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Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo
Researcher at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Publications - 5
Citations - 152
Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo is an academic researcher from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood culture & Virus. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications receiving 122 citations.
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Highly divergent hepaciviruses from African cattle
Victor M. Corman,Adam Grundhoff,Christine Baechlein,Nicole Fischer,Anatoly P. Gmyl,Robert Wollny,Dickson Dei,Daniel Ritz,Tabea Binger,Ernest Adankwah,Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo,Lawrence Annison,A. P. Annan,Yaw Adu-Sarkodie,Samuel Oppong,Paul Becher,Christian Drosten,Jan Felix Drexler +17 more
TL;DR: African cattle was investigated and previously unknown HVs at high prevalence and viral loads were discovered, suggesting an influence of the human-modified ecology of peridomestic animals on virus diversity.
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High prevalence of common respiratory viruses and no evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Hajj pilgrims returning to Ghana, 2013.
Augustina Annan,Michael Owusu,Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo,Richard Larbi,Francisca N Sarpong,Yaw Adu-Sarkodie,Joseph Amankwa,Samuel Fiafemetsi,Christian Drosten,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Isabella Eckerle +10 more
TL;DR: The return of infected pilgrims to their home countries with a putative spread of MERS‐CoV necessitating further surveillance necessitates further surveillance.
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Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis: a case report.
Michael Owusu,Godfred Acheampong,Augustina Annan,Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo,Isaac Osei,John H Amuasi,Nimako Sarpong,Justin Im,Ondari D. Mogeni,Hsin-Ying Chiang,Chih-Horng Kuo,Hyon Jin Jeon,Ursula Panzner,Se Eun Park,Florian Marks,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Yaw Adu-Sarkodie +16 more
TL;DR: The potential of Ralstonia mannitolilytica to cause sepsis is highlighted and thus the need for improved laboratory diagnosis and evidence for use of appropriate antibiotics in rural settings of Africa is emphasized.
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Gonococcal sepsis in a 32-year-old female: a case report.
Michael Owusu,Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo,Godfred Acheampong,Abednego Arthur,Nimako Sarpong,Justin Im,Ondari D. Mogeni,Augustina Annan,Hsin-Ying Chiang,Chih-Horng Kuo,Se Eun Park,Florian Marks,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Yaw Adu-Sarkodie +13 more
TL;DR: A 32-year-old female presented with fever and generalised malaise to a rural hospital in Ghana and was isolated from the blood which was resistant to penicillin, ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole and emphasises the need for blood culture investigation in diagnosis of patients presenting with fever.
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Bloodstream infection with Acinetobacter baumanii in a Plasmodium falciparum positive infant: a case report.
Charity Wiafe Akenten,Kennedy Gyau Boahen,Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo,Nimako Sarpong,Denise Dekker,Nicole S. Struck,Lawrence Osei-Tutu,Juergen May,John H Amuasi,Daniel Eibach +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the need for blood cultures or alternative rapid tests to be performed routinely in malaria patients, to diagnose co-infections with bacteria, especially when symptoms persist after antimalarial treatment.