Dr Luria Founou

Honorary Lecturer

Researcher profile

Email

llf1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

I hold a PhD in Pharmaceutical Microbiology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I am a microbiologist with an excellent track record and over 10 years’ experience on antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases. I am Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and also serves as an advisory member for the World Health Organization Foodborne Diseases Epidemiology Reference Group.

I'm on a mission to ensure every woman giving birth sees her child grow, and every child has a chance at a healthy life. Leveraging my expertise in microbiology, I fight against preventable maternal and neonatal suffering, ensuring that the journey of childbirth and life in Africa is embraced as a joy, not a challenge.

I am guided by the belief that every woman giving birth deserves the right to see her child grow and similarly, each child deserves the right to live and to have a healthy life.

Research areas

My research work spans the epidemiology, transmission, and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria across the One Health interfaces, with a particular focus on mothers and neonates in Africa. I provided instrumental knowledge to improve food safety in Cameroon and South Africa.

Selected publications

• High prevalence of multidrug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urinary tract infections in the West region, Cameroon

  Bayaba, S., Founou, R. C., Tchouangueu, F. T., Dimani, B. D., Mafo, L. D., Nkengkana, O. A., Founou, L. L. & Noubom, M., 24 Jan 2025, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 25, 1, p. 115

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Genome analysis of multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis circulating among hospitalized patients in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  Founou, R. C., Founou, L. L., Allam, M., Ismail, A. & Essack, S. Y., 4 Jul 2024, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 24, 1, p. 671

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• High prevalence and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mothers and neonates in a Cameroonian labor ward

  Njeuna, A., Founou, L. L., Founou, R. C., Koudoum, P. L., Mbossi, A., Blocker, A., Bentley, S. D. & Etame Sone, L., Nov 2024, In: American journal of infection control. 52, 11, p. 1273-1282 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from childhood diarrhoea in Yaoundé, Cameroon

  Mahamat, S., Founou, R. C., Founou, L. L., Tchouangueu, T. F., Dimani, B. D., Nkengkana, O. A., Mafo, L. D., Chelo, D., Fonkoua, M. C., Boum-II, Y., Gonsu, H., Noubom, M., Olivier Koki Ndombo, P. & Gatsing, D., 10 Oct 2024, In: BMC Microbiology. 24, 10 p., 401.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Occurrence of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from Childhood Diarrhoea in Yaoundé, Cameroon

  Mahamat, S., Founou, R. C., Founou, L. L., Tchouangueu, T. F., Dimani, B. D., Nkengkana, O. A., Mafo, L. D., Chelo, D., Fonkoua, M. C., Boum-Ii, Y., Gonsu, H., Noubom, M., Olivier Koki Ndombo, P. & Gatsing, D., 10 Oct 2024, In: BMC Microbiology. 24, 1, p. 401

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  African women in science and development, bridging the gender gap

  Founou, L. L., Yamba, K., Kouamou, V., Asare Yeboah, E. E., Saidy, B., Jawara, L. A., Bah, H., Sambe Ba, B., Aworh, M. K. & Darboe, S., 1 Sept 2023, In: World Development Perspectives. 31, 4 p., 100528.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Faecal carriage of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in people living with HIV in Yaoundé, Cameroon

  Dimani, B. D., Founou, R. C., Zemtsa, J. R., Mbossi, A., Koudoum, P. L., Founou, L. L., Kouanfack, C. & Sone, L. H. E., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 35, p. 26-34 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae in non-pregnant populations: a systematic review.

  Founou, L. L., Khan, U. B., Medugu, N., Pinto, T. C. A., Darboe, S., Chendi, Z., Founou, R. C., To, K.-N., Jamrozy, D., Karampatsas, K., Carr, V. R., Pepper, K., Dangor, Z., Ip, M., Le Doare, K. & Bentley, S. D., Nov 2023, In: Microbial Genomics. 9, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of multidrug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from clinical samples in the western region in Cameroon

  Nkengkana, O. A., Founou, R. C., Founou, L. L., Dimani, B. D., Koudoum, P. L., Zemtsa, J. R., Mbossi, A., Mawout, C. S., Tegang, L. T. & Noubom, M., 22 Nov 2023, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 23, 1, 13 p., 819.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The long view of vaccination to secure the future

  Keddy, K. H. & Founou, L. L., Jun 2023, In: The Lancet Global Health. 11, 6, p. e807-e808

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

 

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