Education

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      • Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Ph.D. (Engineering; Biotechnology) 2002

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Research Interest

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      • Laboratory diagnosis development for tuberculosis, Molecular study of M. tuberculosis and pathogenesis tuberculosis

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Publication

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• Aung YW, Faksri K, Sangka A, Tomanakan K, Namwat W. Heteroresistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Sputum Detected by Droplet Digital PCR. Biology (Basel). 2023 Mar 30;12(4):525.
       
• Poosari A, Nutravong T, Namwat W, Sa-Ngiamwibool P, Ungareewittaya P, Boonyanugomol W. Relationship between Helicobacter Pylori Infection and the Risk of Esophageal Cancer in Thailand. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2023 Mar 1;24(3):1073–80.
       
• Aung YW, Faksri K, Sangka A, Tomanakan K, Namwat W. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Sputum Samples Using Droplet Digital PCR Targeting mpt64. Pathogens. 2023 Feb 18;12(2):345.
       
• Poosari A, Nutravong T, Namwat W, Wasenang W, Sa-Ngiamwibool P, Ungareewittaya P. The relationship between P16INK4A and TP53 promoter methylation and the risk and prognosis in patients with oesophageal cancer in Thailand. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 20;12(1):10337.
       
• Boonjetsadaruhk W, Kaewprasert O, Nithichanon A, Ananta P, Chaimanee P, Salao K, et al. High rate of reinfection and possible transmission of Mycobacterium avium complex in Northeast Thailand. One Health. 2022 Jun;14:100374.
       
• Thwe EP, Namwat W, Pinlaor P, Rueangsak K, Sangka A. Novel mutations detected from drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from North East of Thailand. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021 Oct 13;37(11):194.
       
• Khieu V, Ananta P, Kaewprasert O, Laohaviroj M, Namwat W, Faksri K. Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis to Identify Infection with Multiple Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Pathogens. 2021 Jul 11;10(7):879.
       
• Kaewprasert O, Nonghanphithak D, Chetchotisakd P, Namwat W, Ong RTH, Faksri K. Whole-Genome Sequencing and Drug-Susceptibility Analysis of Serial Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates from Thai Patients. Biology (Basel). 2022 Sep 5;11(9):1319.
       
• Poosari A, Nutravong T, Sa-Ngiamwibool P, Namwat W, Chatrchaiwiwatana S, Ungareewittaya P. Association between infection with Campylobacter species, poor oral health and environmental risk factors on esophageal cancer: a hospital-based case-control study in Thailand. Eur J Med Res. 2021 Jul 31;26(1):82.
       
• Saiboonjan B, Roytrakul S, Sangka A, Lulitanond V, Faksri K, Namwat W. Proteomic analysis of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant nonreplicating Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultured in vitro. Biochem Biophys Rep. 2021 Jul;26:100960.
       
• Moe Sann WW, Namwat W, Faksri K, Swe TL, Swe KK, Thwin T, et al. Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using 24-locus MIRU-VNTR typing and Spoligotyping in Upper Myanmar. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2020 Nov 30;14(11):1296–305.
       
• Sirichoat A, Sankuntaw N, Engchanil C, Buppasiri P, Faksri K, Namwat W, et al. Comparison of different hypervariable regions of 16S rRNA for taxonomic profiling of vaginal microbiota using next-generation sequencing. Arch Microbiol. 2021 Apr;203(3):1159–66.
       
• Rueangsak K, Tanuchit S, Chumpol J, Kamhorm S, Ngoenpramual M, Namwat W, et al. 24-locus MIRU-VNTR and Spoligotyping analysis of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from Northeastern Thailand. Infect Genet Evol. 2020 Nov;85:104449.
       
• Konyanee A, Yotpanya P, Panya M, Engchanil C, Suebwongsa N, Namwat W, et al. Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus fermentum 47-7, a Good In Vitro Probiotic Strain Isolated from a Healthy Thai Infant. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 26;8(39):e01014-19.
       
• Kham-Ngam I, Chetchotisakd P, Ananta P, Chaimanee P, Reechaipichitkul W, Lulitanond V, et al. Differentiation between persistent infection/colonization and re-infection/re-colonization of Mycobacterium abscessus isolated from patients in Northeast Thailand. Infect Genet Evol. 2019 Mar;68:35–42.