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Beatrice Achan
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 14
Citations - 414
Beatrice Achan is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 329 citations. Previous affiliations of Beatrice Achan include Newcastle University & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
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Oxidative Stress Responses in the Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans
Alessandra da Silva Dantas,Alison M. Day,Mélanie A. C. Ikeh,Iaroslava Kos,Beatrice Achan,Janet Quinn +5 more
TL;DR: This review presents an up-date of the current understanding of the role and regulation of oxidative stress responses in this important human fungal pathogen.
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Increased Antifungal Drug Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans in Uganda
Kyle D. Smith,Beatrice Achan,Katherine Huppler Hullsiek,Tami R. McDonald,Laura H. Okagaki,Ali A. Alhadab,Andrew Akampurira,Joshua Rhein,David B. Meya,David B. Meya,David R. Boulware,Kirsten Nielsen +11 more
TL;DR: Examination of antifungal drug susceptibility in 198 clinical isolates collected from Kampala, Uganda, between 2010 and 2014 using the CLSI broth microdilution assay developed and validated an assay that could easily be implemented in a resource-limited setting, with similar susceptibility results.
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Factors associated with community-acquired urinary tract infections among adults attending assessment centre, Mulago Hospital Uganda.
Kabugo D,Samuel Kizito,Ashok Dd,Graham Ka,Nabimba R,Namunana S,Kabaka Mr,Beatrice Achan,Najjuka Fc +8 more
TL;DR: There was generally high sensitivity to nitrofurantoin and gentamycin by most of the uropathogens isolated, and high resistance to the common antibiotics such as nalidixic acid and erythromycin thus a need for a bigger study that can be used to effect the change of the current recommendations in the Uganda Clinical Guidelines as regards empirical management of CA-UTIs.
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Cryptococcal disease and the burden of other fungal diseases in Uganda; Where are the knowledge gaps and how can we fill them?
Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi,Beatrice Achan,Richard Kwizera,Andrew Kambugu,David B. Meya,David W. Denning,David W. Denning +6 more
TL;DR: The HIV epidemic in Uganda has highlighted Cryptococcus and Candida infections as important opportunistic fungal infections, but the burden of other fungal diseases is not well described and it is proposed to replicating the model of research around cryptococcal disease to investigate and development management strategies for otherFungal diseases in Uganda.
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A single-nucleotide-polymorphism real-time PCR assay for genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in peri-urban Kampala
Eddie M. Wampande,Eddie M. Wampande,Stavroula K. Hatzios,Stavroula K. Hatzios,Beatrice Achan,Ezekiel Mupere,Mary Nsereko,Harriet Mayanja,Kathleen D. Eisenach,W. Henry Boom,Sebastien Gagneux,Sebastien Gagneux,Moses Joloba,Moses Joloba +13 more
TL;DR: The LRPS assay is a sensitive, high-throughput technique with potential application to routine genotyping of MTBC in sputum samples from TB patients and requires higher DNA concentrations to successfully characterize the MTBC lineage of certain samples.