Selected Publications

Dramowski A, Bekker A, Anugulruengkitt S, Bayani O, Martins Gonçalves F, Naizgi M, Magnino A, Puthanakit T, Salle F, da Silva ARA, Molyneux E, Strysko J, Vieira C, Coffin S.: Keeping It Real: Infection Prevention and Control Problems and Solutions in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 41: S36-S39, Mar 2022.

Gharpure R, Friedman CR, Fialkowski V, Collins JP, Strysko J, Marsh ZA, Chen JC, Meservey EH, Adediran AA, Schroeder MN, Wadhwa A, Fullerton KE, Francois Watkins L.: Azithromycin and Ciprofloxacin Treatment Outcomes During an Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections in a Retirement Community-Vermont, 2018. Clin Infect Dis 74: 455-460, Feb 2022.

Vurayai M, Strysko J, Kgomanyane K, Bayani O, Mokomane M, Machiya T, Arscott-Mills T, Goldfarb DM, Steenhoff AP, McGann C, Nakstad B, Gezmu A, Richard-Greenblatt M, Coffin S.: Characterizing the bioburden of ESBL-producing organisms in a neonatal unit using chromogenic culture media: a feasible and efficient environmental sampling method. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 11: 14, Jan 2022.

C McGann, J Strysko, O Bayani, N Ngwako, M Vurayai, A Gezmu, B Nakstad, T Arscott-Mills, M Kelly, L Gianchetti, T Machiya, T Thela, M Richard-Greenblatt, R Luckett, J Hofmeyr, A Steenhoff, SE Coffin: Characterizing the Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections among Hospitalized Neonates in Botswana: Are HIV-exposed neonates protected? Accepted for poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO 2022.

J Strysko, T Machiya, K Lechiile, M Jamieson, M Vurayai, K Kgomanyane, O Bayani, M Mokomane, T Arscott-Mills, DM Goldfarb, AP Steenhoff, C McGann, B Nakstad, A Gezmu, M Richard-Greenblatt, R Luckett, SE Coffin: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a tertiary hospital in Botswana: Focus on perinatal environmental exposures. Oral presentation, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America annual conference, Colorado Springs, CO 2022.

M. Vurayai, J. Strysko, C. McGann (on behalf of Neonatal Infections & Microbiome Study Team): Characterizing the Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Bioburden in a Neonatal Unit Using Chromogenic Culture Media: A Feasible and Efficient Environmental Sampling Method. Poster presentation, International Conference for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA 2022.

Gharpure R, Marsh ZA, Tack DM, Collier SA, Strysko J, Ray L, Payne DC, Garcia-Williams AG.: Disparities in Incidence and Severity of Shigella Infections Among Children-Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2009-2018. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 10: 782-788, Aug 2021.

Nakstad B, Kaang T, Gezmu AM, Strysko J.: Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a neonatal unit in Botswana: chronic overcrowding meets a novel pathogen. BMJ Case Rep 14: e242421, Jun 2021.

Strysko JP, Steenhoff AP.: Biomarkers Make the Case for a Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosing Severe Acute Malnutrition. Pediatrics 147(6): e2021050215, Jun 2021.

Mulale UK, Kashamba T, Strysko J, Kyokunda LT.: Fatal SARS-CoV-2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis coinfection in an infant: insights from Botswana. BMJ Case Rep 14: e239701, Apr 2021.