19th ECCMID, Helsinki, May 2009

A novel antibacterial protein which shows rapid bactericidal activity against MRSA in the presence of other antibiotics (PDF, 814 KB)  

Activity of PTZ 601 (razupenem) against Enterobacteriaceae with AmpC, ESBLs and carbapenemases (PDF, 297 KB)  

Determination of provisional British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy zone breakpoints for 10-µg doripenem discs (PDF, 420 KB)

Emergence of AcrAB-mediated tigecycline resistance in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae (PDF, 316 KB)

OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK (PDF, 602 KB)  

RT-PCR to investigate the roles of efflux, porins and ß-lactamases in multi-resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis (PowerPoint Presentation, 288 KB)

48th ICAAC, Washington, October 2008

Differences in Expression of adeABC in Two Epidemic UK Clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in Relation to Tigecycline MICs (PDF, 497 KB)

Activity of Cephalosporin CXA-101 (FR264205) vs. P. aeruginosa (PDF, 393 KB)

Activity of cephalosporin CXA-101 (FR264205) with ß-Lactamase Inhibitors vs. Enterobacteriaceae (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Activity of Novel Monobactam BAL30072 against Multiresistant Non-Fermenters (PDF, 461 KB)

In Vitro Activity of BAL30376 and its Components vs. Multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae (PDF, 1.2 MB)

MICs Of TR-700 -the Active Moiety of the Novel Oxazolidinone Prodrug TR-701- for Linezolid-Susceptible and -Resistant Enterococci and Staphylococci (PDF, 368 KB)

Effects of Low Temperature and High Salt on the Activity of the Novel Carbapenem PZ-601 vs. MRSA (PDF, 334 KB)

Role of ß-Lactamases and Porins in Resistance to Ertapenem in Enterobacter cloacae from the UK (PDF, 1.5 MB)

A Comparison of Ceftobiprole and Ceftazidime MICs by European Methods Against 125 Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Organisms

A Comparison of Doripenem and Meropenem MICs by European Methods Against 109 Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Organisms

Antimicrobial Treatment and Clinical Outcome for Infections with Carbapenem- and Multiply-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (PDF, 643 KB)

Diversity of Escherichia coli with CTX-M ESBLs in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) in Belfast (PDF, 955 KB)

Zone Breakpoint By The CLSI Disk Method For 15 µg Tigecycline Disks Corresponding To EUCAST MIC Breakpoints (PDF, 708 KB)

Phenotypic detection of AmpC enzymes – which inhibitor is best? (PDF, 218 KB)

Evaluation of the Oxoid M.I.C.EvaluatorTM susceptibility test strip (PDF, 680 KB)

In-vitro activity of retapamulin against Staphylococcus (PDF, 247 KB)

Complete nucleotide sequences of plasmids pEK204 and pEK516, encoding CTX-M enzymes in two major UK Escherichia coli strains (PDF, 298 KB)

47th ICAAC, Chicago, September 2007

Survey of tigecycline resistance in isolates from hospitalised patients in the UK. (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Evaluation of the chromogenic MAST Cica-beta test for detecting ESBLs, AmpC and metallo-beta-lactamases (PDF, 730 KB)

NXL104 / cephalosporin combinations vs. Enterobacteriaceae with CTX-M ESBLs (PDF, 852 KB)

Algorithmic features to presumptively identify PVL-positive MRSA in individual cases or survey trends in the UK. (PDF, 5.2 MB)

17th ECCMID, Munich, April 2007

Antimicrobial susceptibility of spp. Nocardia - experience in England and Wales (PDF, 751 KB)

Carbapenem resistance in an epidemic CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase-producing strain in the United Kingdom (PDF, 644 KB)

Community-associated MRSA ST8-SCCmecIVa (USA-300): experience in England and Wales

Comparison between respiratory and blood isolates of community-acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae from the UK and Ireland: resistance and serotypes

Complete nucleotide sequence of pEK499, a multidrug-resistance plasmid from the UKs most prevalent strain with CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase (PDF, 688 KB)

Epidemiology of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CTX-M beta-lactamases in Slovenia (PDF, 655 KB)

Evaluation of Etests for determining tigecycline MICs by BSAC methodology (PDF, 340 KB)

Isolation of quinolone-resistant CTX-M-producing from raw chicken meat sold in retail outlets in the West Midlands, UK (PowerPoint Presentation, 328 KB)

Molecular epidemiology and typing of CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in both hospital and community patients

Prevalence of an epidemic ESBL-producing strain in long-term care facilities in the Belfast area (PDF, 262 KB)

Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. from blood in the UK and Ireland, 2001-2005

The activity of five commonly used topical antiseptic agents on epidemic and sporadic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

46th ICAAC, San Francisco, September 2006

Comparison of gentamicin-resistant, CTX-M-producing and non-producing isolates from community-onset urinary tract infections (PDF, 529 KB)

Determination of provisional BSAC zone breakpoints for 15ug tigecycline discs (PDF, 369 KB)

Does ciprofloxacin susceptibility provide a reliable phenotypic marker for community-associated MRSA? (PDF, 618 KB)

Incidence of bacteremia due to ciprofloxacin- and cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli reported in England, 2001 to 2005

Mechanisms of ertapenem resistance (ETP-R) among and submitted to a reference laboratory (PDF, 459 KB)

Multiplex PCR for genes encoding acquired metallo-??-lactamases (MBL) (PDF, 436 KB)

Virulence factors in extra-intestinal with CTX-M ??-lactamases in the United Kingdom (PDF, 503 KB)

Wide occurrence of the fluoroquinolone-modifying acetyltransferase gene in CTX-M-positive from the United Kingdom (PDF, 553 KB)

12th ISSSI, Maastricht, September 2006

Comparative antibiotic susceptibilities of diverse lineages of community-associated MRSA in England and Wales (PDF, 426 KB)

16th ECCMID, Nice, April 2006

Mutators among UK CTX-M beta-lactamase-producing pose a risk for the emergence of fosfomycin resistance (PDF, 636 KB)

Mechanisms of high-level ciprofloxacin resistance in clinical isolates of collected in the British Isles (PDF, 614 KB)

Correlation between MIC and number of mutated 23S rRNA genes in oxazolidinone-resistant (PDF, 467 KB)

Therapy-driven selection of carbapenem resistance in CTX-M-producing (PDF, 851 KB)

Wide geographic spread of diverse acquired AmpC beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in the UK and Ireland (PDF, 541 KB)

Novel reverse hybridisation assay to identify CTX-M genotype in cephalosporin-resistant isolates from UK and India

Uncommon CTX-M enzyme variants in the United Kingdom. (PDF, 820 KB)

Differential expression of CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase between two major Escherichia coli strains in the UK. (PDF, 817 KB)

Efficacy of practised screening methods for selection of cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (PDF, 474 KB)