Research and Publications in Bacteriology
- Prevalence, clinical and demographic characteristics of concomitant dengue fever and leptospirosis among acute dengue fever patients in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. In WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 11(2):2022 p 93-96, DOI:10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.
- Multilocus sequence typing reveals diverse known and novel genotypes of Leptospira spp. circulating in Sri Lanka. In PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(8): e0008573. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pntd.0008573
- Antimicrobial susceptibility and serotypes of Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sri Lanka: Experience from the National Reference Laboratory. Asian Pac J Trop Med 2022; 15(3): 114-120.
- Improving report generation and delivery system of microbiological investigations at MRI – Sri Lanka with concern to Turn-Around-Time, an intervention study. In International Journal Online and Biomedical Engineering iJOE 2020 Vol.16(9): p26-35
- Development of in-house ELISAs as an alternative method for the serodiagnosis of leptospirosis. In, International Journal of Infectious Diseases 105 (2021) 135–140
- Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of human Brucella infection in selected provinces in Sri Lanka. Brief Report. In Ceylon Medical Journal 2019; 64: 25-29 DOI: http://doi.org/ 10.4038/cmj.v64i1.8824
- Effects of antimicrobial agents on inflammatory cytokines in acute leptospirosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 62(5): e02312-17 May 2018 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02312-17
- A diagnostic scoring model for leptospirosis in resource limited settings. In: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases June 22, 2016 p 1-10 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004513
- Diagnosis of Leptospirosis: Comparison between Microscopic Agglutination Test, IgM-ELISA and IgM Rapid Immunochromatography Test. PLoS ONE (2015) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129236
- Pemasiri C., Karunanayake L. Study to determine vancomycin susceptibility by different test methods in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2021:58(1)
- Successful containment of a nosocomial outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia in a special care baby unit of a base hospital in Sri Lanka. In, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015, 4(Suppl 1):p264 [SJR=1.286, Tier Level=Q1, H index=46, Journal’s impact factor for 2021-2022= 4.887]
- C. diphtheriae native-valve endocarditis in children: An emerging pathogen? In International Journal of Infectious Diseases 101(S1) (2021)172 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.463 [SJR=2.433, Tier Level=Q1, H index=104, Journal’s impact factor for 2021-2022 = 3.623]
- Sequel and therapeutic modalities of leptospirosis associated severe pulmonary haemorrhagic syndrome (SPHS); a Sri Lankan experience. In BMC Infectious Diseases (2019) 19:451 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4094-0
- Changes in full blood count parameters in leptospirosis: a prospective study. Short Report In: International Archives of Medicine 2014, 7:31 http://www.intarchmed.com/content/7/1/31
- Clinical and laboratory associations of severity in a Sri Lankan cohort of patients with serologically confirmed leptospirosis: a prospective study In Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015;109:p710–716
- Use of Silicon nanoparticle surface coating in infection control: Experience in a tropical healthcare setting. In, Infection Disease & Health, Elsevier (2019) 24, 201e207. © 2019 Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2019.06.
- An outbreak of Pantoea agglomerans infection in the neonatal intensive care unit at Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka. In: Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2016;45 [SJR=0.136, Tier Level=Q4, H index=7, Journal’s impact factor for 2021=0.19]
- 21. Senanayake NP, Karunanayake L Outbreak of bloodstream infection with extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at a Teaching Hospital. In Journal of Nepal Pediatric Society, September-December, 2014: Vol:34(3) [SJR=0.197, Tier Level=Q4, H index=9, Journal’s impact score for 2021= 0.13]
- Post-transplant Urinary Tract Infections and Surgical Site Infections among Renal Transplant Recipients in a Transplant Unit in Sri Lanka. Indian Journal of Transplantation 2017;11(2)p31-34
- Optochin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. To the Editors: Ceylon Medical Journal 2011; 56: 41-42
- Fatal meningitis in a child due to a multi-drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Case Report In: Ceylon Medical Journal 2009: Vol.52(1) 32-33. doi: 10.4038/cmj. v52i1.1049
- Enteric fever caused by Salmonella isolates with decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Ceylon Medical Journal 49: 137 [SJR=0.239, Tier Level=Q3, H index=24]
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis. In The Bulletin of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists 18(1) August 2020 p. 64-65. ISSN 1391-930X
- The National External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Microbiology, Medical Research Institute: review of the national program in Sri Lanka. In The Bulletin of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists August 2020:18(1);p54-58.ISSN 1391-930X
- Whooping cough in children. In The Bulletin of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists August 2020:18(1);p62-64.ISSN 1391-930X
- Characteristics of community acquired and hospital acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. Research Article. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2019 Vol.9 (1)24-31 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v9i1.8229
- Demographic, Clinical and Bacteriological characteristics of Human Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka: A retrospective analysis. In: J Bacteriol Mycol, 2016;3(2) 1028. ISSN:2471-0172
- Evaluation of invitro and ex vivo antimicrobial efficacy of non-alcohol based herbal hand scrubs developed against selected pathogens. Asian Journal of Pharmacognosy (2021); 5(3): 20-29 eISSN-0128-1119 p. 20-29