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Wirongrong Chierakul

Wirongrong Chierakul

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Microbiology
Thailand
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
60
Citations
9377
World Ranking
3196
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Thailand Leader Award

Overview

Wirongrong Chierakul is affiliated with Mahidol University in Thailand and specializes in medicine with a focus on infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and critical care.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Ultrasound in clinical applications
  • Pleural and pulmonary diseases
  • Phonocardiography and auscultation techniques
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • A Comparison Between 12 Versus 20 Weeks of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as Oral Eradication Treatment for Melioidosis: An Open-label, Pragmatic, Multicenter, Non-inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Lung Ultrasound Findings of Patients with Dengue Infection: A Prospective Observational Study (2021), published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • NLRC4 and TLR5 Each Contribute to Host Defense in Respiratory Melioidosis (2021), published in UNC Libraries
  • Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Chikungunya and Dengue Infections in Provincial Hospitals of Davao de Oro, Philippines (2024), published in Reports - Medical Cases Images and Videos
  • Etiologies of acute febrile illness among hospitalized patients: A retrospective hospital-based study in Mogadishu, Somalia (2025), published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Direk Limmathurotsakul, Prakaykaew Charunwatthana, Benjaluck Phonrat, Siriluck Anunnatsiri, and Wipada Chaowagul.

Their works have appeared in various publication venues such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UNC Libraries, Reports - Medical Cases Images and Videos, and Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease.

Best Publications

  • Combination antifungal therapies for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a randomised trial

    Annemarie E Brouwer;Adul Rajanuwong;Wirongrong Chierakul;George E Griffin

  • Adjunctive Dexamethasone in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    J. Beardsley;M. Wolbers;F.M. Kibengo;A.-B.M. Ggayi

  • Independent Association between Rate of Clearance of Infection and Clinical Outcome of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Analysis of a Combined Cohort of 262 Patients

    Tihana Bicanic;Conrad Muzoora;Annemarie E. Brouwer;Graeme Meintjes

  • Fool's Gold: Why Imperfect Reference Tests Are Undermining the Evaluation of Novel Diagnostics: A Reevaluation of 5 Diagnostic Tests for Leptospirosis

    Direk Limmathurotsakul;Elizabeth L. Turner;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Janjira Thaipadungpanit

  • A Dominant Clone of Leptospira interrogans Associated with an Outbreak of Human Leptospirosis in Thailand

    Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Wirongrong Chierakul;Lee D. Smythe

  • Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid pressure, fungal burden and outcome in patients with cryptococcal meningitis undergoing serial lumbar punctures.

    Tihana Bicanic;Annemarie E Brouwer;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe

  • An Open, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Penicillin, Doxycycline, and Cefotaxime for Patients with Severe Leptospirosis

    Yupin Suputtamongkol;Kanigar Niwattayakul;Chuanpit Suttinont;Kitti Losuwanaluk

  • Doxycycline versus Azithromycin for Treatment of Leptospirosis and Scrub Typhus

    Kriangsak Phimda;Siriwan Hoontrakul;Chuanpit Suttinont;Sompong Chareonwat

  • Biological relevance of colony morphology and phenotypic switching by Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Narisara Chantratita;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Khaemaporn Boonbumrung;Rachaneeporn Tiyawisutsri

  • Hemoglobin E: a balanced polymorphism protective against high parasitemias and thus severe P falciparum malaria

    Kesinee Chotivanich;Rachanee Udomsangpetch;Kovit Pattanapanyasat;Wirongrong Chierakul

  • IFN-gamma at the site of infection determines rate of clearance of infection in cryptococcal meningitis.

    Asna A. Siddiqui;Annemarie E. Brouwer;Annemarie E. Brouwer;Vannaporn Wuthiekanun;Shabbar Jaffar

  • Risk Factors for Recurrent Melioidosis in Northeast Thailand

    Direk Limmathurotsakul;Wipada Chaowagul;Wirongrong Chierakul;Kasia Stepniewska

  • Toll-like receptor 2 impairs host defense in gram-negative sepsis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis).

    W. Joost Wiersinga;Catharina W. Wieland;Mark C. Dessing;Narisara Chantratita

  • Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus doxycycline as oral eradicative treatment for melioidosis (MERTH): a multicentre, double-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial.

    Ploenchan Chetchotisakd;Wirongrong Chierakul;Wipada Chaowagul;Siriluck Anunnatsiri

  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting 16S rRNA and lipl32 Genes for Human Leptospirosis in Thailand: A Case-Control Study

    Janjira Thaipadunpanit;Janjira Thaipadunpanit;Wirongrong Chierakul;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Direk Limmathurotsakul

  • Association of High Orientia tsutsugamushi DNA Loads with Disease of Greater Severity in Adults with Scrub Typhus

    Piengchan Sonthayanon;Wirongrong Chierakul;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Kriangsak Phimda

  • Melioidosis in 6 tsunami survivors in southern Thailand.

    Wirongrong Chierakul;Wut Winothai;Charnkij Wattanawaitunechai;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

  • Randomized comparison of artesunate and quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria.

    Paul N. Newton;Paul N. Newton;Brian J. Angus;Brian J. Angus;Wirongrong Chierakul;Arjen Dondorp;Arjen Dondorp

  • Development of antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei during childhood in melioidosis-endemic northeast Thailand.

    Vanaporn Wuthiekanun;Wirongrong Chierakul;Sayan Langa;Wipada Chaowagul

  • Glyburide Is Anti-inflammatory and Associated with Reduced Mortality in Melioidosis

    Gavin C. K. W. Koh;Rapeephan R. Maude;M. Fernanda Schreiber;Direk Limmathurotsakul

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Acetazolamide for the Treatment of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Cryptococcal Meningitis

    Paul N. Newton;Le Hung Thai;Nguyen Quoc Tip;Jennifer M. Short;Jennifer M. Short

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Direk Limmathurotsakul
Direk Limmathurotsakul Mahidol University
Paul N. Newton
Paul N. Newton University of Oxford
Allen C. Cheng
Allen C. Cheng Monash University
Wipada Chaowagul
Wipada Chaowagul Mahidol University
Narisara Chantratita
Narisara Chantratita Mahidol University
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

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