Professor
Paul
Turner
Director
Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Paul Turner is a clinical paediatric microbiologist and director of the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), based at Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap. COMRU is a component of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, one of the Wellcome Africa and Asia Programmes. He is Professor of Paediatric Microbiology at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
Paul leads research on pneumococcal colonisation and the nasopharyngeal microbiota, paediatric invasive bacterial infection epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). He is the principal investigator of the ACORN Asia-Africa clinical AMR surveillance network. His non-research work focuses on capacity development for diagnostic microbiology in low-resource settings, in particular improving laboratory informatics for better local data utilisation. Paul led development of the MICRO reporting framework for clinical microbiology data and chairs the steering committee for a Wellcome-funded SEDRI-LIMS open-source laboratory data management development project.
All Publications
Understanding hospital antimicrobial prescribing decisions and determinants of uptake of new local antimicrobial prescribing guidelines in Laos
Chansamouth, V., Douangnouvong, A., Thammavongsa, P., Sombandith, X., Keomany, S., Rattana, S., Newton, P., Day, N., Turner, P., Mayxay, M., van Doorn, H., & Ashley, E. (2024). Wellcome Open Research, 9, 183.
Understanding hospital antimicrobial prescribing decisions and determinants of uptake of new local antimicrobial prescribing guidelines in the Laos
Chansamouth, V., Day, N., Douangnouvong, A., Thammavongsa, P., Sombandith, X., Keomany, S., Rattana, S., Newton, P., Turner, P., Mayxay, M., van Doorn, R., & Ashley, E. (2024). Wellcome Open Research, 9.
Implementing the WHO AWaRe antibiotic book guidance in lower-resource settings: the case of the Lao PDR
Chansamouth, V., Inlorkham, P., Keohavong, B., Bellingham, K., van Doorn, H., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Turner, P., Day, N., & Ashley, E. (2024). JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6(1).
Antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria causing febrile illness in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia: a systematic review of published etiological studies from 1980-2015
Roberts, T., Dahal, P., Shrestha, P., Schilling, W., Shrestha, R., Ngu, R., Huong, V., van Doorn, H., Phimolsarnnousith, V., Miliya, T., Crump, J., Bell, D., Newton, P., Dittrich, S., Hopkins, H., Stepniewska, K., Guerin, P., Ashley, E., & Turner, P. (2022). International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122.
Evaluation of trends in hospital antimicrobial use in the Lao PDR using repeated point-prevalence surveys-evidence to improve treatment guideline use
Chansamouth, V., Chommanam, D., Roberts, T., Keomany, S., Paphasiri, V., Phamisith, C., Sengsavang, S., Detleuxay, K., Phoutsavath, P., Bouthavong, S., Douangnouvong, A., Vongsouvath, M., Rattana, S., Keohavong, B., Day, N., Turner, P., van Doorn, H., Mayxay, M., Ashley, E., & Newton, P. (2022). The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 27.
Evolutionary histories and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Southeast Asia
The, H., Bodhidatta, L., Pham, D., Mason, C., Thanh, T., Vinh, P., Turner, P., Hem, S., Dance, D., Newton, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Davong, V., Thwaites, G., Thomson, N., Baker, S., & Rabaa, M. (2022). Access Microbiology, 4(5).
Trends in Hospital Antimicrobial Use in the Lao PDR Using Regular Point-Prevalence Surveys-Evidence to Evaluate and Improve Treatment Guideline Use
chansamouth, V., Chommanamm, D., Roberts, T., Keomany, S., Paphasiri, V., Phamisith, C., Sengsavang, S., Detleuxay, K., Phoutsavath, P., Bouthavong, S., Douangnouvong, A., Vongsouvath, M., Rattana, S., Keohavong, B., Day, N., Turner, P., van Doorn, H., Maxay, M., Ashley, E., & Newton, P. (2022). In SSRN Electronic Journal.
Antimicrobial use and resistance data in human and animal sectors in the Lao PDR: evidence to inform policy
Chansamouth, V., Mayxay, M., Dance, D., Roberts, T., Phetsouvanh, R., Vannachone, B., Vongsouvath, M., Davong, V., Inthavong, P., Khounsy, S., Keohavong, B., Keoluangkhot, V., Choumlivong, K., Day, N., Turner, P., Ashley, E., van Doorn, H., & Newton, P. (2021). BMJ Global Health, 6(12).
Evolutionary histories and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Southeast Asia
The, H., Bodhidatta, L., Pham, D., Mason, C., Thanh, T., Vinh, P., Turner, P., Hem, S., Dance, D., Newton, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Davong, V., Thwaites, G., Thomson, N., Baker, S., & Rabaa, M. (2021). Communications Biology, 4(1).
Impact of delays to incubation and storage temperature on blood culture results: a multi-centre study
Ling, C., Roberts, T., Soeng, S., Cusack, T.-P., Dance, D., Lee, S., Reed, T., Hinfonthong, P., Sihalath, S., Sengduangphachanh, A., Watthanaworawit, W., Wangrangsimakul, T., Newton, P., Nosten, F., Turner, P., & Ashley, E. (2021). BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1).
Prediction of disease severity in young children presenting with acute febrile illness in resource-limited settings: a protocol for a prospective observational study
Chandna, A., Aderie, E., Ahmad, R., Arguni, E., Ashley, E., Cope, T., Dat, V., Day, N., Dondorp, A., Illanes, V., De Jesus, J., Jimenez, C., Kain, K., Suy, K., Koshiaris, C., Lasry, E., Mayxay, M., Mondal, D., Perera, R., … Lubell, Y. (2021). BMJ Open, 11(1).
Impact of delays to incubation and storage temperature on blood culture results in tropical countries: A multi-centre study
Soeng, S., Ling, C., Cusack, T.-P., Dance, D., Hinfonthong, P., Lee, S., Newton, P., Nosten, F., Reed, T., Roberts, T., Sengduangphachanh, A., Sihalath, S., Wangrangsimakul, T., Turner, P., & Ashley, E. (2020). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 101, 195-195.
Microbiology Investigation Criteria for Reporting Objectively (MICRO): A framework for the reporting and interpretation of clinical microbiology data
Turner, P., Fox-Lewis, A., Shrestha, P., Dance, D., Wangrangsimakul, T., Cusack, T.-P., Ling, C., Hopkins, J., Roberts, T., Limmathurotsakul, D., Cooper, B., Dunachie, S., Moore, C., Dolecek, C., van Doorn, H., Guerin, P., Day, N., & Ashley, E. (2020). Pathology, 52, s57.
Genomic surveillance for hypervirulence and multi-drug resistance in invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae from South and Southeast Asia
Wyres, K., Nguyen, T., Lam, M., Judd, L., Van Vinh Chau, N., Dance, D., Ip, M., Karkey, A., Ling, C., Miliya, T., Newton, P., Lan, N., Sengduangphachanh, A., Turner, P., Veeraraghavan, B., Vinh, P., Vongsouvath, M., Thomson, N., Baker, S., & Holt, K. (2020). Genome Medicine, 12.
The cost-effectiveness of the use of selective media for the diagnosis of melioidosis in different settings
Dance, D., Sihalath, S., Rith, K., Sengdouangphachanh, A., Luangraj, M., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., Lubell, Y., & Turner, P. (2019). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(7), e0007598.
One hypervirulent clone, sequence type 283, accounts for a large proportion of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from humans and diseased tilapia in Southeast Asia
Barkham, T., Zadoks, R., Azmai, M., Baker, S., Bich, V., Chalker, V., Chau, M., Dance, D., Deepak, R., Van Doorn, H., Gutierrez, R., Holmes, M., Huong, L., Koh, T., Martins, E., Mehershahi, K., Newton, P., Ng, L., Phuoc, N., … Chen, S. (2019). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(6).
Microbiology Investigation Criteria for Reporting Objectively (MICRO): a framework for the reporting and interpretation of clinical microbiology data
Turner, P., Fox-Lewis, A., Shrestha, P., Dance, D., Wangrangsimakul, T., Cusack, T.-P., Ling, C., Hopkins, J., Roberts, T., Limmathurotsakul, D., Cooper, B., Dunachie, S., Moore, C., Dolecek, C., Van Doorn, H., Guerin, P., Day, N., & Ashley, E. (2019). BMC Medicine, 17(1), 70.
Genomic surveillance for hypervirulence and multi-drug resistance in invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae from south and southeast Asia
Wyres, K., Nguyen, T., Lam, M., Judd, L., van Vinh Chau, N., Dance, D., Ip, M., Karkey, A., Ling, C., Miliya, T., Newton, P., Nguyen, L., Sengduangphachanh, A., Turner, P., Veeraraghavan, B., Vinh, P., Vongsouvath, M., Thomson, N., Baker, S., & Holt, K. (2019).
Climatic drivers of melioidosis in Laos and Cambodia: a 16-year case series analysis
Bulterys, P., Bulterys, M., Phommasone, K., Luangraj, M., Mayxay, M., Kloprogge, S., Miliya, T., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., Phetsouvanh, R., French, C., Miller, J., Turner, P., & Dance, D. (2018). Lancet Planetary Health, 2(8), e334 - e343.
An inventory of supranational antimicrobial resistance surveillance networks involving low- and middle-income countries since 2000
Ashley, E., Recht, J., Chua, A., Dance, D., Dhorda, M., Thomas, N., Ranganathan, N., Turner, P., Guerin, P., White, N., & Day, N. (2018). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Performance of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial and malarial causes of fever in Southeast Asia
Lubell, Y., Blacksell, S., Dunachie, S., Tanganuchitcharnchai, A., Althaus, T., Watthanaworawit, W., Paris, D., Mayxay, M., Peto, T., Dondorp, A., White, N., Day, N., Nosten, F., Newton, P., & Turner, P. (2015). BMC Infectious Diseases, 15(1).
Erratum for Parry et al., Clinically and microbiologically derived azithromycin susceptibility breakpoints for Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A.
Parry, C., Thieu, N., Dolecek, C., Karkey, A., Gupta, R., Turner, P., Dance, D., Maude, R., Ha, V., Tran, C., Thi, P., Be, B., Phi, L., Ngoc, R., Ghose, A., Dongol, S., Campbell, J., Thanh, D., Thanh, T., … Baker, S. (2015). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(7), 4364.
Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events.
Wong, V., Baker, S., Pickard, D., Parkhill, J., Page, A., Feasey, N., Kingsley, R., Thomson, N., Keane, J., Weill, F.-X., Edwards, D., Hawkey, J., Harris, S., Mather, A., Cain, A., Hadfield, J., Hart, P., Thieu, N., Klemm, E., … Dougan, G. (2015). Nature Genetics, 47(6), 632-639.
A novel technique for detecting antibiotic-resistant typhoid from rapid diagnostic tests.
Nic Fhogartaigh, C., Dance, D., Davong, V., Tann, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Turner, P., Dittrich, S., & Newton, P. (2015). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(5), 1758-1760.
Clinically and microbiologically derived azithromycin susceptibility breakpoints for Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A.
Parry, C., Thieu, N., Dolecek, C., Karkey, A., Gupta, R., Turner, P., Dance, D., Maude, R., Ha, V., Tran, C., Thi, P., Be, B., Phi, L., Ngoc, R., Ghose, A., Dongol, S., Campbell, J., Thanh, D., Thanh, T., … Baker, S. (2015). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(5), 2756-2764.