Professor Paul Turner
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Microbiology in the tropics
Infectious diseases are prevalent in Cambodia, a country that is struggling with poor infrastructure. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes the most severe form of pneumonia and is now targeted by the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Dr Paul Turner is studying the effect of this vaccine in field conditions in SE Asia, as well as other direct applications such as the evaluation of a new diagnostic test for Typhoid and interventions to reduce the burden of infections acquired within hospitals.
Paul Turner
MB BS, PhD, FRCPCH, FRCPath
Professor of Paediatric Microbiology
- Senior Clinical Research Fellow
- Consultant in Microbiology
- Director of the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit
- Principal Investigator for the ACORN Clinical AMR Surveillance Network
Clinical microbiologist with a focus on paediatric infections
Paul Turner is based at the Cambodia-Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
He co-leads the ACORN clinical AMR surveillance network with OUCRU-Hanoi's Rogier van Doorn.
His research interests include:
- Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and control;
- Paediatric healthcare associated infections;
- Pneumococcal colonisation and disease and the impact of pneumococcal vaccines;
- Utilisation of bacterial colonisation data.
His non-research work focuses on development of human and laboratory capacity for diagnostic microbiology in low-resource settings, with a focus on improving laboratory informatics.
Recent publications
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Impact of delayed processing of positive blood cultures on organism detection: a prospective multi-centre study
Roberts T. et al, (2022), BMC Infectious Diseases, 22
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The CINAMR (Clinical Information Network-Antimicrobial Resistance) Project: A pilot microbial surveillance using hospitals linked to regional laboratories in Kenya: Study Protocol
Akech S. et al, (2022), Wellcome Open Research, 7, 256 - 256
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Detection of maternal transmission of resistant Gram-negative bacteria in a Cambodian hospital setting
Chomkatekaew C. et al, (2022)
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Pneumococcal within-host diversity during colonization, transmission and treatment.
Tonkin-Hill G. et al, (2022), Nat Microbiol
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Evaluation of trends in hospital antimicrobial use in the Lao PDR using repeated point-prevalence surveys-evidence to improve treatment guideline use.
Chansamouth V. et al, (2022), The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 27