Sabiha Y. Essack

Sabiha Y. Essack publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Sabiha Y. Essack D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sabiha Y. Essack sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Clinical and economic impact of antibiotic resistance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Raspail Carrel Founou;Luria Leslie Founou;Sabiha Yusuf Essack

  736
  Citations

• Antibiotic Resistance in the Food Chain: A Developing Country-Perspective.

  Luria Leslie Founou;Raspail Carrel Founou;Sabiha Yusuf Essack

  729
  Citations

• Complexity and Diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases Isolated in 1994 and 1996 at a Teaching Hospital in Durban, South Africa

  Sabiha Y. Essack;Lucinda M. C. Hall;Devadas G. Pillay;Margaret Lynn McFadyen

  224
  Citations

• The Development of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Response to the Evolution of β-Lactamases

  Sabiha Y. Essack

  203
  Citations

• Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana

  Nicholas Agyepong;Usha Govinden;Alex Owusu-Ofori;Sabiha Yusuf Essack

  154
  Citations

• Colistin and tigecycline resistance in carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria: emerging resistance mechanisms and detection methods.

  J. Osei Sekyere;U. Govinden;L.A. Bester;S.Y. Essack

  153
  Citations

• Antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region: current status and roadmap for action

  S Y Essack;A T Desta;R E Abotsi;E E Agoba

  149
  Citations

• Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from outpatients in urban and rural districts of Uganda

  Christine F. Najjuka;David P. Kateete;Henry M. Kajumbula;Moses L. Joloba

  108
  Citations

• The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global antimicrobial and biocide resistance: an AMR Insights global perspective

  Unknown

  95
  Citations

• Key considerations on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance.

  Jesús Rodríguez-Baño;Jesús Rodríguez-Baño;Gian Maria Rossolini;Constance Schultsz;Evelina Tacconelli

  93
  Citations

• Review of established and innovative detection methods for carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria.

  J. Osei Sekyere;U. Govinden;S. Y. Essack

  90
  Citations

• Diversity and proliferation of metallo-β-lactamases: a clarion call for clinically effective metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors

  Anou M. Somboro;John Osei Sekyere;Daniel G. Amoako;Sabiha Y. Essack

  80
  Citations

• NOTA: a potent metallo-β-lactamase inhibitor

  Anou M. Somboro;Dileep Tiwari;Linda A. Bester;Raveen Parboosing

  80
  Citations

• Reducing antibiotic prescribing and addressing the global problem of antibiotic resistance by targeted hygiene in the home and everyday life settings: A position paper.

  Jean Yves Maillard;Sally F. Bloomfield;Patrice Courvalin;Sabiha Y. Essack

  79
  Citations

• Spread of Plasmid-Encoded NDM-1 and GES-5 Carbapenemases among Extensively Drug-Resistant and Pandrug-Resistant Clinical Enterobacteriaceae in Durban, South Africa.

  Torunn Pedersen;John Osei Sekyere;Usha Govinden;Krishnee Moodley

  72
  Citations

• Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter isolates from commercial poultry suppliers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  L. A. Bester;S. Y. Essack

  71
  Citations

• The Resistome, Mobilome, Virulome and Phylogenomics of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Pretoria, South Africa

  Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle;Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle;Charles Feldman;John Osei Sekyere;Nontuthuko Excellent Maningi

  71
  Citations

• The Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Environment of Carbapenemases Detected in Africa.

  John Osei Sekyere;Usha Govinden;Sabiha Essack

  70
  Citations

• Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  Luria Leslie Founou;Daniel Gyamfi Amoako;Raspail Carrel Founou;Sabiha Yusuf Essack

  60
  Citations

• Prescriber and patient responsibilities in treatment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections – essential for conservation of antibiotics

  Alike van der Velden;Martin G. Duerden;John Bell;John S. Oxford

  42
  Citations