High Propensity for Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcal Shedding Among Adults Living With HIV on Stable Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi
These findings indicate that PLHIV-ART>1y remain at high risk of pneumococcal disease and could also be an important reservoir for shedding multidrug-resistant pneumococci.
Authors
- Mercy Khwiya
- Stephanie W. Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2182-0222)
- Newton Kalata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1715-8093)
- Ndaona Mitole
- Chrispin Chaguza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2108-1757)
- Robert S. Heyderman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-449X)
- Ken Malisita
- Daniela M. Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0594-0902)
- Brenda Kwambana-Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8540)
- Gift Sagawa
- Neil French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-8293)
- Joseph Phiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8999-4501)
- Kondwani Jambo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-2210)
- Lusako Sibale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-3561)
- Stephen D. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3751)
- Todd D. Swarthout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-7039)
- Deus Thindwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4845-7862)
- Tinashe K. Nyazika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-4265)
- Arox W. Kamng’ona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-7586)
- Alice Kusakala
Institutions
- University of Wolverhampton (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Lighthouse Guild (US)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MW)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Oxford Research Group (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Biology of Infection (FR)
- Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (MW)
- Science Oxford (GB)
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (MW)
- Institute of Infection and Immunity (CA)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf422
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35