4), pp. E264-E276. (10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00387-1)
- Farzana, R. et al. 2023. Genomic insights into the mechanism of carbapenem resistance dissemination in Enterobacterales from a tertiary public heath setting in South Asia. Clinical Infectious Diseases 76(1), pp. 119-133. (10.1093/cid/ciac287)
- Carvalho, M. J. et al. 2022. Antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiota of mothers and linked neonates with or without sepsis from low- and middle-income countries. Nature Microbiology 7, pp. 1337-1347. (10.1038/s41564-022-01184-y)
- Martins, W. M. et al. 2022. Diversity of lytic bacteriophages against XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 16 recovered from sewage samples in different parts of the world. Science of the Total Environment 839, article number: 156074. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156074)
- Milton, R. et al. 2022. Incidence and sociodemographic, living environment and maternal health associations with stillbirth in a tertiary healthcare setting in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Short title: Incidence and factors associated with stillbirth in Kano, Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 22, article number: 692. (10.1186/s12884-022-04971-x)
- Mohsin, M., Hassan, B., Khan, A. U., Ali, A., Swedberg, G. and Hasan, B. 2022. Genomic characterization of high-risk Escherichia coli and Enterobacter hormaechei clones recovered from a single tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Microbiology 132(5), pp. 3907-3914. (10.1111/jam.15482)
- Thomson, K. M. et al. 2021. Effects of antibiotic resistance, drug target attainment, bacterial pathogenicity and virulence, and antibiotic access and affordability on outcomes in neonatal sepsis: an international microbiology and drug evaluation prospective substudy (BARNARDS). The Lancet Infectious Diseases 21(12), pp. 1677-1688. (10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00050-5)
- Hassan, B. et al. 2021. A role for arthropods as vectors of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in surgical site infections from South Asia. Nature Microbiology 6(10), pp. 1270. (10.1038/s41564-021-00965-1)
- Mohsin, M., Hassan, B., Martins, W. M., Li, R., Abdullah, S., Sands, K. and Walsh, T. R. 2021. Emergence of plasmid-mediated tigecycline resistance tet(X4) gene in Escherichia coli isolated from poultry, food and the environment in South Asia. Science of the Total Environment 787, article number: 147613. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147613)
- Tansawai, U. et al. 2021. Emergence of mcr-3-mediated IncP and IncFII plasmids in Thailand. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 24, pp. 446-447. (10.1016/j.jgar.2021.02.006)
- Usman Qamar, M. et al. 2020. The present danger of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase: a threat to public health. Future Microbiology 15(18), pp. 1759-1778. (10.2217/fmb-2020-0069)
- Farzana, R. et al. 2019. Emergence of mcr-1 mediated colistin resistant Escherichia coli from a hospitalized patient in Bangladesh. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 13(8), pp. 773-776. (10.3855/jidc.11541)
- Stewardson, A. J. et al. 2019. Effect of carbapenem resistance on outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae in low-income and middle-income countries (PANORAMA): a multinational prospective cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases 19(6), pp. 601-610. (10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30792-8)
- Yang, Q. E. et al. 2019. Environmental dissemination of mcr-1 positive Enterobacteriaceae by Chrysomya spp. (common blowfly): An increasing public health risk. Environment International 122, pp. 281-290. (10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.021)
- Jones, K. et al. 2016. The impact of HLA-class I and EBV-latency-II antigen-specific CD8+T-cells on the pathogenesis of EBV+ Hodgkin Lymphoma. Clinical and Experimental Immunology 183(2), pp. 206-220. (10.1111/cei.12716)
Thesis