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2008

Bygott JM, Malnick H, Shah JJ, Chattaway MA, Karas JA. First clinical case of Corynebacterium auriscanis isolated from localized dog bite infection. J Med Microbiol. 2008 Jul;57(Pt 7):899-900.

Ellington MJ, Yearwood L, Ganner M, East C, Kearns AM. Distribution of the ACME-arcA gene amongst MRSA from England and Wales. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008;61:73-77.

Dryden M, Parnaby R, Dailly S, Lewis T, Davis-Blues K; Otter JA, Kearns A M.
Hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) decontamination in the control of a polyclonal MRSA outbreak on a surgical ward. J Hosp Infect 2008;68:190-192.

Maeda Y, Loughrey A, Earle JAP, Millar BC, Rao J, Kearns A, McConville O, Goldsmith CE, Rooney PJ, Dooley JSG , Lowery CJ, Snelling WJ, McMahon A, McDowell D, Moore JE. Antibacterial activity of honey against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Complement Ther Clin Pract 2008 May;14 (2):77-82.

Seetulsingh P, Curtis C, Kearns AM. Outbreak of ciprofloxacin-susceptible Community-Associated Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a neonatal unit. J Hosp Infect 2008;68:374-375.

Turton JF, Baklan H, Siu LK, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Evaluation of a multiplex PCR for detection of serotypes K1, K2 and K5 in Klebsiella sp. and comparison of isolates within these serotypes. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2008 284:247-252.

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2007

Ellington MJ, Hope R, Ganner M, Ganner M, East C, Brick G, Kearns AM. Is Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Associated with the Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia in the UK? J Antimicrob Chemother 2007;60:402-406.

Ellington MJ, Hope R, Turton JF, Warner M, Woodford N, Livermore DM. Detection of qnrA among Enterobacteriaceae from South-East England with extended-spectrum and high-level AmpC beta-lactamases. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 60:1176-8.

Evans M, Yazdani F, Malnick H, Shah JJ, Turner DP. Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome. J Med Microbiol. 2007 56:860-2.

Fry NK, Duncan J, Malnick H, Cockcroft PM. The first UK isolate of 'Bordetella ansorpii' from an immunocompromised patient. J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jul;56(Pt 7):993-5.

Hussain A, Robinson G, Malkin J, Duthie M, Kearns A, Perera N. Purpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus. J Med Micro 2007;56:1407-1409.

Monecke S, Berger-Bächi B,Coombs G, Holmes A, Kearns A, Kay I, Linde H-J,O´Brien F, Slickers P, Ehricht R. Comparative genomics and DNA-array-based genotyping of pandemic Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying Panton-Valentine Leucocidin. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2007;13;236-249.

O’Connell N, Mannix M, Philip R, McDonagh-White C, Slevin B, Monahan R, Whyte D, Kearns A. Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, Ireland – preliminary outbreak report. Eurosurveillance 2007;12( 24). http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2007/070614.asp#5

Otter JA, Klein JL, Watts TL, Kearns AM, French GL. Identification and  control of an outbreak of ciprofloxacin-susceptible EMRSA-15 on a neonatal unit. J Hosp Infect 2007;76:232-239.

Pitt TL, Trakulsomboon S, Dance DAB. Recurrent melioidosis: the possible role of infection with multiple strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 45:680-681

Pitt TL, Malnick H, Shah J, Chattaway MA, Keys CJ, Cooke FJ, Shah HN. Characterisation of Exiguobacterium aurantiacum isolates from blood cultures of six patients. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007 Sep;13(9):946-8. Epub 2007 Jul 20.

Stefan Monecke, Peter Slickers, Matthew J Ellington, Angela M Kearns, Ralf Ehricht. High diversity of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-susceptible isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and implications for the evolution of community-associated MRSA. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2007;13:1157-1164.

Turton JF, Arif N, Hennessy D, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Revised approach for identification of isolates within the Burkholderia cepacia complex and description of clinical isolates not assigned to any of the known genomovars. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 45:3105-3108.

Turton JF, Englender H, Gabriel SN, Turton SE, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Genetically similar isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K1 causing liver abscesses in three continents. J Med Microbiol. 2007 56:593-597

Turton JF, Gabriel SN, Valderrey C, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Use of sequence-based typing and multiplex PCR to identify clonal lineages of outbreak strains of Acinetobacter baumannii. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007 13:807-815.

Weisner AM, Chart H, Bush A, Davies JC, Pitt TL. Detection of antibodies to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in serum and oral fluid from patients with cystic fibrosis. J Med Microbiol. 2007 56:670-674

Woodford N, Kaufmann ME, Karisik E, John W, Hartley JW. Molecular epidemiology of multiresistant Escherichia coli isolates from community-onset urinary tract infections in Cornwall, England. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 59:106-109

Woodford N, Reddy S, Fagan EJ, Hill RLR, Hopkins KL, Kaufmann ME, Kistler J, Palepou MFI, Pike R, Ward ME, Cheesbrough J, Livermore DM. Wide geographic spread of diverse acquired AmpC ??-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in the UK and Ireland. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007. 59:102-105

2006

Breathnach AS, Riley PA, Shad S, Jownally SM, Law R, Chin PC, Kaufmann ME, Smith EJ. An outbreak of wound infection in cardiac surgery patients caused by Enterobacter cloacae arising from cardioplegia ice. J Hosp Infect. 2006 64:124-128

Coelho JM, Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Glover J, Woodford N, Warner M, Palepou MF, Pike R, Pitt TL, Patel BC, Livermore DM. Occurrence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones at multiple hospitals in London and Southeast England. J Clin Microbiol. 2006. 44:3623-3627.

David MD, Kearns AM, Gossain S, Ganner M, Holmes A. Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: nosocomial transmission in a neonatal unit. J Hosp Infect. 2006 64:244-250.

Ellington MJ, Livermore DM, Pitt TL, Hall LMC, Woodford N Development of extended-spectrum activity in TEM beta-lactamases in hyper-mutable, mutS Escherichia coli. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006. 12:800-803.

Ellington MJ, Livermore DM, Pitt TL, Hall LMC, Woodford N. Mutators among CTX-M beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and risk for the emergence of fosfomycin resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006. 58:848-852.

Elliott E, Brink AJ, van Greune J, Els Z, Woodford N, Turton J, Warner M, Livermore DM. In vivo development of ertapenem resistance in a patient with pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 42:e95-8.

Jenney AW, Clements A, Farn JL, Wijburg OL, McGlinchey A, Spelman DW, Pitt TL, Kaufmann ME, Liolios L, Moloney MB, Wesselingh SL, Strugnel RA. Seroepidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Australian Tertiary Hospital and its implications for vaccine development. J Clin Microbiol. 2006. 44:102-107.

Jepson AP, McDougall C, Clark A, Bateman A, Williamson G, Kaufmann ME. Finger rings should be removed prior to scrubbing. J Hosp Infect. 2006 64:197-198

Jones A, Morgan D, Walsh A, Turton J, Livermore D, Pitt T, Green A, Gill M, Mortiboy D. Importation of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp infections with casualties from Iraq. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006 6:317-318.

Kearns AM, Ganner M, Holmes A. The 'Oxford Staphylococcus': a note of caution. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 58:480-481.

Kirkwood JK, Macgregor SK, Malnick H, Foster G. Unusual mortality incidents in tit species (family Paridae) associated with the novel bacterium Suttonella ornithocola. Vet Rec. 2006 158:203-205

Skippen I, Shemko M, Turton J, Kaufmann ME, Palmer C, Shetty N. Epidemiology of infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.: a nested case-control study from a tertiary hospital in London. J Hosp Infect. 2006. 64:115-123

Smart CHM, Scott FW, Wright EA, Walshaw MJ, Hart CA, Pitt TL, Winstanley C. Development of a diagnostic test for the Midlands 1 cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Med Microbiol. 2006. 55:1085-1091.

Struelens MJ, Wagner D, Bruce J, MacKenzie FM, Cookson BD, Voss A, van den Broek PJ, Gould IM, the ARPAC Steering Group. Status of infection control policies and organisation in European hospitals, 2001: the ARPAC study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 12:729-737

Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Gill MJ, Pike R, Scott PT, Fishbain J, Craft D, Deye G, Riddell S, Lindler LE, Pitt TL. Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 44:2630-2634.

Turton JF, Ward ME, Woodford N, Kaufmann ME, Pike R, Livermore DM, Pitt TL. The role of ISA ba1 in expression of OXA carbapenemase genes in Acinetobacter baumannii. FEMS Microbiology Letters 2006 258:72-77.

Turton JF, Woodford N, Glover J, Yarde S, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii by detection of the blaOXA-51-like carbapenemase gene intrinsic to this species. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 44: 2974-2976.

Woodford N, Ellington MJ, Coelho JM, Turton JF, Ward ME, Brown S, Amyes SG, Livermore DM. Multiplex PCR for genes encoding prevalent OXA carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006 27: 351-353.

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2005

Foster G, Malnick H, Lawson PA, Kirkwood J, Macgregor SK, Collins MD. Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005 55: 2269-2272.

Fry NK, Duncan J, Malnick H Warner M, Smith AJ, Jackson MS, Ayoub A. Bordetella petrii clinical isolate. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 11:1131-1133

Holmes A, Ganner M, McGuane S, Pitt TL, Cookson BD, Kearns AM. Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in England and Wales: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 May; 43(5):2384-90.

Kearns AM, Pitt TL, Cookson BD. Environmental sampling for MRSA: a note of caution. J Hosp Infect. 2005. 61:350-351

Lawson PA, Malnick H, Collins MD, Shah JJ, Chattaway MA, Bendall R, Hartley JW. Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an organism isolated from a wound caused by an animal bite. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 43:3526-3529

Robinson DA, Kearns AM, Holmes A, Morrison D, Grundmann H, Edwards G, O'Brien FG, Tenover FC, McDougal LK, Monk AB, Enright MC. Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone. Lancet. 2005 Apr; 365(9466):1256-8.

Tomaso H, Pitt TL, Landt O, et al. Rapid presumptive identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei with real-time PCR assays using fluorescent hybridization probes. Mol Cell Probes. 2005 19:9-20

Turton, JF, Kaufmann ME, Glover J, Coelho JM, Warner M, Pike R and Pitt TL. Detection and typing of integrons in epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii found in the United Kingdom. J. Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul; 43(7),3074-3082

Weisner AM, Chart H, Pitt TL. Naturally occurring antibodies in rabbit antisera to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Vet Rec. 2005. 157:784

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2004

Ashley BD, Noone M, Dwarakanath AD, Malnick H. Fatal Pasteurella dagmatis peritonitis and septicaemia in a patient with cirrhosis: a case report and review of the literature. J Clin Pathol. 2004 57:210-2.

Coelho J, Woodford N, Turton J, Livermore DM. Multiresistant acinetobacter in the UK: how big a threat? J Hosp Infect. 2004 Nov; 58(3):167-9.

Crespo MP, Woodford N, Sinclair A, Kaufmann ME, Turton J, Glover J, Velez JD, Castaneda CR, Recalde M, Livermore DM. Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM-8, a novel metallo-beta-lactamase, in a tertiary care center in Cali, Colombia. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Nov; 42(11):5094-101.

Murchan S, Aucken HM, O'neill GL, Ganner M, Cookson BD. Emergence, spread, and characterization of phage variants of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 16 in England and Wales. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Nov; 42(11):5154-60.

Saunders NA, Underwood A, Kearns AM, Hallas G. A virulence-associated gene microarray: a tool for investigation of the evolution and pathogenic potential of Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology. 2004 Nov; 150(Pt 11):3763-71.

Scott FW, Pitt TL. Identification and characterization of transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in cystic fibrosis patients in England and Wales. J Med Microbiol. 2004 Jul; 53(Pt 7):609-15.

Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Warner M, Coelho J, Dijkshoorn L, van der Reijden T, Pitt TL. A prevalent, multiresistant clone of Acinetobacter baumannii in Southeast England. J Hosp Infect. 2004 Nov; 58(3):170-9.

Woodford N, Ward ME, Kaufmann ME, Turton J, Fagan EJ, James D, Johnson AP, Pike R, Warner M, Cheasty T, Pearson A, Harry S, Leach JB, Loughrey A, Lowes JA, Warren RE, Livermore DM. Community and hospital spread of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamases in the UK. J Antimicrob Chemother 2004 Oct; 54(4):735-743. Epub 2004 Sep 3.

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2003

Bonatti H, Rossboth DW, Machbaur D, Fille M, Aspock C, Malnick H et al. A series of Infections due to Capnocytophaga spp. In immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients. Clin Microbiol Infect 2003; 9: 380-387.

Brown D, Cookson B. MRSA - laboratory aspects of detection. In MRSA: Current Perspectives. Edited by Fluiit D and F-J Schmitz, Caister Academic Press, Wymondham, UK. (in press).

Chambers D, Scott F, Bangur R, Davies R, Lim A, Walter S, Smith G, Honeybourne D, Pitt TL, Stableforth DE. Shared pathogens in Birmingham. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 2003; 2:S37

Coello R, Charlett A, Ward V et al. Device-related sources of bacteraemia in English hospitals: opportunities for the prevention of hospital-acquired bacteraemia. J Hosp Infect 2003; 53: 46 - 57.

Cookson BD (DipHIC Exam Committee). Announcement: Diploma in Hospital Infection Control. J Hosp Infect 2003; 54: 249.

Cookson B, Schmitz F-J and Fluit AC. Introduction. In MRSA: Current Perspectives. Edited by Fluiit D and F-J Schmitz, Caister Academic Press, Wymondham, UK. (in press).

Cookson BD. The managerial benefits of investing in the reduction of hospital acquired infection. Purchasing Service Estates (in press).

Croxson B, Allen P, Roberts JA, Archibald K, Crawshaw S, Taylor L. The funding and organisation of infection control in NHS hospital trusts. Health Services Management Research. (In Press)

Fabry J, Cookson B, Jepsen OB, Suetens C, Mertens et al. Studies from a Network on Nosocomial Infections involving the EU member states. - HELICS III (Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance) Ezus, Lyon (in press)

Fraise AP, Hoffman P, Burfoot D. Ultraclean ventilation in operating theatres - beyond laminar flow (Letter). J Hospital Infect 2003; 53: 152-153.

Haddow LJ, Mulgrew C, Ansari A, Miell J, Jackson G, Malnick H, Rao G. Neisseria elongata endocarditis: case report and literature review. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2003 9:426-430.

Harvey PJ; Cookson B; Meerabeau E; Muggleston, D (2003). Biomedical Online Learning: The route to success. Electronic J. of E-Learning 1: 4 http://www.ejel.org/issue-1/issue1-art4.htm

Hoffman PN & Cookson BD. Isolation strategies for containment of infection and protective isolation. Williams JD and Taylor EW (Eds) Infect in Surgical Practice. Arnold, London. 2003 (ISBN 0340763051)

Hoffman PN. (2003) Sanitization. Chapter in the Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition. 2nd Edition. Eds Caballero B, Trugo LC, Finglas PM. Academic Press, London ISBN 012227055X, pp5091 - 5094

Johnson AP, Warner M, Malnick H, Livermore DM. Activity of the oxazolidinones AZD2563 and linezolid against Corynebacterium jeikeium and other Corynebacterium spp. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 51:745-7.

Kearns AM, Pitt TL, Ganner M, Gent C, Cookson BD. Association of staphylococcal toxins with clinical disease. Journal of Infection 2003; 46:275.

Masterton RG, Rao G, Cookson B, Edwards A, Kelsey M , Lynn WA, McCulloch J, Mifsud AJ, Pallett A, Teare L, P Wilson. Review oF Hospital Isolation and Infection Control Related Precautions: Report of the Joint Working Group. http://www.amm.co.uk/documents/HIPFIN.DOC and Leader J Hosp Infect 2003; 54;171-3.

Miles T, Sarasawatula A, Kearns AM, Ganner M, Stone M, Bamford K. Vancomycin heteroresistance in coagulase negative staphylococcal dialysis associated bacteraemia. Journal of Infection 2003; 46:280.

Murchan S, Kaufmann ME, Deplano A, de Ryck R, Streulens M, Zinn CE, Fussing V, Salmenlinna S, Vuopio-Varkila J, El Solh N, Cuny C, Witte W, Tassios PT, Legakis N, van Leeuwen W, van Belkum A, Vindel A, Laconcha I, Garaizar J, Haeffman S, Olsson-Liljequist B, Ransjo U, Coombes G, Cookson B. J Clin Microbiol 2003 41(4):1574-1585. Harmonization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for epidemiological typing of strains of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a single approach developed by consensus in 10 European laboratories and its application for tracing the spread of related strains.

Scott FW, Pitt TL. Identification and characterisation of transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in England and Wales. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 2003; 2:S39

Stone S, Cookson B, Duckworth G et al. MRSA - Systematic Review of Control measures. Health Technology Assessment (in press).

Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Mustafa N, Kawa S, Clode FE, Pitt TL. Molecular comparison of isolates of Burkholderia multivorans from patients with cystic fibrosis in the United Kingdom. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Dec; 41(12):5750-4.

Woodford N, Reynolds R, Turton J, Scott F, Sinclair A, Williams A, Livermore D. Two widely disseminated strains of Enterococcus faecalis highly resistant to gentamicin and ciprofloxacin from bacteraemias in the UK and Ireland.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Oct; 52(4):711-4.

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2002

Aucken HM, Ganner M, Murchan S, Cookson BD, Johnson AP. A new UK strain of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA-17) resistant to multiple antibiotics. J Antimicrob Chemother 2002; 50:171-175

Aucken HM, Westwell K. Reaction difference rule for phage typing of Staphylococcus aureus at 100 times the routine test dilution. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:292-293.

Auckland C, Teare L, Cooke F, Kaufmann ME, Warner M, Jones G, Bamford K, Ayles H, Johnson AP. (2002) H. Antimicrob Chemother 50(5) p743-746 Linezolid-resistant enterococci: report of the first isolates in the United Kingdom.

Bradley SJ, Kaufmann ME, Happy C, Ghori S, Wilson ALT, Scott GM (2002) The epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci on a haematology unit - analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Epidemiol. Infect. 129 57-64

Grundmann H, Hori S, Enright MC, Webster C, Tami A, Feil EJ, Pitt TL. Determining the genetic structure of the natural population of Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison of multilocus sequence typing with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, and phage typing. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:4544-4546.

Hoffman PN.  Alcohol for hand hygiene: new comparative studies add to the evidence base. Eurosurveillance Weekly (Internet publication) 2002; 6(36): 1-2

Hoffman PN, Williams J, Stacey A, Bennett AM, Ridgway GL, Dobson C, Fraser I, Humphreys H.  Microbiological commissioning and monitoring of operating theatre suites. Journal of Hospital Infection 2002; 52: 1-28.

Hoffman P, Cookson B,  Teare L.  Alcohol-based hand gels and hand hygiene in hospitals (Letter).  Lancet 2002; 360: 1510

Johnson AP, Tysall L, Stockdale MV, Woodford N, Kaufmann ME, Warner M, Livermore DM, Asboth F, Allerberger FJ. (2002) Eur. J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 21(10) p751-4. Emerging linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from two Austrian patients in the same intensive care unit.

Peacock SJ, Moore CE, Justice A, Kantzanou M, Story L, Mackie K, O'Neill G, Day NPJ. Virulent combinations of adhesin and toxin genes in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun 2002; 70:4987-4996.

Pitt TL. Cross infection of cystic fibrosis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thorax 2002; 57.921

Price EH, Jones R, Groombridge S, Hoffman PN.  Risk to immune suppressed patients from Aspergillus spp. growing in fridge condensate trays. Journal of Hospital Infection 2002; 52: 72. 

Richards J, Spencer R, Fraise A, Lee J, Parnell P, Cookson B, Hoffman P, Philips G, Brown N.  Rinse water for heat labile endoscopy equipment. [Report from a Joint Working group of the Hospital Infection Society (HIS) and the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS)].  Journal of Hospital Infection 2002; 51: 7-16.

Woodhead K, Taylor EW, Bannister G, Chesworth T, Hoffman P, Humphreys H.  Behaviours and rituals in the operating theatre.  Journal of Hospital Infection 2002; 51: 241-255

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2001

Demertzi E, Palepou M-FI, Kaufmann ME, Avlamis A, Woodford N. (2001) Characterisation of VanA and VanB elements from glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Greece. J Med Microbiol; 50: 682-687.

Edwards KJ, Kaufmann ME, Saunders NA. (2001) Rapid and Accurate Identification of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci by Real-Time PCR.  J Clin Microbiol 39 3047-3051.

Hoffman PN, Abuknesha RA, Andrews NJ, Samuel D, Lloyd JS.  A model to assess the infection potential of jet injectors used in mass immunisation.  Vaccine 2001; 19: 4020-4027.

Hoffman PN.  Skin disinfection and acupuncture.  Acupuncture in Medicine 2001; 19(2): 112-116. 

Hoffman PN, Humphreys H.  Air sampling: Settle plates or slit samplers (letter)  2001; 49(4): 299-300.

Hoque SN, Graham J, Kaufmann ME, Tabaqchali S. (2001) Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) meningosepticum outbreak associated with colonization of water taps in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Hosp Infect; 47: 188-192

Macrae MB, Shannon KP, Rayner DM, Kaiser AM, Hoffman PN, French GL.  A simultaneous outbreak on a neonatal ward of two strains of multiply antibiotic resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae controllable only by ward closure.  Journal of Hospital Infection 2001; 49(3): 183-192. 

Mathai E, Kaufmann ME, Richard VS, John G, Brahmadathan KN (2001) Typing of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from hospital-acquired resppiratory infections in a tertiary care centre in Southern India. J Hosp Infect.; 47: 159-162

O'Neill GL, Murchan S, Gil-Setas A, Aucken HM. Identification and characterization of phage variants of a strain of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA-15). J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1540-1548.

Subudhi CPK, Adedeji A, Kaufmann ME, Lucas GS, Kerr JR. (2001) Fatal Roseomonas gilardii bacteraemia in a patient with refractory blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukaemia.  Clin. Microbiol. Infect.; 7: 573-575

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2000

Aucken HA, Boquette T, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL (2000)  Interpretation of band differences to distinguish strains of Serratia marcescens by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI DNA digests.  Epidemiol. Infect. 125 63 - 70.

Aucken H M, Warner M, Ganner M, Johnson AP, Richardson JF, Cookson BD, and Livermore DM. Twenty months of screening for vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother (2000); 46: 639-645.

Clode FE, Kaufmann ME, Malnick H, Pitt TL. (2000) Distribution of genes encoding putative transmissibility factors among epidemic and non-epidemic strains of Burkholderia cepacia from cystic fibrosis patients in the United Kingdom. J Clin Microbiol.; 38 (5) 1763 - 1766.

Cookson B.  Infection and antimicrobial prescribing control in the new millenium:  nightmare or nirvana?  J Clin Pathol 2000; 53:66-70.

Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick .H , Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000 50:135-139.

Hejazi A, Aucken HM, Falkiner FR. Epidemiology and susceptibility of Serratia marcescens in a large general hospital over an 8-year period. J Hosp Infect (2000) 45: 42-46.

Hannan MM, Azadian BA, Gazzard BG, Hawkins DA, Hoffman PN.  Hospital infection control in an era of HIV infection and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.  Journal of Hospital Infection 2000; 44: 5-11.

Kennedy HF, Morrison D, Kaufmann ME, Jackson MS, Baggs J, Gibson BES, Gemmell CG, Michie JR. (2000) Origins of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococcus oralis causing bacteraemia in a bone marrow transplant patient. J.Med. Microbiol. 49 367-370.

Murchan S, Carter M, Aucken HM. Strain identities of phage non-typable MRSA in the UK. J Hosp Infect (2000) 46: 157-158.

Nourse C, Byrne C, Kaufmann ME, Keane CT, Fenelon L, Smyth EG, Hone R, Butler K. (2000) VRE in the Republic of Ireland: clinical significance characteristics and molecular similarity of isolates. J Hosp Infect 44 288-293.

Nourse C, Byrne C, Murphy H, Kaufmann ME, Clarke A, Butler K. (2000) Eradication of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium from a pediatric oncology unit and prevalence of colonization in hospitalized and community-based children. Epidemiol. Infect. 124  53-59.

Pitt TL. Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis. Br J Infect Contr 2000; 1:57.

Pitt TL. Molecular phylogeny of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Acta Tropica 2000; 74:181-5.

Pitt TL, Saunders NA. Molecular bacteriology: a diagnostic tool for the millennium J Clin Pathol 2000; 53:71-5.

Plowman R, Graves N, Griffin N, Roberts JA, Swan A, Cookson BD, Taylor L.  Socio-economic burden of hospital-acquired infection. London: Public Health Laboratory Service.  2000.

Pournaras S, Tsakris A, Kaufmann ME, Douboyas J, Antoniadis A. (2000) Outbreak of Infections in a Greek University Hospital Involving a Single Clone of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistant Enterococcus faecalis.  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 21 786-789

Shigematsu M, Kaufmann ME, Charlett A, Niho Y, Pitt TL. (2000) An epidemiological study of Plesiomonas shigelloides diarrhoea among Japanese travellers.  Epidem Infect. 125 523-530.

Thomas SR, Ray A, Hodson ME, Pitt TL. Increased sputum amino acid concentrations and auxotrophy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in severe cystic fibrosis lung disease. Thorax (2000), 55: 795-797 .

Yagci A, Cerikcioglu N, Kaufmann ME, Malnick H, Soyletir G, Babacon F, Pitt TL. (2000) An outbreak of Myroides odoratimimus ( Flavobacteria odoratum) urinary tract infections investigated by PCR fingerprinting and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.  Eur. J Clin. Microbiol. 19 731-732

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1999

Ayliffe G, Babb J, Bradley C, Hoffman P, Lawson I, Sills GA.  Reprocessing of single use medical devices in hospital. (Report of a working party of the Central Sterilising Club). Zentraal Sterilisation 1999; 7:37-47.

Ayliffe GAJ, Babb JR, Taylor LJ.  Hospital-acquired infection: principles and prevention. 3rd ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann; 1999.

Berlau J, Aucken HM, Malnick H, Pitt TL.  Distribution of Acinetobacter species on skin of healthy humans.  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1999;18:179-83.

Berlau J, Aucken HM, Houang E, Pitt TL.  Isolation of acinetobacter spp including A.baumannii from vegetables: implications for hospital-acquired infections. J Hosp Infect 1999;42:201-9.

Clode FE, Kaufmann ME, Malnick H , Pitt TL .   Evaluation of three oligonucleotide primer sets in PCR for the identification of Burkholderia cepacia and their differentiation from Burkholderia gladioli.J Clin Pathol 1999;52:173-6.

Clode FE, Metherell LA, Pitt TL.  Nosocomial acquisition of Burkholderia gladioli in patients with cystic fibrosis [letter]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;160:374-5.

Cookson BD.  Nosocomial antimicrobial resistance surveillance.  J Hosp Infect 1999;43 Suppl:S97-103.

Dance DAB, Smith MD, Aucken HM, Pitt TL.  Imported melioidosis in England and Wales [letter]. Lancet 1999;353:208.

Grady R, Desai M, O'Neill G, Cookson B, Stanley J.  Genotyping of epidemic methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus phage type 15 isolates by fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis.  J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:3198-203.

Guyot A, Bakhai A, Fry N, Malnick H, Harrison T.  Culture-positive Bartonella quintana endocarditis.  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1999;18:145-7.

Handwashing Liaison GroupCookson B (group member). Handwashing:  a modest measure with big effects.  Br Med J 1999;318:686.

Cookson B, member of Project management group. HELICS: Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance Development of a network on nosocomial infections involving the EU member states:  preliminary report.  Lyon: Ezus;1999. 

Hoffman PN, Bennett AM,  Scott GM.Controlling airborne infections. J Hosp Infect 1999;43:Suppl:S203-10.

Hookey JV, Edwards V, Cookson BD, Richardson JF.  PCR-RFLP analysis of the coagulase gene of Staphylococcus aureus: application to the differentiation of epidemic and sporadic methicillin-resistant strains. J Hosp Infect 1999;42:205-12.

Hookey JV, Edwards V, Patel S, Richardson JF, Cookson BD.  Use of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (fAFLP) to characterise methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  J Microbiol Methods 1999;37:7-15.

Morrison D, Woodford N, Barrett SP, Sisson NP,  Cookson BD.  DNA banding pattern polymorphism in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and criteria for defining strains. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:1084-91.

Mueller-Premru M, Gubina M, Kauffmann ME, Primozic J, Cookson BD.  Use of semi-quantitative and quantitative culture methods and typing for studying the epidemiology of central venous catheter-related infections in neonates on parenteral nutrition.  J Med Microbiol 1999;48:451-60.

Pitt TL.  Molecular typing in practice.  J Hosp Infect 1999;43 Suppl:S85-8.

Stubbs SLJ, Brazier JS, O'Neill GL Duerden BI.  PCR targeted to the 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer region of Clostridium difficile and construction of a library consisting of 116 different PCR ribotypes.  J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:461-3.

Teare EL, Cookson B, French GL, Jenner EA, Scott G, Pallett A, Gould D, Schweiger M, Wilson J, Stone S.  UK handwashing initiative.  J Hosp Infect 1999;43:1-3.

Teare EL, Cookson B, French GL, Jenner EA, Scott G, Gould D, McCulloch J, Schweiger M, Wilson J,  Pallett A .  Now wash your hands.  NHSLA Rev 1999;15:8-9.

Tullus K, Burman LG, Hoeggman S, Hutchinson G, Kuhn H. Epidemiologic typing of international collections of klebsiella spp.: computerized biochemical fingerprinting compared with serotyping, phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Clin Microbiol Infect 1999;5:184-9.

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1998

Asboe D, Gant V, Aucken HM, Moore DA, Umasankar S, Bingham JS, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL.    Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in respiratory infection in AIDS patients. AIDS 1998;12:1771-5.

Aucken HM, Pitt TL .   Different O and K serotype distributions among clinical and environmental strains of Serratia marcescens.  J Med Microbiol 1998;47:1097-104.

Aucken HM, Pitt TL .   Antibiotic resistance and putative virulence factors of Serratia marcescens with respect to O and K serotypes.  J Med Microbiol 1998;47:1105-13.

Barth AL, Pitt TL .  Microbial pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis: special focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  Braz J Infect Dis 1998;2:43-61.

Belkum A van, Leeuwen W van,  Kaufmann ME, Cookson B, Forey F, Etienne J, et al.  Assessment of resolution and intercenter reproducibility of results of genotyping Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of SmaI macrorestriction fragments: a multicenter study. J Clin Microbiol 1998;36:1653-9.

Carson CF, Riley TV, Cookson BD.  Efficacy and safety of tea tree oil as a topical antimicrobial agent. J Hosp Infect 1998;40:175-8.

Healing TD, Hoffman PN, Young SE.  The infection hazards of human cadavers.  In: Wenzel R, Edmond M, Pittet D, Devaster J-M, Brewer T, Geddes A, Butzler J-P,  editors. A guide to infection control in the hospital. Hamilton: Decker; 1998. p.166-74.

Kaufmann ME. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. In: Woodford,N, Johnson AP, editors. Molecular bacteriology: protocols and clinical applications. Totowa (NJ): Humana Press; 1998;33-50.

Smith DL, Smith EG, Pitt TL, Stableforth DE. Regional microbiology of the cystic fibrosis lung: a post-mortem study in adults. J Infect 1998;37:41-3.

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