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Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

The Most Peaceful University in Nigeria








Pharm. Ahmad Olowo-Okere



Area of specialization:Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Email: olowookere.ahmed@udusok.edu.ng
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List of Selected Publications

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  • Yacouba A and Olowo-okere A. Repurposing of antibiotics for clinical management of COVID-19: A narrative review. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2021.
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Yakubu Kokori Enevene Ibrahim, Joseph Olorunmola Ehinmidu, Yahaya Mohammed, Larbi Zakaria Nabti, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka. Emergence of VIM metallo-β-lactamase among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas species in northwest Nigeria. Gene Reports, 21 (2020): 100877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100877
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Yakubu Kokori Enevene Ibrahim, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, Joseph Olorunmola Ehinmidu, Yahaya Mohammed, Larbi Zakaria Nabti, Jean-Marc Rolain, Seydina M. Diene. First whole genome sequence of Paenalcaligenes suwonensis bearing blaVIM-5 Metallo-β-lactamase: A clinical isolate responsible for acute gastroenteritis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 85, 104513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104513.
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Abdourahmane Yacouba. Molecular mechanisms of colistin resistance in Africa: A systematic review of literature. GERMS 10(4): 367-380. DOI; 10.18683/germs.2020.1229
  • Yacouba A and Olowo-okere A. Global trends and current status in colistin resistance research: a bibliometric analysis (1973-2019). F1000Research 2020:856. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25124.1.
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Yakubu Kokori Enevene Ibrahim, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, Joseph Olorunmola Ehinmidu, Yahaya Mohammed, Larbi Zakaria Nabti, Jean-Marc Rolain, Seydina M. Diene (2020) Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical carbapenems resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Sokoto, northwest Nigeria. New Microbes and New Infections, 37: 100727. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100727.
  • Larbi Zakaria Nabti, Farida Sahli, Hocine Laouar, Ahmed Olowo-okere, Joice Guileine Nkuimi Wandjou and Filippo Maggi (2020). Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from the Algerian Endemic Origanum glandulosum Desf. against Multidrug-Resistant Uropathogenic E. coli Isolates. Antibiotics, 9(29); doi:10.3390/antibiotics9010029
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Yakubu Kokori Enevene Ibrahim, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, JO Ehinmidu (2019) Epidemiology of surgical site infections in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nigeria Postgraduate Medical Journal, 26(3):143-51. https://doi.org/10.4103/npmj.npmj_72_19.
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Muhammad Abubakar Abdullahi, Barakat Kabiru Ladidi, Shuaibu Suleiman, Nuhu Tanko, Hussain Yahya Ungokore, Abdulmalik Aliyu. (2019) Emergence of metallo-β-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacterial isolates in a hospital with no history of carbapenem usage in northwest, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science 21(2):1-9. DOI: 10.4314/ijs.v21i2.6
  • Olowo-Okere A., Ibrahim YKE, Olayinka BO (2018). Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacterial isolates from surgical wounds of patients at a hospital in North Central Nigeria. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resisistance. 2018, 14:85-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2018.02.002