Pathology

The Commendation Medal (COVID-19)

Prime Minister’s Office Singapore,2022

GIS Spot award

Genome Institute of Singapore, ASTAR,2021

Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2021

Singhealth,2021

NMRC Research Training Fellowship

NMRC,2020

Inspiring Mentor Award

Pathology ACP, SGH,2019

Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study

Lancet Microbe – Chayaporn Suphavilai*, Karrie Kwan Ki Ko*, Kar Mun Lim, Mei Gie Tan, Patipan Boonsimma, Joash Jun Keat Chu, Sui Sin Goh, Prevena Rajandran,Lai Chee Lee, Kwee Yuen Tan, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, May Kyawt Aung, Yong Yang, Jean Xiang Ying Sim, Indumathi Venkatachalam,Benjamin Pei Zhi Cherng, BramSpruijtenburg, Kian Sing Chan, Lynette Lin EanOon,Ai Ling Tan, Yen Ee Tan, LiminWijaya, BanHock Tan,Moi Lin Ling,Tse Hsien Koh, Jacques F Meis, Clement Kin Ming Tsui, Niranjan Nagarajan (2024)

Metagenomics-enabled microbial surveillance.

Nature microbiology – Ko Karrie K K; Chng Kern Rei; Nagarajan Niranjan (2022)

7 (4); 486-496

Cartography of opportunistic pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in a tertiary hospital environment.

Nature medicine – Chng Kern Rei; Li Chenhao; Bertrand Denis; Ng Amanda Hui Qi; Kwah Junmei Samantha; Low Hwee Meng; Tong Chengxuan; Natrajan Maanasa; Zhang Michael Hongjie; Xu Licheng; Ko Karrie Kwan Ki; Ho Eliza Xin Pei; Av-Shalom Tamar V; Teo Jeanette Woon Pei; Khor Chiea Chuen; ; Chen Swaine L; Mason Christopher E; Ng Oon Tek; Marimuthu Kalisvar; Ang Brenda; Nagarajan Niranjan (2020)

26 (6); 941-951

No evidence for a common blood microbiome based on a population study of 9,770 healthy humans.

Nature microbiology – Tan Cedric C S; Ko Karrie K K; Chen Hui; Liu Jianjun; Loh Marie; ; Chia Minghao; Nagarajan Niranjan (2023)

8 (5); 973-985

First Case of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Multidrug-Resistant in Singapore.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy – Ko Karrie Kwan Ki; Chio Martin T W; Goh Sui Sin; Tan Ai Ling; Koh Tse Hsien; Abdul Rahman Nurdyana Binte (2019)

63 (5);

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations during Prolonged Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts.

Microbiology spectrum – Ko Karrie K K; Yingtaweesittikul Hatairat; Tan Thuan Tong; Wijaya Limin; Cao Delphine Yanhong; Goh Sui Sin; Abdul Rahman Nurdyana Binte; Chan Kenneth X L; Tay Hui Ming; Sim James Heng Chiak; Chan Kian Sing; Oon Lynette L E; Nagarajan Niranjan; Suphavilai Chayaporn (2022)

10 (3);

Clonal serotype 1c multidrug-resistant detected in multiple institutions by sentinel-site sequencing.

Frontiers in medicine – Ko Karrie K K; Chu Joash Jun Keat; Lim Kar Mun; Yingtaweesittikul Hatairat; Huang Wenjie; Tan Shireen Yan Ling; Goh Kenneth Choon Meng; Tan Si Huei; Ng Tong Yong; Maiwald Matthias; Chia Jonathan Wei Zhong; Cao Delphine Yanhong; Tan Yen Ee; Sim James Heng Chiak; Koh Tse Hsien; Nagarajan Niranjan; Suphavilai Chayaporn (2022)

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Sporadic outbreaks of healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection in a highly-vaccinated inpatient population during a community outbreak of the B.1.617.2 variant: The role of enhanced infection-prevention measures.

American journal of infection control – Wee Liang En; Conceicao Edwin Philip; Sim Jean Xiang-Ying; Aung May Kyawt; Aung Myat Oo; Yong Yang; Arora Shalvi; Ko Karrie Kwan-Ki; Venkatachalam Indumathi (2022)

50 (4); 465-468

The limits of genomic sequencing for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure investigations: For nosocomial outbreak reconstruction, community exposures matter, too.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology – Wee Liang En Ian; Ko Karrie Kwan-Ki; Conceicao Edwin Philip; Aung May Kyawt; Oo Aung Myat; Yang Yong; Arora Shalvi; Venkatachalam Indumathi (2023)

44 (1); 152-154

CalmBelt: Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Genome Characterization for Outbreak Tracking.

Frontiers in medicine – Yingtaweesittikul Hatairat; Ko Karrie; Abdul Rahman Nurdyana; Tan Shireen Yan Ling; Nagarajan Niranjan; Suphavilai Chayaporn (2021)

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