Dr. (Mrs.) Charity Wiafe Akenten

Part Time Lecturer

Dept: Pathobiology
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My areas of interest in the field of antimicrobial resistance are focused on Antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria; Extended Spectrum Beta Lac...~more

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    1. Thorsten Thye, Ralf Krumkamp, John P. A. Lusingu, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Daniel T. R. Minja, Antje Flieger, Samwel Gesase, Richard Phillips, Sandra Simon, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Joyce Mbwana, Ellis Paintsil, Oumou Maiga Ascofare, Anna Jaeger, Maike Lamshöft, Daniel Eibach, Wibke Loag, Stefan Berg, Jürgen May & Denise Dekker; Non-typhoidal  Salmonellatransmission reservoirs in sub-Saharan Africa: a genomic assessment from a One Health perspective. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 14, 46 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01561-
    1. Bernadette Agbavor, Rejoice Agyeiwaa Arthur, Abigail Agbanyo, Dzifa Kofi Ahiatrogah, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Cynthia Adu-Asiamah, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Elizabeth Ofori, George Amofa, Kwadwo Boampong, Thorsten Thye, Denise Dekker, Mathew Glover Addo, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Tim John Bull, Yaw Ampem Amoako & Richard Odame Phillips Improved protocols for isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from clinical samples. BMC Microbiol 25, 118 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-03835-6

     

    1. Ackam N, Opoku-Boadi A, Agbavor B, Adjei JK, Agbanyo A, Oppong MN, Wiafe-Akenten C, Sylverken A, Obiri-Danso K, Wansbrough-Jones M, Amoako YA, Phillips RO. Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer lesions in Ghana. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2024 Jul 26;36:100468. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100468. PMID: 39171276; PMCID: PMC11338157.

     

    1. Helen Rautman L, Maiga-Ascofaré O, Eibach D, Hogan B, Dekker D, Jaeger A, Akenten CW, et al. Fever in focus: Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment of febrile children in Ghana-A longitudinal hospital study. Trop Med Int Heal [Internet]. 2024 [cited 2024 Mar 11];29:206–13. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.13962

     

    1. Ofori, Linda Aurelia, Dennis Fosu, Seth Ofori, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Antje Flieger, Sandra Simon, Anna Jaeger et al. "Salmonella enterica in farm environments in the Ashanti Region of Ghana." BMC microbiology 23, no. 1 (2023): 370.

     

    1. Akenten, C. W., Khan, N. A., Mbwana, J., Krumkamp, R., Fosu, D., Paintsil, E. K., Boahen, K. G., Osei-Mensa, J., Maiga-Ascofare, O., May, J., Obiri-Danso, K., Phillips, R. O., Ofori, L. A., & Dekker, D. (2023). Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/S13756-023-01263-7/FIGURES/2

     

    1. Akenten, C. W., Ofori, L. A., Khan, N. A., Mbwana, J., Sarpong, N., May, J., Thye, T., Obiri-Danso, K., Paintsil, E. K., Fosu, D., Philipps, R. O., Eibach, D., Krumkamp, R., & Dekker, D. (2023). Prevalence, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli from Domestic Free-Range Poultry in Agogo, Ghana. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 20(2), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1089/FPD.2022.0060

     

    1. Rautman, L. H., Maiga-Ascofaré, O., Eibach, D., Hogan, B., Dekker, D., Jaeger, A., Akenten, C. W., Owusu-Dabo, E., Boateng, F. O., Hanson, H., Boahen, K. G., Sarpong, N., Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Kreuels, B., May, J., & Krumkamp, R. (2023). Fever in focus: Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment of febrile children in Ghana-A longitudinal hospital study. Tropical Medicine & International Health: TM & IH. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13962)

     

    1. Paintsil EK, Ofori LA, Akenten CW, Zautner AE, Mbwana J, Khan NA, et al. Antibiotic-Resistant Arcobacter spp. in commercial and smallholder farm animals in Asante Akim North Municipality, Ghana and Korogwe Town Council, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Gut Pathog. 2023 Dec 1;15(1) DOI: 10.1186/s13099-023-00588-3

     

    1. Krumkamp, Ralf, Matin Kohsar, Kolja Nolte, Benedikt Hogan, Daniel Eibach, Anna Jaeger, Charity Wiafe Akenten, et al. 2023. “Pathogens Associated with Hospitalization Due to Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Rural Ghana: A Case–Control Study.” Scientific Reports 2023 13:1 13 (1): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29410-5.

     

    1. Akenten, C.W.; Weinreich, F.; Paintsil, E.K.; Amuasi, J.; Fosu, D.; Loderstädt, U.; May, J.; Frickmann, H.; Dekker, D. Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022, 7, 374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ tropicalmed711037

     

    1. Paintsil EK, Ofori LA, Akenten CW, Zautner AE, Mbwana J, Jaeger A, Lamshöft M, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Philipps RO, Krumkamp R and Dekker D (2022) Antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in commercial and smallholder farm animals in the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana. Front. Microbiol. 13:983047. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.983047

     

    1. Pankok, F.; Taudien, S.; Dekker, D.; Thye, T.; Oppong, K.; Wiafe Akenten, C.; Lamshöft, M.; Jaeger, A.; Kaase, M.; Scheithauer, S.; et al. Epidemiology of Plasmids in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae with Acquired Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Genes Isolated from Chronic Wounds in Ghana. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ antibiotics11050689

     

    1. Paintsil, E.K.; Ofori, L.A.; Adobea, S.; Akenten, C.W.; Phillips, R.O.; Maiga-Ascofare, O.; Lamshöft, M.; May, J.; Obiri Danso, K.; Krumkamp, R.; et al. Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Humans and Food-Producing Animals in West Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pathogens 2022, 11, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pathogens11020140

     

    1. Ellis Kobina Paintsil, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Dennis Fosu, Seth Ofori, Maike Lamshöft, Jürgen May, Kwasi Obiri Danso, Ralf Krumkamp, Denise Dekker; (2021) ‘Antimicrobial Usage in Commercial and Domestic Poultry Farming in Two Communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana’, Antibiotics 2021, Vol. 10, Page 800. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 10(7), p. 800. doi: 10.3390/ANTIBIOTICS10070800.

     

    1. Dekker, D.; Pankok, F.; Thye, T.; Taudien, S.; Oppong, K.; Akenten, C.W.; Lamshöft, M.; Jaeger, A.; Kaase, M.; Scheithauer, S.; et al. Clonal Clusters, Molecular Resistance Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Chronic Wounds in Ghana. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 339. https:// doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030339

     

    1. Charity Wiafe Akenten, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo, Nimako Sarpong, Denise Dekker, Nicole Sunaina Struck, Lawrence Osei?Tutu, Juergen May, John Humphrey Amuasi and Daniel Eibach Bloodstream infection with Acinetobacter baumaniiin a Plasmodium falciparum positive infant: a case report. J Med Case Reports 15, 46 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02648-7

     

    1. Wiebke Herr, Ralf Krumkamp, Benedikt Hogan, Denise Dekker, Kennedy Gyau, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Nimako Sarpong, Anna Jaeger, Wibke Loag, Doris Winter, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Daniel Eibach, Helmut Fickenscher, Anna Eis-Hübinger, Jürgen May & Benno Kreuels A cross-sectional study on risk factors for infection with Parvovirus B19 and the association with anaemia in a febrile paediatric population in Ghana. Sci Rep10, 15695 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72657-5

     

    1. Wolters, M.; Frickmann, H.; Christner, M.; Both, A.; Rohde, H.; Oppong, K.; Akenten, C.W.; May, J.; Dekker, D. Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureusIsolated from Chronic Infected Wounds in Rural Ghana. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 2052. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8122052

     

    1. Manouana GP, Lorenz E, Mbong Ngwese M, Nguema Moure PA, Maiga Ascofare´ O, Akenten CW, et al. (2020) Performance of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in African children admitted to hospital with diarrhea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(7): e0008448. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008448

     

    1. Ralf Krumkamp, Kwabena Oppong ,Benedikt Hogan,Ricardo Strauss, Hagen Frickmann, Charity Wiafe-Akenten, Kennedy G. Boahen, Volker Rickerts, Ilka McCormick Smith, Uwe Groß, Marco Schulze Anna Jaeger, Ulrike Loderstädt, Nimako Sarpong, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Jürgen May, Denise Dekker (2020) Spectrum of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi isolated from chronically infected wounds in a rural district hospital in Ghana. PLOS ONE 15(8): e0237263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237263

     

    1. Paintsil, E. K., Akenten, C. W., & Ofori, L. A. (2020). The Relationship between Haemoglobin Levels and Platelet Counts of Malaria Infected and Non-Infected Children in Offinso, Ghana. Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6(3), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v6i330154

     

    1. Dekker D, Eibach D, Boahen KG, Akenten CW, Pfeifer Y, Zautner AE, Mertens E, Krumkamp R, Jaeger A, Flieger A, Owusu-Dabo E, May J. Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter spp., and Arcobacter butzleri from Local and Imported Poultry Meat in Kumasi, Ghana. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2019 May;16(5):352-358. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2018.2562. Epub 2019 Mar 23. PMID: 30907631; PMCID: PMC6529854.

     

    1. Falgenhauer L, Imirzalioglu C, Oppong K, Akenten CW, Hogan B, Krumkamp R, Poppert S, Levermann V, Schwengers O, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J and Eibach D (2019) Detection and Characterization of ESBL-Producing Escherichia coliFrom Humans and Poultry in Ghana.  Microbiol. 9:3358. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03358

     

    1. Hogan B, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Sarpong N, Dekker D, Kreuels B, Maiga-Ascofaré O, Gyau Boahen K, Wiafe Akenten C, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E. Malaria Coinfections in Febrile Pediatric Inpatients: A Hospital-Based Study from Ghana.

     Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018 Feb 2.

     

    1. Hogan B, Ammer L, Zimmermann M, Binger T, Krumkamp R, Sarpong N, Rettig T, Dekker D, Kreuels B, Reigl L, Boahen KG, Wiafe Akenten C, Burden of influenza among hospitalized febrile children in Ghana. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2017 Nov 1;11(6):497-501.

     

    1. Eibach D, Dekker D, Gyau Boahen K, Wiafe Akenten C, Sarpong N, Belmar Campos C, Berneking L, Aepfelbacher M, Krumkamp R, Owusu-Dabo E, May J.” Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in local and imported poultry meat in Ghana” (2018)

     

    1. Falgenhauer L, Imirzalioglu C, Oppong K, Akenten CW, Hogan B, Krumkamp R, Poppert S,Levermann V, Schwengers O,Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J and Eibach D (2019) Detection and Characterization of ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli From Humans and Poultry in Ghana

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