| Clinical and economic impact of antibiotic resistance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis RC Founou, LL Founou, SY Essack PloS one 12 (12), e0189621, 2017 | 938 | 2017 |
| Antibiotic resistance in the food chain: a developing country-perspective LL Founou, RC Founou, SY Essack Frontiers in microbiology 7, 1881, 2016 | 927 | 2016 |
| The development of β-lactam antibiotics in response to the evolution of β-lactamases SY Essack Pharmaceutical research 18 (10), 1391-1399, 2001 | 244 | 2001 |
| The WHO Bacterial Priority Pathogens List 2024: a prioritisation study to guide research, development, and public health strategies against antimicrobial resistance H Sati, E Carrara, A Savoldi, P Hansen, J Garlasco, E Campagnaro, ... The Lancet infectious diseases, 2025 | 239 | 2025 |
| Optimisation and characterisation of bioadhesive controlled release tetracycline microspheres S Govender, V Pillay, DJ Chetty, SY Essack, CM Dangor, T Govender International journal of pharmaceutics 306 (1-2), 24-40, 2005 | 229 | 2005 |
| Complexity and Diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases Isolated in 1994 and 1996 at a Teaching Hospital in Durban … SY Essack, LMC Hall, DG Pillay, ML McFadyen, DM Livermore Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 45 (1), 88-95, 2001 | 227 | 2001 |
| Environment: the neglected component of the One Health triad SY Essack The Lancet Planetary Health 2 (6), e238-e239, 2018 | 197 | 2018 |
| Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana N Agyepong, U Govinden, A Owusu-Ofori, SY Essack Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 7 (1), 37, 2018 | 195 | 2018 |
| Antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region: current status and roadmap for action SY Essack, AT Desta, RE Abotsi, EE Agoba Journal of public health 39 (1), 8-13, 2017 | 195 | 2017 |
| Colistin and tigecycline resistance in carbapenemase‐producing Gram‐negative bacteria: emerging resistance mechanisms and detection methods J Osei Sekyere, U Govinden, LA Bester, SY Essack Journal of Applied Microbiology 121 (3), 601-617, 2016 | 184 | 2016 |
| WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health S Bertagnolio, Z Dobreva, CM Centner, ID Olaru, D Donà, S Burzo, ... The Lancet Microbe 5 (11), 2024 | 178 | 2024 |
| Reducing antibiotic prescribing and addressing the global problem of antibiotic resistance by targeted hygiene in the home and everyday life settings: A position paper JY Maillard, SF Bloomfield, P Courvalin, SY Essack, S Gandra, CP Gerba, ... American journal of infection control 48 (9), 1090-1099, 2020 | 147 | 2020 |
| Key considerations on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance J Rodríguez-Baño, GM Rossolini, C Schultsz, E Tacconelli, S Murthy, ... Transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene 115 (10 …, 2021 | 131 | 2021 |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from outpatients in urban and rural districts of Uganda CF Najjuka, DP Kateete, HM Kajumbula, ML Joloba, SY Essack BMC research notes 9 (1), 235, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| Antimicrobial resistance research in a post-pandemic world: Insights on antimicrobial resistance research in the COVID-19 pandemic J Rodríguez-Baño, GM Rossolini, C Schultsz, E Tacconelli, S Murthy, ... Journal of global antimicrobial resistance 25, 5-7, 2021 | 124 | 2021 |
| Review of established and innovative detection methods for carbapenemase‐producing Gram‐negative bacteria J Osei Sekyere, U Govinden, SY Essack Journal of applied microbiology 119 (5), 1219-1233, 2015 | 99 | 2015 |
| Characterization of ESBLs in Salmonella spp. at a tertiary hospital in Durban South Africa SY 49. Govinden, U., Mocktar, C., Moodley, P., Sturm AW and Essack Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 62, 86-91, 2008 | 94* | 2008 |
| Diversity and proliferation of metallo-β-lactamases: a clarion call for clinically effective metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors AM Somboro, J Osei Sekyere, DG Amoako, SY Essack, LA Bester Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84 (18), e00698-18, 2018 | 93 | 2018 |
| NOTA: a potent metallo-β-lactamase inhibitor AM Somboro, D Tiwari, LA Bester, R Parboosing, L Chonco, HG Kruger, ... Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 (5), 1594-1596, 2015 | 91 | 2015 |
| Antimicrobial resistance in the farm-to-plate continuum: more than a food safety issue LL Founou, RC Founou, SY Essack Future science OA 7 (5), FSO692, 2021 | 89 | 2021 |
John Osei SekyereDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
