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Paul Turner

@paulturnermicro.bsky.social
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Professor of Paediatric Microbiology, University of Oxford Director, Cambodia-Oxford Medical Research Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/paul-turner

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ACORN @acorn-amr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ACORN AMR attributable mortality analyses out in CID: doi.org/10.1093/cid/... We highlight the complexity of documenting burden of AMR in LMICs. BSIs are associated with ⬆️mortality overall but AMR-BSI not so much @hrvd.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cghr.ox.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk
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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 17/12/2025
#ResearchHighlight from @moru-mip.bsky.social, @oucru.bsky.social, @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Prospective characterisation of drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Africa and Asia #ACORN2 a surveillance network assessment 👉 www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi Paper 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Paul Turner @paulturnermicro.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Prospective characterisation of drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Africa and Asia (ACORN2): a surveillance network assessment - The Lancet Microbe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Great work by a tremendous team of collaborators! @wellcometrust.bsky.social @acorn-amr.bsky.social @who.int
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Prospective characterisation of drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Africa and Asia (ACORN2): a surveillance network assessment
ACORN2 has shown practical implementation of collecting linked clinical-laboratory AMR data in low-income and middle-income countries and identified a significant burden of WHO GLASS BSI. Adoption of ...
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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 07/11/2025
#ResearchHighlight from Cristina Ardura-Garcia & @paulturnermicro.bsky.social, @moru-mip.bsky.social Factors associated with positive blood cultures in children in nine African and Asian countries: the #ACORN2 surveillance network 👉 www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi Paper 👉 gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 07/11/2025
#NewResearch Genetic population structure of Haemophilus influenzae at local and global scales #microsky #IDsky @paulturnermicro.bsky.social & co www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic population structure of Haemophilus influenzae at local and global scales - Nature Microbiology
Large-scale sequencing and population genomic analyses reveal frequent transmission, a highly admixed global population structure and evidence of pervasive negative selection in Haemophilus influenzae...
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Paul Turner @paulturnermicro.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A great collaboration with Jukka Corander and colleagues, to define the population structure of this important global pathogen A first step towards identifying candidate antigens for new improved vaccines... @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic population structure of Haemophilus influenzae at local and global scales - Nature Microbiology
Large-scale sequencing and population genomic analyses reveal frequent transmission, a highly admixed global population structure and evidence of pervasive negative selection in Haemophilus influenzae...
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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 04/06/2025
🎪 In Cambodia, circus arts are helping raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance #AMR With antibiotics widely available and language barriers high, creative approaches are key to responsible use @moru-mip.bsky.social 📖 Read more: www.tropmedres.ac/news/circus-... #GlobalHealth #Cambodia
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Paul Turner @paulturnermicro.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Sustainable antimicrobial resistance surveillance: time for a global funding mechanism - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Sustainable antimicrobial resistance surveillance: time for a global funding mechanism
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is predicted to outstrip malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis combined as the leading infectious cause of death by 2050. Strengthening the knowledge and evidence base for AMR ...
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ACORN @acorn-amr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hello from the ACORN AMR Investigators We are delighted to share our first results preprint, covering the >40,000 clinical infection episodes and BSI / AMR data captured by our 19 sites across 9 African and Asian countries dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... More coming soon!
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ACORN2: Prospective Clinically Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Data from 19 Hospitals across Africa and Asia
<div> Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat requiring both clinical and laboratory data to determine burden and inform intervent
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