Antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens and culture-independent detection of trimethoprim resistance in urine from patients with urinary tract infection

Autor: Yinka M. Somorin, Nichola-Jane M. Weir, Sally H. Pattison, Martin A. Crockard, Carmel M. Hughes, Michael M. Tunney, Deirdre F. Gilpin

Publikováno v: BMC Microbiology, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)

Abstract Background Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are extremely common, isolation of causative uropathogens is not always routinely performed, with antibiotics frequently prescribed empirically. This study determined the susceptibility of

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Electronic cigarette vapour increases virulence and inflammatory potential of respiratory pathogens

Autor: Deirdre F. Gilpin, Katie-Ann McGown, Kevin Gallagher, Jose Bengoechea, Amy Dumigan, Gisli Einarsson, J. Stuart Elborn, Michael M. Tunney

Publikováno v: Respiratory Research, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)

Abstract Introduction Bacteria have been extensively implicated in the development of smoking related diseases, such as COPD, by either direct infection or bacteria-mediated inflammation. In response to the health risks associated with tobacco exposu

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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems

Autor: Aparna Keshaviah, Megan B Diamond, Matthew J Wade, Samuel V Scarpino, Warish Ahmed, Fabian Amman, Olusola Aruna, Andrei Badilla-Aguilar, Itay Bar-Or, Andreas Bergthaler, Julie E Bines, Aaron W Bivins, Alexandria B Boehm, Jean-Martin Brault, Jean-Baptiste Burnet, Joanne R Chapman, Angela Chaudhuri, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Robert Delatolla, John J Dennehy, Megan Beth Diamond, Celeste Donato, Erwin Duizer, Abiodun Egwuenu, Oran Erster, Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Aldo Gaggero, Deirdre F Gilpin, Brent J Gilpin, Tyson E Graber, Christopher A Green, Amanda Handley, Joanne Hewitt, Rochelle H Holm, Heribert Insam, Marc C Johnson, Rabia Johnson, Davey L Jones, Timothy R Julian, Asha Jyothi, Tamar Kohn, Katrin G Kuhn, Giuseppina La Rosa, Marie Lesenfants, Douglas G Manuel, Patrick M D'Aoust, Rudolf Markt, John W McGrath, Gertjan Medema, Christine L Moe, Indah Kartika Murni, Humood Naser, Colleen C Naughton, Leslie Ogorzaly, Vicka Oktaria, Christoph Ort, Popi Karaolia, Ekta H Patel, Steve Paterson, Mahbubur Rahman, Pablo Rivera-Navarro, Alex Robinson, Monica C Santa-Maria, Heike Schmitt, Theodore Smith, Lauren B Stadler, Jorgen Stassijns, Alberta Stenico, Renee A Street, Elisabetta Suffredini, Zachary Susswein, Monica Trujillo, Marlene K Wolfe, Habib Yakubu, Maria Ines Zanoli Sato

Publikováno v: Keshaviah, A, Diamond, M B, Wade, M J, Scarpino, S V, Ahmed, W, Amman, F, Aruna, O, Badilla-Aguilar, A, Bar-Or, I, Bergthaler, A, Bines, J E, Bivins, A W, Boehm, A B, Brault, J-M, Burnet, J-B, Chapman, J R, Chaudhuri, A, de Roda Husman, A M, Delatolla, R, Dennehy, J J, Diamond, M B, Donato, C, Duizer, E, Egwuenu, A, Erster, O, Fatta-Kassinos, D, Gaggero, A, Gilpin, D F, Gilpin, B J, Graber, T E, Green, C A, Handley, A, Holm, R H, Insam, H, Johnson, M C, Johnson, R, Jones, D L, Julian, T R, Jyothi, A, Kohn, T, Kuhn, K G, La Rosa, G, Lesenfants, M, Manuel, D G, D'Aoust, P M, Markt, R, McGrath, J W, Medema, G, Moe, C L, Murni, I K, Naser, H, Naughton, C C, Ogorzaly, L, Oktaria, V, Ort, C, Karaolia, P, Patel, E H, Paterson, S, Rahman, M, Rivera-Navarro, P, Robinson, A, Santa-Maria, M C, Schmitt, H, Smith, T, Stadler, L B, Stassijns, J, Stenico, A, Street, R A, Suffredini, E, Susswein, Z, Trujillo, M, Wolfe, M K, Yakubu, H & Zanoli Sato, M I 2023, ' Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems ', The Lancet Global Health, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. e976-e981 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00170-5

To inform the development of global wastewater monitoring systems, we surveyed programmes in 43 countries. Most programmes monitored predominantly urban populations. In high-income countries (HICs), composite sampling at centralised treatment plants

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https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/25208d6c-5bd8-4b09-ad27-2286b2974293

Detection of human adenovirus F41 in wastewater and its relationship to clinical cases of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology

Autor: Marina I. Reyne, Danielle M. Allen, Ashley Levickas, Pearce Allingham, Jonathan Lock, Arthur Fitzgerald, Cormac McSparron, Behnam F. Nejad, Jennifer McKinley, Andrew Lee, Stephen H. Bell, Joshua Quick, Charlotte J. Houldcroft, Connor G.G. Bamford, Deirdre F. Gilpin, John W. McGrath

Publikováno v: Reyne, M I, Allen, D M, Levickas, A, Allingham, P, Lock, J, Fitzgerald, A, McSparron, C, Nejad, B F, McKinley, J, Lee, A, Bell, S H, Quick, J, Houldcroft, C J, Bamford, C G G, Gilpin, D F & McGrath, J W 2023, ' Detection of human adenovirus F41 in wastewater and its relationship to clinical cases of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 857, no. Part 2, 159579 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159579

As of 8 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) have reported 1010 probable cases of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children worldwide, including approximately 250 cases in the United Kingdom (UK). Clinical presentations have often be

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Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in residents and staff in nursing homes in Northern Ireland

Autor: Naomi S, Baldwin, Deirdre F, Gilpin, Carmel M, Hughes, Mary P, Kearney, D Ann, Gardiner, Chris, Cardwell, Michael M, Tunney

Publikováno v: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 57(4)

To determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in residents and staff in nursing homes in one geographically defined health administration area of Northern Ireland.Point pr

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19392953