Prof. Dr. Adebayo Osagie Shittu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology, Mycology and Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
KeywordsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Mupirocin-resistant MRSA, population structure
Honours and awards

2019: Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityIle-Ife
InstitutionObafemi Awolowo University
InstituteDepartment of Microbiology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. med. Frieder SchaumburgInstitut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Münster, Münster
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2019

Program(s)

2018Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2022Shittu, Adebayo Osagie and Layer-Nicolaou, Franziska and Strommenger, Birgit and Nguyen, Minh-Thu and Bletz, Stefan and Mellmann, Alexander and Schaumburg, Frieder: First Report of a Methicillin-Resistant, High-Level Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococcus argenteus. In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022, 200
2022Ndhlovu, Gillian ON and Dube, Felix S and Moonsamy, Rasalika T and Mankahla, Avumile and Hlela, Carol and Levin, Michael E and Lunjani, Nonhlanhla and Shittu, Adebayo O and Abdulgader, Shima M: Skin and nasal colonization of coagulase-negative staphylococci are associated with atopic dermatitis among South African toddlers. In: Plos one, 17, 2022, e0265326
2021Shittu, Adebayo Osagie and Adesoji, Tomiwa and Udo, Edet Ekpenyong: DNA microarray analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from Nigeria and South Africa. In: PloS one, 16, 2021, e0237124
2021Shittu, Adebayo Osagie and Taiwo, Fadekemi Funmilayo and Froböse, Neele Judith and Schwartbeck, Bianca and Niemann, Silke and Mellmann, Alexander and Schaumburg, Frieder: Genomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from the West African Dwarf (WAD) goat in Nigeria. In: Antimicrobial Resistance \& Infection Control, 10, 2021, 1--12
2021Ndhlovu, Gillian ON and Abotsi, Regina E and Shittu, Adebayo O and Abdulgader, Shima M and Jamrozy, Dorota and Dupont, Christopher L and Mankahla, Avumile and Nicol, Mark P and Hlela, Carol and Levin, Michael E and others: Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in African children from rural and urban communities with atopic dermatitis. In: BMC infectious diseases, 21, 2021, 1--13
2020Adesoji, Tomiwa Olumide and Egyir, Beverly and Shittu, Adebayo Osagie: Antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from the wastewater treatment plant and grey-water samples in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. In: Journal of Water and Health, 18, 2020, 890--898
2020Shittu, Adebayo Osagie and Mellmann, Alexander and Schaumburg, Frieder: Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus complex from fomites in Nigeria. In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85, 2020, 104504
2020Shittu, Adebayo and Deinhardt-Emmer, Stefanie and Vas Nunes, Jonathan and Niemann, Silke and Grobusch, Martin P and Schaumburg, Frieder: Tropical pyomyositis: an update. In: Tropical Medicine \& International Health, 25, 2020, 660--665
n.n.Lawal, Opeyemi Uwangbaoje and Ayobami, Olaniyi and Abouelfetouh, Alaa and Mourabit, Nadira and Kaba, Mamadou and Egyir, Beverly and Abdulgader, Shima M and Shittu, Adebayo Osagie: A 6-Year Update on the Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Africa: A Systematic Review. n.n.,
n.n.Monecke, Stefan and Schaumburg, Frieder and Shittu, Adebayo Osagie and Schwarz, Stefan Paul and Mühldorfer, Kristin and Brandt, Christian and Braun, Sascha and Collatz, Maximilian and Diezel, Celia and Gawlik, Darius and others: Description of staphylococcal strains from Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) and Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) and a review of their phylogenetic relationships to other staphylococci. In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, n.n., 412