Publication

Lau, M.Y., Obaidellah, U.H., Ponnampalavanar, S. et al. Evaluating hand hygiene compliance: a digital-based approach for assessing healthcare worker practices in the teaching hospitals in Malaysia. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 15, 27 (2026). 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01679-3

Hor, Jia Wei; Lim, Shen-Yang; Toh, Tzi Shin; Chong, Chun Wie; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju; Song, Sze Looi; Tan, Ai Huey (2025). Fecal tyrosine decarboxylase and motor response complications in Parkinson's disease, PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS. 138. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2025.107947

Vijaya Seharan, S. N., Jamaris, S., Islam, T., Ponnampalavanar, S., Shabaruddin, F. H., & Mohd Taib, N. A. (2025). Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention Bundle to Reduce the Incidence of Post-Mastectomy SSI Among Breast Cancer Patients at an Academic Medical Center: Effectiveness and Cost Consequence Analysis. World journal of surgery, 49(10), 2884–2900. 

DOI: 10.1002/wjs.70068

Muhamad, Anis Najwa; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju; Draman, Mohd Rusdi; Adnan, Yohan Khirusman; Abbas, Azlina Amir; Khong, Tak Loon; Narayanan, Vairavan; Tang, Soo Nee; Karunakaran, Rina; Manan, Norhafizah Ab; Kukreja, Anjanna; Razali, Siti Zuhairah Mohamad; Cham, Chun Yoong; Hontz, Robert D.; Gregory, Michael J.; Selariu, Anca; Nguyen, Huy C.; Letizia, Andrew G.; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri (2025). High incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms and modifiable risk factors associated with surgical site infections: a cohort study in a tertiary medical center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2020 to 2023, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND INFECTION CONTROL. 14(1). 

DOI:10.1186/s13756-025-01537-2

Li, Fangfang; Hooi, Suet Li; Choo, Yao Mun; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju; Toh, Kai Yee; Lim, Lydia Wan Zhen; Lee, Yee Qing; Chong, Chun Wie; Ahmad Kamar, Azanna (2025). Progression of gut microbiome in preterm infants during the first three months, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 15(1).

DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-95198-1

Rajandra, A., Yunos, N. M., Teo, C. H., Kukreja, A., Suhaimi, N. A., Mohd Razali, S. Z., Basri, S., Teh, C. S. J., Leong, C. L., Ismail, I., Azmel, A., Yunus, N. H. M., Rajahram, G. S., Ismail, A. J., Deva, S. R., Kee, P. W., TRGS Working Group, & Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S. (2025). Incidence, Compliance, and Risk Factor Associated with Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients: A Multicenter Study in an Upper Middle-Income Country. Antibiotics, 14(3), 271.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14030271

Quan-Hziung Lim, Lawrence Chun-Wei Loy, Haireen Abdul Hadi, Nik Aizah Nabilla Faheem, Izzati Syahirah Shaharuddin, Sasheela Sri La Ponnampalavanar, Lee-Ling Lim, Diabetic foot ulcer in the Western Pacific Region: Current data on ulceration rates and microbial profiles, gaps and charting strategies, Primary Care Diabetes, 2025, ISSN 1751-9918

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2024.12.012.

Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri, Rong Xiang Ng, and Sazali Basri. "Principles of infectious diseases: Transmission, diagnosis, prevention, and control." (2024).International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Third Edition) 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99967-0.00289-1

Lee YQ, Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar S, Wong JH, Kong ZX, Ngoi ST, Karunakaran R, Lau MY, Abdul Jabar K, Teh CSJ. Investigation on the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance among the non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024 Sep 18;14:1464816. 

DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1464816. 

Tan, Bih Huei; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Ganesan, Dharmendra; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri (2024). Study of the Practice of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use for Elective Neurosurgical Cases in a Tertiary Hospital and Understanding the Rationale, WORLD NEUROSURGERY. 189, E612-E623. 

DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2024.06.126

Jamaluddin N.A.H., Periyasamy P., Lau C.L., Ponnampalavanar S., Lai P.S.M., Loong L.S., Tg Abu Bakar Sidik T.M.I., Ramli R., Tan T.L., Kori N., Yin M.K., Azman N.J., James R., Thursky K., Naina Mohamed I. (2024). Assessment of antimicrobial prescribing patterns, guidelines compliance, and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in surgical-practice units: point prevalence survey in Malaysian teaching hospitals, Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1381843

Ramzi, Nurul Hanis; Hoong, Andrew Tan Chun; Johari, Nur Alia; Nathan, Anna Marie; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju; Sulaiman, Norhayati Aida; Ilias, Mohamad Ikram; Deris, Zakuan Zainy; Hazlan, Siti Nur Haidar; Nasir, Nur Syafiqah Mohamad; Abu Bakar, Asrar; Helmi, Muhd Alwi Muhd; Juhari, Wan Khairunnisa Wan; Kamarudin, Norhidayah; Chong, Chun Wie; Cleary, David W.; Clarke, Stuart C.; Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim (2024). Multicentre case-control study of pneumococcal infections among children with pneumonia in Peninsular Malaysia (MY-Pneumo): a study protocol, BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 24(1). 

DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-19789-9

Navigating the Frontiers of Global Health: The 3rd Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Symposium article. https://medicine.um.edu.my/rubrica-issue-25

Bhatt V, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Tang LY, Krishnasamy K, Goh SLG, Teh CSJ. Socio-Demographic Factors and Public Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance. Healthcare 2023; 11: 2284. 

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11162284

Woon JJ, Ahmad Kamar A, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Zhazali R, Saaibon S, Basauhra Singh HK, Charanjeet Singh JKG, Kamarulzaman A, Ponnampalavanar S. Molecular epidemiological investigation and management of outbreak caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in a neonatal intensive care unit. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1073.

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11041073

Hasmukharay K, Ngoi ST, Tan KM, Khor HM, Chin AV, Tan MP, Saedon NI, Kamarulzaman A, Idrin N, Niek WK, Teh CSJ, Kamaruzzaman SB, Ponnampalavanar S. Evaluation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and outcomes in the older patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infect Dis 2023; 23(1): 241

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08206-y

Maniam L, Vellasamy KM, Ong TA, Teh CSJ, Abdul Jabar K, Mariappan V, Narayanan V, Vadivelu J, Pallath V. Genotypic characteristics of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) and asymptomatic bacteriuria—a relational analysis. Peer J 2023; 11: e15305

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15305

A.N. Muhamad, S.T. Ngoi, C.S.J. Teh, M.R. Draman, Y.K. Adnan, S.C. Tan, A. Amir Abbas, S.N. Tang, R.R. Karunakaran, A. Kukreja, S.Z. Mohamad Razali, R.D. Hontz, M.J. Gregory, S. Ponnampalavanar, PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INFECTIONS DUE TO POSTTRAUMATIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY IN A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN MALAYSIA, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 134, Supplement 1, 2023, Page S23, ISSN 1201-9712,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.07.026.

Yap, P. S. X., Chong, C. W., Ponnampalavanar, S., Ramli, R., Harun, A., Tengku Jamaluddin, T. Z. M., Ahmed Khan, A., Ngoi, S. T., Lee, Y. Q., Lau, M. Y., Tan, S. C., Kong, Z. X., Woon, J. J., Mak, S. T., Abdul Jabar, K., Karunakaran, R., Ismail, Z., Salleh, S. A., Md Noor, S. S., Masri, S. N., … Teh, C. S. J. (2023). A multicentre study to determine the in vitro efficacy of flomoxef against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Malaysia. PeerJ, 11, e16393.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16393

Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Goh, S. S. L., Rajandra, A., Suhaimi, N. A., Zainon, S. N., Basri, S., Ng, R. X., Yeow, Y. Y., & Kukreja, A. (2023). 444. The disruptive effects of COVID-19 on the incidence of hospital acquired staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (HA-SAB) and its associated factors with mortality in a tertiary teaching hospital in an upper-middle income country. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(Suppl 2), ofad500.514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.514

Karajacob, A. S., Azizan, N. B., Al-Maleki, A. R. M., Goh, J. P. E., Loke, M. F., Khor, H. M., Ho, G. F., Ponnampalavanar, S., & Tay, S. T. (2023). Candida species and oral mycobiota of patients clinically diagnosed with oral thrush. PloS one, 18(4), e0284043. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284043 

Kong ZX, Karunakaran R, Abdul Jabar K, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Teh CSJ. A retrospective study on molecular epidemiology trends of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a teaching hospital in Malaysia. PeerJ 2022; 10: 12830. 

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12830

Loong LS, Siew Mei Lai P, Jamaluddin NAH, Naina-Mohamed I, Periyasamy P, Lau CL, Thursky K, James R, Ponnampalavanar S, Malaysian NAPS Working Group. Comparing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing among medical patients in two tertiary hospitals in Malaysia. J Infect Dev Ctries 2022; 16: 1877-1886. 

DOI: 10.3855/jidc.15925

Lee YQ, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Karunakaran R, Vellasamy KM, Abdul Jabar K, Kong ZX, Lau MY, Teh CSJ. Characterisation of Non-Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Based on Their Clinical and Molecular Profile in Malaysia. Antibiotics 2022; 11(11): 1670. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11111670 

Mariappan V, Ngoi ST, Lim YAL, Ngui R, Chua KH, Teh CSJ. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from indigenous individuals in Malaysia. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2022; 25(4): 468-473. 

DOI: 10.22038/IJBMS.2022.61612.13637 

James R, Nakamachi Y, Morris A, So M, Ponnampalavanar S, Chuki P, Loong LS, Lai PSM, Chen C, Ingram R, Rajkhowa A, Buising K,  Thursky K. The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 2022; 4(1): dlac012. 

DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac012

Teh CSJ, Yap PSX, Zulkefli FJ, Subramaniam P, Sit PS, Kong ZX, Chong CW, Vellasamy KM, Mariappan V, Ponnampalavanar S, Vedivelu J. Overview of the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei sequence types and the Emergence of sequence type 1342 in Malaysia. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69(2): 477-484. 

DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14005

 Di KN, Tay ST, Ponnampalavanar S, Pham DT, Wong LP. Physician’s Perspectives on Factors Influencing Antibiotic Resistance: A Qualitative Study in Vietnam. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 2022; 11(1): 126. 

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11010126

Di KN, Tay ST, Ponnampalavanar S, Pham DT, Wong LP. Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Knowledge and Practices in Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2022; 11(4): 471. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11040471

Apisarnthanarak A, Bin Kim H, Moore LSP, Xiao Y, Singh S, Doi Y, Kwa AL, Ponnampalavanar S, Cao Q, Kim SW, Lee H, Santanirand P. Utility and Applicability of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Delphi Consensus. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022; 74(11): 2067-2076. 

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab910

Eturajulu, R. C., Ng, K. H., Tan, M. P., Zakaria, M. I., Chinna, K., Ponnampalavanar, S., Vijayananthan, A., Yaakup, N. A., & Chung, E. (2022). Quality Improvement Report: Safety Program for Prevention of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 42(7), E216–E223. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220035 

Mong, I., Ramoo, V., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, M. C., & Wan Nawawi, W. N. F. (2022). Knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention: A cross-sectional study. Journal of clinical nursing, 31(1-2), 209–219. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15899 

James, R., Nakamachi, Y., Morris, A., So, M., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chuki, P., Loong, L.S., Lai, P.S., Chen, C., Ingram, R., Rajkhowa, A., Buising, K.L., & Thursky, K.A. (2022). The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr%2Fdlac012

Yap, Yoon Chin, Mohd Idzwan Bin Zakaria, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar and Maria Kahar Bador Binti Abdul Kahar. "AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY TO IMPROVE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: EVIDENCE FROM A TERTIARY CENTER." Journal of Health and Translational Medicine 25.1 (2022): 44-56. Link: https://jummec.um.edu.my/index.php/jummec/article/view/27111

Ngoi ST, Muhamad AN, Teh CSJ, Chong CW, Abdul Jabar K, Chai LC, Leong KC, Tee LH, AbuBakar S. β-Lactam Resistance in Upper Respiratory Tract Pathogens Isolated from a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. Pathogens 2021; 10(12): 1602. 

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10121602 

Lee YQ, Ahmad Kamar A, Velayuthan RD, Chong CW, Teh CSJ. Clonal relatedness in the acquisition of intestinal carriage and transmission of multidrug resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli and its risk factors among preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Pediatrics and Neonatology 2021; 62(2): 129-137. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.10.002

Wong LP, Alias H, Husin SA, Ali ZB, Sim B, Ponnampalavanar S. Factors influencing inappropriate use of antibiotics: Findings from a nationwide survey of the general public in Malaysia. PLoS One 2021; 16(10): e0258698.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258698

Apisarnthanarak A, Kim HB, Moore L, Xiao Y, Singh S, Doi Y, Kwa AL, Ponnampalavanar S, Cao Q, Kim SW, Lee H, Santanirand P. Rapid diagnostic testing for antimicrobial stewardship: Utility in Asia Pacific. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021; 42(7): 864-868. 

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.149

Teh CSJ, Lee YQ, Kong ZX, Woon JJ, Niek WK, Lau MY, Idris N, Ponnampalavanar S, Ho PF, Por LP. Development of a web-based multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) monitoring and transmission tracking system on the basis of microbiology and molecular characteristics. J Taibah University for Science 2021; 15(1): 303-311. 

DOI: 10.1080/16583655.2021.1978807

Ngoi ST, Chong CW, Ponnampalavanar S, Tang SN, Idris N, Abdul Jabar K, Gregory MJ, Husain T, Teh CSJ. Genetic mechanisms and correlated risk factors of antimicrobial-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens isolated in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2021; 10(1): 70. 

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-021-00936-5

Ngoi ST, Niek WK, Lee YW, AbuBakar S, Teh CSJ. Genomic analysis revealed a novel genotype of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a fatal sepsis case in dengue patient. Sci Rep 2021; 11(1): 4228. 

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83661-8

Mobasseri G, Thong KL, Teh CSJ. Genomic analysis revealing the resistance mechanisms of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from pig and humans in Malaysia. Int Microbiol 2021; 24(2): 243-250. 

DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00161-5

Ngoi ST, Teh CSJ, Chong CW, Abdul Jabar K, Tan SC, Yu LH, Leong KC, Tee LH, AbuBakar S. In Vitro Efficacy of Flomoxef against Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Associated with Urinary Tract Infections in Malaysia. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10(2): 181. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10020181

Jamaluddin NAH, Periyasamy P, Lau CL, Ponnampalavanar S, Lai PSM, Ramli R, Tan TL, Kori N, Yin MK, Azman NJ, James R, Thursky K, Naina-Mohamed I. Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in a Malaysian Tertiary Care University Hospital. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2021; 10(5): 531. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10050531

Woon JJ, Teh CSJ, Chong CW, Abdul Jabar K, Ponnampalavanar S, Idris N. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from the Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Antibiotics 2021; 10(11): 1340. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10111340

Lau MY, Teng FE, Chua KH, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Abdul Jabar K, Teh CSJ. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malaysia Hospital. Pathogens 2021; 10(3): 279. 

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10030279

Kong ZX, Karunakaran R, Abdul Jabar K, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Teh CSJ. The Detection of Hypermucoviscous Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Malaysia and Assessment of Hypermucoviscous as Marker of Hypervirulence. Microb Drug Resist 2021; 27(10): 1319-1327. 

DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0096

Niek WK, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Thong KL, Ngoi ST, Ponnampalavanar S. Investigation of biofilm formation in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with bacteraemia in a tertiary hospital. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021; 66(5): 741-49.

DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00877-x

Yap PC, Ayuhan N, Woon JJ, Teh CSJ, Lee VS, Azman AS, AbuBakar S, Lee HY. Profiling of Potential Antibacterial Compounds of Lactic Acid Bacteria against Extremely Drug Resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii. Molecules 2021; 26(6): 1727. 

DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061727

Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Yee Qing Lee, Zhi Xian Kong, Jia Jie Woon, Wen Kiong Niek, Min Yi Lau, Nuryana Idris, Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Peng Foong Ho & Lip Yee Por (2021) Development of a web-based multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) monitoring and transmission tracking system on the basis of microbiology and molecular characteristics, Journal of Taibah University for Science, 15:1, 303-311, 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16583655.2021.1978807

Lau MY, Ponnampalavanar S, Lee WS, Abdul Jabar K, Chua KH, Idris N, Chong CW, Yap PSX, Teh CSJ. First detection of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae producing OXA-181 carbapenemase in Malaysia. J Infect Chemother 2020; 26(10): 1058-1061.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2020.05.009

Yap PSX, Ahmad Kamar A, Chong CW, Ngoi ST, Teh CSJ. Genomic Insights into Two Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from the Stool of Preterm Neonate During the First Week of Life. Microb Drug Resist 2020; 26(3): 190-203. 

DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2019.0199

Niek WK, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Sit PS, Lee YQ, Thong KL, Ponnampalavanar S. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, 2003-2015: Comparative evaluation of changing trends in molecular epidemiology and clinical outcomes of infections. Infect Genet Evol 2020; 85: 104567.

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104567

Mobasseri G, Thong KL, Rajasekaram G, Teh CSJ. Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Malaysian hospital. Braz J Microbiol 2020; 51(1): 189-195. 

DOI: 10.1007/s42770-019-00208-w

Goh SL, Kee BP, Abdul Jabar K, Chua KH, Nathan AM, de Bruyne JA, Ngoi ST, Teh CSJ. Molecular detection and genotypic characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Malaysia. Pathog Glob Health 2020; 114(1): 46-54. 

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1719325

Lau MY, Abdul Jabar K, Chua KH, Kee BP, Ponnampalavanar S, Chong CW, Teh CSJ. One-Step Differential Detection of OXA-48-Like Variants Using High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9(5): 256. 

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9050256

Yap PSX, Ahmad Kamar A, Chong CW, Yap IKS, Teh CSJ. Whole genome analysis of multidrug-resistant Citrobacter freundii B9-C2 isolated from preterm neonate's stool in the first week. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2020; 21: 246-251.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.03.024

Haseeb A, Ajit Singh V, Teh CSJ, Loke MF. Addition of ceftaroline fosamil or vancomycin to PMMA: An in vitro comparison of biomechanical properties and anti-MRSA efficacy. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2019; 27(2): 2309499019850324.

DOI: 10.1177/2309499019850324

Mobasseri G, Teh CSJ, Ooi PT, Tan SC, Thong KL. Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Swine Farms in Malaysia. Microb Drug Resist 2019; 25(7): 1087-1098. 

DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0184

Niek WK, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Thong KL, Ponnampalavanar S. Predominance of ST22-MRSA-IV Clone and Emergence of Clones for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates Collected from a Tertiary Teaching Hospital Over a Two-Year Period. Jpn J Infect Dis 2019; 72(4): 228-236.

DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2018.289

Mobasseri G, Teh CSJ, Ooi PT, Thong KL. The emergence of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from swine in Malaysia. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2019; 17: 227-232.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.12.015

Low YM, Chong CW, Yap IKS, Chai LC, Clarke SC, Ponnampalavanar S, Abdul Jabar K, Md Yusof MY, Teh CSJ. Elucidating the survival and response of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae after exposure to imipenem at sub-lethal concentrations. Pathog Glob Health 2018; 112(7): 378-386.

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2018.1538281

Subramaniam P, Abdul Jabar K, Kee BP, Chong CW, Nathan AM, de Bruyne JA, Thavagnanam S, Chua KH, Md Yusof MY, Teh CSJ. Serotypes & penicillin susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. Indian J Med Res 2018; 148(2): 225-231. 

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1987_16

Sit PS, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Ponnampalavanar S. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia: Correlations between clinical, phenotypic, genotypic characteristics and mortality in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. Infect Genet Evol 2018; 59: 132-141. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.01.031

Tan SC, Chong CW, Teh CSJ, Ooi PT, Thong KL. Occurrence of virulent multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in the pigs, farmers and farm environments in Malaysia. Peer J 2018; 6:e5353.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5353

Low YM, Yap PSX, Abdul Jabar K, Ponnampalavanar S, Karunakaran R, Velayuthan R, Chong CW, Abu Bakar S, Md Yusof MY, Teh CSJ. The emergence of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malaysia: correlation between microbiological trends with host characteristics and clinical factors. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2017; 6:5.

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-016-0164-x

Low YM, Yap IKS, Abdul Jabar K, Md Yusof MY, Chong CW, Teh CSJ. Genotypic and metabolic approaches towards the segregation of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing different antibiotic resistant enzymes. Metabolomics 2017; 13:1-13.

DOI: 10.1007/s11306-017-1201-3

Lim SY, Yap KP, Teh CSJ, Abdul Jabar K, Thong KL. Comparative genome analysis of multiple vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from two fatal cases. Infect Genet Evol 2017; 49: 55-65. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.029

Sit PS, Teh CSJ, Idris N, Sam IC, Syed Omar SF, Sulaiman H, Thong KL, Kamarulzaman A, Ponnampalavanar S. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infect Dis 2017; 17(1): 274. 

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2384-y

Yap PSX, Ahmad Kamar A, Chong CW, Yap IKS, Thong KL, Choo YM, Md Yusof MY, Teh CSJ. Intestinal carriage of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in preterm-infants during hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Pathog Glob Health 2016; 110(6): 238-246.

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2016.1229884

Thong KL, Ngoi ST, Chai LC, Teh CSJ. Quinolone Resistance Mechanisms Among Salmonella enterica in Malaysia. Microb Drug Resist 2016; 22(4): 259-72. 

DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2015.0158

Teh CSJ, Low YM, Chong CW, Md Yusof MY. Carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, an emerging problem in a Tertiary healthcare setting. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2015; 48(2): 38.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.02.057

Lim MK, Lai PS, Ponnampalavanar S, Syed Omar SF, Taib NA, Yusof MY, Italiano CM, Kong DCM, Kamarulzaman A. Antibiotics in surgical wards: use or misuse? A newly industrialized country’s perspective. J Infect Dev Ctries 2015; 9: 1264-1271. 

DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6731