List of works by Kwai Lin Thong

A duplex endpoint PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Leptospira strains

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A microdevice for rapid, monoplex and colorimetric detection of foodborne pathogens using a centrifugal microfluidic platform

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

A portable automatic endpoint detection system for amplicons of loop mediated isothermal amplification on microfluidic compact disk platform

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A reduced graphene oxide-titanium dioxide nanocomposite based electrochemical aptasensor for rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella enterica

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

A simple approach to obtain comparable Shigella sonnei MLVA results across laboratories

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

Acute haematogenous community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in an adult: case report and review of literature.

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Antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Shigella sonnei strains in Malaysia (1997-2000).

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Antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed: field Gel Electrophoretic analysis of Salmonella in a tertiary hospital in northern Malaysia

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Characterisation of the Virulence Factors and Genetic Types of Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from Patients and Healthy Individuals

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Characterization of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolates from Asymptomatic Migrant Food Handlers in Peninsular Malaysia

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Characterization of Shigella sonnei in Malaysia, an increasingly prevalent etiologic agent of local shigellosis cases

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Characterization of drug resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium by antibiograms, plasmids, integrons, resistance genes and PFGE.

scientific article published on June 2010

Characterization of multidrug resistant ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates from hospitals in Malaysia

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Cloning, expression, and purification of recombinant protein from a single synthetic multivalent construct of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 26 January 2006

Clostridium perfringens and sulphite reducing clostridia densities in selected tropical Malaysian rivers.

scientific article published on January 2012

Colorimetric biosensing of targeted gene sequence using dual nanoparticle platforms

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Colorimetric detection of DNA hybridization based on a dual platform of gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Comparative PCR-based fingerprinting of Vibrio cholerae isolated in Malaysia

scientific article published on January 2011

Comparative Virulotyping of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella enteritidis

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Comparative genome analysis of multiple vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from two fatal cases

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Comparative genomic provides insight into the virulence and genetic diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with shrimp acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Comparative genomics analyses revealed two virulent Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from ready-to-eat food

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Comparative genomics of closely related Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains reveals genome dynamics and the acquisition of novel pathogenic elements

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Comparison of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in 2003 and 2008 with an emergence of multidrug resistant ST22: SCCmec IV clone in a tertiary hospital, Malaysia.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary hospital in Terengganu, Malaysia

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

DNA methylation profiling revealed promoter hypermethylation-induced silencing of p16, DDAH2 and DUSP1 in primary oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Detection of multiple potentially pathogenic bacteria in Matang mangrove estuaries, Malaysia

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

Detection of virulence genes in Malaysian Shigella species by multiplex PCR assay

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Determination of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Javanica and Leptospira interrogans serovar Bataviae as the persistent Leptospira serovars circulating in the urban rat populations in Peninsular Malaysia

scientific article published on March 2016

Determination of molecular types and genetic heterogeneity of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii in Malaysia.

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Distribution, genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance of clinically important bacteria from the environment of a tertiary hospital.

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Diversity of microbiota associated with symptomatic and non-symptomatic bacterial wilt-diseased banana plants determined using 16S rRNA metagenome sequencing

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Endemicity of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii Complex in an Intensive Care Unit in Malaysia

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Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Malaysia, 2004-2012.

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Evaluation of a modified Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin agar for isolation of Yersinia spp.

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Further evaluation of a multiplex PCR for differentiation of Salmonella paratyphi A from other salmonellae.

scientific article published on July 2008

Genetic Relatedness of Salmonella Serovars Isolated from Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Tilapia (Tilapia mossambica) Obtained from Wet Markets and Ponds in Penang, Malaysia.

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Genetic diversity of clinical and environmental strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Weltevreden isolated in Malaysia

scientific article published on July 2002

Genetic diversity of human isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in Malaysia

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Genetic diversity, virulotyping and antimicrobial resistance susceptibility of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from pigs and porcine products in Malaysia.

scientific article published on 24 May 2017

Genetic fine structure of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain associated with the 2005 outbreak of typhoid fever in Kelantan, Malaysia.

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Genetic variation analysis of Vibrio cholerae using multilocus sequencing typing and multi-virulence locus sequencing typing

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Genome Sequence of "Anthococcus," a Novel Genus of the Family Streptococcaceae Isolated from Flowers.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Genome anatomy of the gastrointestinal pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus of crustacean origin.

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Genome sequence and comparative genomics analysis of a Vibrio cholerae O1 strain isolated from a cholera patient in Malaysia

scientific article published on December 2012

Genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii AC12, a polymyxin-resistant strain isolated from Terengganu, Malaysia

scientific article published on November 2012

Genome sequence of Kosakonia radicincitans UMEnt01/12, a bacterium associated with bacterial wilt diseased banana plant

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Genome size variation among recent human isolates of Salmonella typhi.

scientific article published on March 1997

Genomic characterization of endemic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Salmonella enterica serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- isolated in Malaysia.

scientific article published on 21 April 2018

Genotypic characterization of Salmonella typhi by amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting provides increased discrimination as compared to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping.

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Genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19F in Malaysia.

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

High resolution melting analysis for rapid mutation screening in gyrase and Topoisomerase IV genes in quinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica

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Human Leptospirosis in Malaysia: Reviewing the Challenges After 8 Decades (1925-2012).

scientific article published on 3 April 2016

Increasing genetic diversity of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi isolates from papua new guinea over the period from 1992 to 1999.

scientific article published on November 2002

Isolation and Characterization of Aquatic-Borne Klebsiella pneumoniae from Tropical Estuaries in Malaysia.

scientific article published on 15 April 2016

Isolation and molecular characterization of Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira borgpetersenii isolates from the urban rat populations of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of generic and verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli among indigenous individuals in Malaysia.

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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 15 January 2013

Macrorestriction analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of Salmonella enterica at a University Teaching Hospital, Kuala Lumpur

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Macrorestriction analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) isolates from Malaysia

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, 2003-2015: Comparative evaluation of changing trends in molecular epidemiology and clinical outcomes of infections

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Mimotopes of heat shock proteins of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi identified from phage-displayed peptide library

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Mimotopes of the Vi Antigen ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhi Identified from Phage Display Peptide Library

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolated from human, food, and animal sources in Malaysia.

scientific article published in January 2013

Molecular characterization showed limited genetic diversity among Salmonella Enteritidis isolated from humans and animals in Malaysia

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Molecular evidence of Burkholderia pseudomallei genotypes based on geographical distribution.

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Molecular investigation of virulence determinants between a virulent clinical strain and an attenuated strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei

scientific article published on 26 July 2012

Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Vibrio cholerae in comparison with pulsed field gel electrophoresis and virulotyping.

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Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) genotyping of human Brucella isolates in Malaysia

scientific article published on 2 June 2015

Mutations in rpoB and fusA cause resistance to rifampicin and fusidic acid in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Nosocomial outbreak of Enterobacter gergoviae bacteraemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published in April 2003

One-step species-specific high resolution melting analysis for nosocomial bacteria detection

scientific article published on December 2014

Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis gastroenteritis: investigation by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

scientific article published in January 1998

Outbreak-associated Vibrio cholerae genotypes with identical pulsotypes, Malaysia, 2009.

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Overview of Molecular Typing Tools for The Characterization of Salmonella enterica in Malaysia

scientific article published on October 2015

PCR fingerprinting of Blastocystis isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic human hosts

scientific article (publication date: September 2006)

Paratyphoid fever: splicing the global analyses

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Pathogenic and saprophytic Leptospira species in water and soils from selected urban sites in peninsular Malaysia.

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Predominance of the ST143 and ST50 Leptospira clones in the urban rat populations of Peninsular Malaysia.

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Prevalence and characterization of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from pediatric wards of a Malaysian hospital

scientific article published on 6 March 2012

Prevalence and characterization of verotoxigenic-Escherichia coli isolates from pigs in Malaysia

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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Vibrio vulnificus in raw seafood and seawater in Malaysia.

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Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of multidrug-resistant and -sensitive strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Malaysian hospital.

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Quinolone Resistance Mechanisms Among Salmonella enterica in Malaysia

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

RNA-seq analysis of Macrobrachium rosenbergii hepatopancreas in response to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection.

scientific article published on 14 March 2015

Salmonella typhi Genomics: Envisaging the Future of Typhoid Eradication

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Screening of differential promoter hypermethylated genes in primary oral squamous cell carcinoma.

scientific article published on January 2014

Simple and rapid detection of Salmonella strains by direct PCR amplification of the hilA gene

scientific article published in September 2003

Simultaneous differential detection of human pathogenic and nonpathogenic Vibrio species using a multiplex PCR based on gyrB and pntA genes.

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Temporal changes in the genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary Malaysian hospital based on MLST, spa, and mec-associated dru typing

scientific article published on 6 July 2012

The Complete Sequence and Comparative Analysis of a Multidrug-Resistance and Virulence Multireplicon IncFII Plasmid pEC302/04 from an Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli EC302/04 Indicate Extensive Diversity of IncFII Plasmids

scientific article published in January 2015

The dnd operon for DNA phosphorothioation modification system in Escherichia coli is located in diverse genomic islands

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The emergence of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from swine in Malaysia

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Variable Responses to Carbon Utilization between Planktonic and Biofilm Cells of a Human Carrier Strain of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Variable carbon catabolism among Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates

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Variations in motility and biofilm formation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

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Whole-genome analysis of an extensively drug-resistant clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii AC12: insights into the mechanisms of resistance of an ST195 clone from Malaysia

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

ermA, ermC , tetM and tetK are essential for erythromycin and tetracycline resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

scientific article published on 01 April 2012