Name: Witawat Tunyong
Position: Medical Technologist
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Pumirat P, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Kong-Ngoen T, Tandhavanant S, Lohitthai S, Rungruengkitkun A, Chantratita N, Ampawong S, Reamtong O, Indrawattana N. Impact of AbaI mutation on virulence, biofilm development, and antibiotic susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii. Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 14; 14:21521. PMCID: PMC 11401864 PMID: 39277662. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72740-1.
Pumirat P, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Kong-Ngoen T, Tandhavanant S, Lohitthai S, Rungruengkitkun A, Chantratita N, Ampawong S, Reamtong O, Indrawattana N. Uncovering Abal: The Key to Understanding Acinetobacter baumannii. The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2024, Poster presentation.
Santajit S, Tunyong W, Horpet D, Binmut A, Kong-ngoen T, Wisessaowapak C, Techit T, Pumirat P, Indrawattana N. Unveiling the antimicrobial, anti-biofilm, and anti-quorum sensing potential of Paederia foetida Linn. leaf extract against Staphylococcus aureus: An integrated in vitro-in silico investigation. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Jul 1;13(7):613. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics13070613.
Santajit S, Tunyong W, Kong-ngoen T, Arsheewa W, Hinthong W, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Indrawattana N. Evaluation of blaoxa-48-like variant carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Prapokklao hospital, Thailand. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Oct 17;12(12): e00198-24. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00198-24.
Hinthong W, Srisook T, Tunyong W, Kong-ngoen T, Mahikul W, Santajit S, Sookrung N, Indrawattana N. “Investigation of the marine bacterial community along the coastline of the Gulf of Thailand.” Heliyon. 2024 June; 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31896
Suriyakhun N, Jangsangthong A, Tunyong W, Kong-Ngoen T, Santajit S, Indrawattana N, Buranasinsup S. Investigation of antimicrobials resistance and antimicrobial resistance gene in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from rabbit. Vet World. 2024.
Santajit S, Bhoopong P, Kong-Ngoen T, Tunyong W, Horpet D, Paehoh-ele W, Zahedeng T, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Hinthong W and Indrawattana N. “Phylogenetic and Genotypic Investigation of Carbapenem – Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital, Thailand.” Antibiotics (Basel). 2023 Mar 15; 12(3): 580. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030580 PMID: 36978447; PMCID: PMC10044629.
Tunyong W, Santajit S, Arsheewa W, Kong-ngoen T, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Indrawattana. “Blaoxa-48like variation among Carbapenem - resistant Enterobacterales Isolated from Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand.” The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2023. (JITMM 2023, Poster presentation).
Kong-ngoen T, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W, Indrawattana N. Antimicrobial resistance and virulence of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella from retail foods marketed in Bangkok, Thailand. Foods 2022; 11(5). doi:10.3390/foods11050661
Pewlaoo S, Phanthong S, Thida Kong-Ngoen T, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Buranasinsup S, et al. Development of a rapid reverse transcriptionrecombinase polymerase amplification couple nucleic acid lateral flow detection for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Biology (Basel) 2022; 11(7):1018. doi:10.3390/biology 11071018
Santajit S, Kong-ngoen T, Tunyong W, Pumirat P, Ampawong S, Sookrung N, Indrawattana N. Occurrence, antimicrobial resistance, virulence and biofilm formation capacity of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas spp. isolated from raw seafood marketed in Bangkok, Thailand. Veterinary World. 2022; 15(7):1887-95. doi:10.14202/vetworld. 2022. 1887-95
Jangsangthong A, Suriyakhun N, Tunyong W, Kong-Ngoen T, Santajit S, Indrawattana N, Buranasinsup S. Occurrence of antimicrobials resistance and antimicrobial resistance gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthy rabbits. Veterinary World. 2022; 15(11):2699-704. doi:vetworld. 2022. 2699-704
Duangurai T, Rungruengkitkul A, Kong-Ngoen T, Tunyong W, Kosoltanapiwat N, Adisakwattana P, et al. Phylogenetic analysis and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from wild and domestic animals at an agricultural land interface area of Salak Phra wildlife sanctuary, Thailand. Veterinary World. 2022; 15(12):2800-9. doi: vetworld.2022.2800-9
Tunyong W, Santajit S, Kong-ngoen T, Pumirat P, Ampawong S, Sookrung N, Indrawattana N. Occurrence, antimicrobial resistance, virulence and biofilm formation capacity of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas spp. isolated from raw seafood marketed in Bangkok, Thailand. The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting. 2022. (JITMM 2022, Poster presentation) (Most Popular Poster Award).
Krasae T, Tunyong W, Muangkaew W, Sreesai S, Korchasri N, Benjathummarak S. The study of microbiological air quality of Laboratory Animal Science unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol university. The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting. 2022. (JITMM 2022, Poster presentation).
Kong-ngoen T, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W, Indrawattana N. Antimicrobial resistance and virulence of non-typhoidal Salmonella from retail foods marketed in Bangkok, Thailand. The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting. 2022. (JITMM 2022, Poster presentation).
Chamchoy K, Chompulong P, Soda R, Kongngoen T, Tunyong W, Indrawattana N, Hinthong W. Survey of antibiotic resistance Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from canals in Lak Si district, Bangkok. The Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting. 2021. Virtual Conference, Poster session.
Tunyong W, Arsheewa W, Santajit S, Kong-Ngoen T, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, et al. Antibiotic resistance genes among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolates of Prapokklao hospital, Chanthaburi province, Thailand. Infect Drug Resist. 2021; 14:3485–94. doi:10.2147/IDR.S328521
Tunyong W, Hattasingh W, Mahakunkijcharoena Y and Kalambhaheti T. “Application of Opsonophagocytic Killing Assay (OPKA) for assessment of functional antibody among children vaccinated with pneumococcal vaccine.”JITMM Proceeding 2019; Vol.8
Pumipuntu N, Tunyong W, Chantratita N, Diraphat P, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W and Indrawattana N, “Staphylococcus spp. associated with subclinical bovine mastitis in central and northeast provinces of Thailand”. PeerJ 2019, DOI 10.7717/peerj.6587
Tunyong W, Hattasingh W, Mahakunkijcharoena Y, Kalambhaheti T. Immunogenicity Induced by the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine among Thai Children at High Risk for Severe Pneumococcal Disease. iMedPub Journals; Pediatrics & Health Research 2018; Vol.3, No.2.5.
Tunyong W, Arsheewa W, Santajit S, Kulpeanprasita S, Kong-ngoen T, Pumipuntu N, Pumirat P, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W, and Indrawattana N. Detection of Carbapenem resistant genes among multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from respiratory specimens in Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi province, Thailand. (JITMM 2018) (Poster presentation)
Kumkrong K, Chanket P, Tunyong W, Intarapuk A, Kerdsin A, Kalambaheti T. Multi-locus Variable-Number Sequence Tandem Repeat Analysis of Brucella isolates from Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2017; 48: 124-142.
Pumipuntu N, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Chantratita N, Diraphat P, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W, Indrawattana N. “Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from Milk Samples of Cows with Subclinical Mastitis in Central and Northeast Thailand.”(2017) (Poster presentation)
Saelim N, Kulpeanprasit S, Kong-ngoen T, Seesuay W, Tunyong W, Sookrung N, Chaicumpa W, Indrawattana N. “Development of monoclonal antibody-based dot-blot ELISA for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food”(2017) (Poster presentation)
Pumipuntu N, Kulpeanprasit S, Santajit S, Tunyong W, Kong-ngoen T, Hinthong W and Indrawattana N. Screening method for Staphylococcus aureus identification in subclinical bovine mastitis from dairy farms. Veterinary World, 10(7):721-726. DOI 10.14202/vetworld.2017.721-726
Thepsuriyanont P, Intarapuk A, Chanket P, Tunyong W, Kalambaheti T. ELISA for brucellosis detection based on three Brucella recombinant proteins. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2014 Jan; 45(1):130-41
Ngaosuwankul N, Thippornchai N, Yamashita A, Morales VR, Tunyong W, Mahakunkijareon Y, Ikuta K, Singhasivanon P, Okabayashi T, Leaungwutiwong P. Detaction and characterization of enteric viruses in flood water from the 2011 Thai flood. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep; 66(5):398-403
Pumirat P, Tunyong W, Luplertlop N. Medical mycology. Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 2013 Aug; 20(2):31-44. (Review article)
Chongsuvivatwong V, Chariyalertsak S, McNeil E, Aiyarak S, Hutamai S, DuPont HL, Jiang ZD, Kalambaheti T, Tunyong W, Thitiphuree S, Steffen R. 2009. Epidemiology of Travelers' Diarrhea in Thailand. Journal of Travel Medicine 16, 3:179-185.
Trung ND, Suthisarnsuntorn U, Kalambaheti T, Wonglumsom W, Tunyong W. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and phage types of Salmonella typhi from Vietnam. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2007 May; 38(3):487-92.
Tharnpoophasiam P, Suthisarnsuntorn U, Worakhunpiset S, Charoenjai P, Tunyong W, Phrom-In S, Chattanadee S. Preliminary post-tsunami water quality survey in Phang-Nga province, southern Thailand. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2006, 37 Suppl 3:216-20.