Olena I. Rzhepishevska

Dr. Olena Rzhepishevska, microbiologist, PhD in molecular biology

Research interests: infectious diseases, bacterial metabolism, microbial drug resistance, diagnostics, tuberculosis

Post address: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, School of Medicine, room 5-69, Svobody Sq., 6, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61022

E-mail: olena.rzhepishevska@gmail.com

Рhone number: +460722029918

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Disciplines: microbiology, laboratory analysis, epidemiology, bacterial physiology

Additional Information: Author of over 30 scientific papers in international journals. Selected publications:

1. Vilaplana C.; Konstantynovska O., Rzhepishevska O., Codecasa L. et al; Mental health management in the context of tuberculosis care in the WHO European Region: a consensus statement; IJTLD, V 30 Issue 5, 2026, doi: 10.5588/ijtldopen.25.0661

2. Erlingsen J., Sokol D., Ilchenko O., Gomes-Fernandes M., Rzhepishevska O. et al; Paving the way or sharing goods: interactions between pairs of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequentially isolated from respiratory samples of patients on mechanical ventilation; Front. Microbiol., Vol.17, 2026, doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798383

3. Sokol, D., Rzhepishevska O., Marynova I. et al. Metabolic interactions between bacterial co-isolates from catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Sci Rep 16, 2061, 2026; doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33855-12

4. Ilchenko O, Nikolaevskaya E, Zinchenko O, Ivanytsia V, Prat-Aymerich C, Ramstedt M, Rzhepishevska O. Combination of gallium citrate and levofloxacin induces a distinct metabolome profile and enhances growth inhibition of multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis compared to linezolid. Front Microbiol. 2024 Nov 29; 15:1474071. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1474071

5. Merker M; Nikolaevskaya E; Kohl T A., Molina-Moya B, Pavlovska O, Brännberg P, Dudnyk A, Stokich V, Barilar I, Marynova I, Filipova T, Cristina Prat C, Sjöstedt A, Dominguez J, Rzhepishevska O, Niemann S; Multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing clades, Ukraine, Emerging Infectious Diseases, (CDC) 2020, Vol. 26, (3) : 481-490; doi: 10.3201/eid2603.190525

6. Reithuber E., Nannapaneni P, Rzhepishevska O, Lindgren A, Ilchenko O, Normark S, Almqvist F, Henriques-Normark B, Mellroth P. The bactericidal fatty acid mimetic 2CCA-1 selectively targets pneumococcal extracellular polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism; mBio, 2020, Vol. 11, (6); doi: 10.1128/mBio.03027-20