Full Name
M. John Albert
Position
Professor
Department
Microbiology
Contact Detail
Email :[email protected]
Tel :2498 6502
Area of Specialization
Enteric Microbiology
Qualifications
PhD, FRCPath, FAAM
Research Interest
Pathogenesis and drug resistance of Campylobacter, Helicobacter
pylori and diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli infections.
Publications (last 5 years)
1. Albert MJ, Udo E, Jose BT, Haridas S, Rotimi VO.
Tetracycline resistance is frequent among Campylobacter
jejuni isolates from Kuwait. Microbial Drug Resistance
2009; 15 (in press).
2. Albert MJ, Rotimi VO, Dhar R, Silpikurian S, Pacsa AS,
Molla MA, Szucs G. Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are
not a significant cause of diarrhoea in hospitalised children
in Kuwait. BMC Microbiology 2009; 9: 62.
3. Dimitrov T, Dashti AA, Albaksami O, Udo EE, Jadaon MM,
Albert MJ. Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhi from Kuwait with novel mutations in gyrA
and parC genes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2009;47:208-211.
4. Nguyen DT, Nguyen BM, Tran MH, Ngo TC, Le TH, Nguyen
HT, Albert MJ, Iwami M, Ehara M. Filamentous
vibriophage fs2 encoding the rstC gene integrates into the
same chromosomal region as the CTX phage. FEMS
Microbiology Letters 2008; 284: 225-230.
5. Albert MJ, Haridas S, Adler B. Major outer membrane
proteins from many Campylobacter species cross-react with
cholera toxin. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 2008;
15: 859-862.
6. Ochiai RL, Acosta CJ, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Dong B,
Bhattacharya SK, Agtini M, Bhutta ZA, Do CG, Ali M,
Shin S, Wain J, Page A-L, Albert MJ, Deen DL, Farrar J,
Dang DA, Yang H, Abu-Elyazeed R, Pang T, Xu Z-Y,
Galindo CM, von Seidlein L, Clemens JD, Domi Typhoid
Study Group. A study of typhoid fever in five Asian
countries: disease burden and implications for control.
Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2008; 86:
260-268.
7. Mokaddas EM, Rotimi VO, Albert MJ. Implications of
Streptococcus pneumoniae penicillin resistance and serotype
distribution in Kuwait for disease treatment and prevention.
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 2008; 15: 203-207.
8. Al-Banna N, Junaid TA, Mathew TC, Raghupathy R, Albert
MJ. Histopathological and ultrastructural studies of a mouse
lung model of Campylobacter jejuni infection. Journal of
Medical Microbiology 2008; 57: 210-217.
9. Rotimi VO, Jamal W, Pal T, Sovenned A, Albert MJ.
Emergence of CTX-M-15 type extended-spectrum βlactamase-producing Salmonella spp. in Kuwait and the
United Arab Emirates. Journal of Medical Microbiology
2008; 57: 881-886.
10. Al-Banna N, Raghupathy R, Albert MJ. Correlation of
proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels with
histopathological changes in an adult mouse lung model of
Campylobacter jejuni infection. Clinical and Vaccine
Immunology 2008;15: 1780-1787.
11. Rotimi VO, Jamal W, Pal T, Sonnevend A, Dimitrov TS,
Albert MJ. Emergence of multi-resistant Salmonella spp.
and isolates with reduced susceptibilty to ciprofloxacin in
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Diagnostic
Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2008; 60: 71-77.
12. Al-Benwan K, Abbott SL, Janda JM, Huys G, Albert MJ.
Cystitis caused by Aeromonas caviae. Journal of
Clinical Microbiology 2007; 45: 2348-2350.
13. Tran CT, Campbell JI, Galindo CM, Hoang NVM, Diep TS,
Nga TTT, Chau NVV, Tuan PQ, Page AL, Ochiai RL,
Schultsz C, Wain J, Bhutta ZA, Parry CM, Bhattacharya
SK, Dutta S, Agtini M, Dong B, Hongui Y, Anh DD, Canh
DG, Naheed A, Albert MJ, Phetsouvanh R, Newton PN,
Basnyat B, Arjyal A, La TTP, Rang NN, Phuong LT, Bay
PVB, von Seidlein L, Dougan G, Clemens JD, Vinh H, Hien
TT, Chinh NT, Acosta CJ, Farrar J, Dolecek C. Salmonella
enterica serovar Typhi: Antimicrobial drug resistance in
Asia and the molecular mechanism of reduced susceptibility
to the fluoroquinolones. Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy 2007; 51: 4315-4323.
14. Mokaddas EM, Rotimi VO, Albert MJ. Increasing
prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus
pneumoniae in Kuwait: implications for therapy. Microbial
Drug Resistance 2007; 13: 227-233.
15. Albert MJ, Haridas S, Steer D, Dhaunsi G, Smith AI, Adler
B. Idenitification of a Campylobacter jejuni protein that
cross-reacts with cholera toxin. Infection and Immunity
2007; 75: 3070-3073.
16. Marmash RW, Dalwai AK, Szucs G, Molla AM, Pacsa AS,
Al-Nakib W, Albert MJ. Genotype characterisation of
rotaviruses and prevalence of serotype-specific serum
antibodies in children in Kuwait. Epidemiology and
Infection 2007; 135: 1331-1337.
17. Rahman M, Kuhn I, Rahman M, Huys G, Albert MJ,
Mollby R. Survival and transmission of Aeromonas strains
in an aquaculture plant that uses duckweed grown on
hospital sewage as fish feed. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 2007; 73: 1444-1451.
18. Acosta CJ, Galindo CM, Ochiai RL, Danovaro-Holliday
MC, Laure-Page A, Thiem VD, Jin Y, Khan MI, Sahito SM,
Hamza HB, Park JK, Lee H, Boch H, Elyazeed RA, Albert
MJ, Ascaso C, Robles TQ, Ali M, Ngai P, Puri MK, Koo
YM, Agtini MD, Soeharno R, Bai-qing D, Kohl D, Xu Z-Y,
Ivanoff B, Jodar L, Pang T, Bhutta Z, Clemens JD.
Implementation of good clinical practice guidelines in
vaccine trials in developing countries. Vaccine 2007; 25:
2852-2857.
19. Albert MJ, Al-Mekhaizeem K, Neil R, Dhar R, Dhar PM,
Al-Ali M, Al-Abkal HM, Haridas S. High prevalence and
level of resistance to metronidazole, but lack of resistance to
other antimicrobials in Helicobacter pylori , isolated from
upper gastrointestinal complaints, from a multiracial
population in Kuwait.
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2006; 24:
1359-1366.
20. Hassan KH, Pathela P, Alam K, Podder G, Faruque S, Roy
E, Huq F, Huq R, Albert MJ, Siddique AK, Sack RB.
Etiology of diarrhea in a birth cohort of children 0-2 years
of age in rural Mirzapur, Bangladesh. Journal of Health,
Population and Nutrition 2006; 24: 25-35.
21. Albert MJ. Cholera: time for action. Indian Journal of
Medical Research 2006; 123: 15-16.
22. Wang XY, Du L, von Seidlein L, Xu ZY, Zhang Y, Hao Z,
Han O, Ma JC, Lee HJ, Ali M, Han CQ, Xing ZC, Chen JC,
Albert MJ, Clemens J. Occurrence of shigellosis in the
young and elderly in rural China: results of a 12-month
population-based surveillance study. American Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2005; 73: 416-422.
23. Huq A, Islam MS, Sack RB, Nizam A, Longini IM, Nair GB,
Ali A, Morris Jr JG, Khan MNH, Siddique AK, Yunus M,
Albert MJ, Sack DA, Colwell RR. Critical factors
influencing the occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in the
environment of Bangladesh. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 2005; 71: 4645-4654.
24. Khan I, Adler B, Haridas S, Albert MJ. PorA protein of
Campylobacter jejuni is not a cytotoxin mediating
inflammatory diarrhoea. Microbes and Infection 2005; 7:
853-859.
25. Albert MJ, Neil L, Pazhoor A, Haridas S, Rotimi V, Khan I.
Ciprofloxacin resistance and its molecular mechanism in
Campylobacter spp. isolated in Kuwait. Microbial Drug
Resistance 2005; 11: 266-270.
26. Ansaruzzaman M, Sultana M, Talukder KA, Alam K,
Matsushita S, Safa A, Khajanchi K, Dutta DK, Islam Z,
Albert MJ, Nair GB, Sack DA. Isolation and
characterization of provisional serovar of Shigella boydii
E16553 from diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh. Journal of
Medical Microbiology 2005; 54: 477-480.
27. Albert MJ, Nair GB. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-10 years
on. Reviews in Medical Microbiology 2005; 16: 135-143.
28. Dhar R, Badawi M, Qabazard Z, Albert MJ. Vibrio cholerae
(non-01, non-013)
sepsis in a child with Fanconi anemia. Diagnostic
Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2004; 50: 287-289.
29. Acosta CJ, Galindo CM, Ochiai RL, Danovaro-Holliday
MC, Laure-Page A, Thiem VD, Park JK, Park E, Koo H,
Wang XY, Elyazeed RA, Ali M, Albert MJ, Ivanoff B,
Pang T, Xu ZY, Clemens JD. The role of epidemiology in
the introduction of Vi polysaccharide typhoid fever vaccines
in Asia. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
2004; 22: 240-245.
30. O'Connell CB, Creasey EA, Knutton S, Elliot S, Crowther
LJ, Luo W, Albert MJ, Kaper JB, Frankel G, Donnenberg
MS. SepL, a protein required for enteropathogenic
Escherichia coli type III translocation system interacts with
secretion component SepD. Molecular Microbiology 2004;
52: 1613-1625.