Browsing Dental Science (Scholarly Publications) by Author "SHORE, ANNA"
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AIR AND SURFACE CONTAMINATION PATTERNS OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ON EIGHT ACUTE HOSPITAL WARDS
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; DEASY, EMILY (2014)BACKGROUND. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be recovered from hospital air and from environmental surfaces. This poses a potential risk of transmission to patients. OBJECTIVE. To investigate ... -
COMPARATIVE GENOTYPES, STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME mec (SCCmec) GENES AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AMONGST STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS ISOLATES FROM INFECTIONS IN HUMANS AND COMPANION ANIMALS
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; MCMANUS, BRENDA; DEASY, EMILY (2015) -
DETECTION OF mecC-POSITIVE Staphylococcus aureus (CC130-MRSA-XI) IN DISEASED EUROPEAN HEDGEHOGS (Erinaceus europaeus) IN SWEDEN
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID; LAZARIS, ALEXANDROS (2013)Recently, a novel mec gene conferring beta-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus has been discovered. This gene, mecC, is situated on a SCCmec XI element that has to date been identified in clonal complexes 49, 130, ... -
DETECTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME mec Type XI ENCODING HIGHLY DIVERGENT mecA, mecI, mecR1, blaZ and ccr GENES IN HUMAN CLINICAL CLONAL COMPLEX 130 METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID; DEASY, EMILY (2011)Methicillin resistance in staphylococci is mediated by penicillin binding protein 2a (PBP2a) encoded by mecA on mobile staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements. In this study two clonal complex (CC) 130 ... -
DISSEMINATION OF HIGH-LEVEL MUPIROCIN-RESISTANT CC22-MRSA-IV IN SAXONY
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA (2017) -
Distribution of SCCmec-associated phenol-soluble modulin in staphylococci
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID (2012)The recently described phenol-soluble modulin PSM-mec was detected in S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. fleuretti, S. hominis, S. pseudintermedius, S. saprophyticus, S. simulans and S. vitulinus from different hosts (humans, ... -
DIVERSITY OF Staphylococcus aureus ISOLATES IN EUROPEAN WILDLIFE
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; LAZARIS, ALEXANDROS (2016) -
DNA MICROARRAY GENOTYPING AND VIRULENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE GENE PROFILING OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus BLOODSTREAM ISOLATES FROM RENAL PATIENTS
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID (2011)Thirty-six methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream isolates from renal patients were genetically characterized by DNA microarray analysis and spa typing. The isolates were highly clonal, belonging ... -
THE EMERGENCE AND SPREAD OF MULTIPLE LIVESTOCK-ASSOCIATED CLONAL COMPLEX 398 METHICILLIN-RESISTANT AND METHICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE Staphylococcus aureus STRAINS AMONG ANIMALS AND HUMANS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, 2010-2014
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; MCMANUS, BRENDA; O'CONNELL, FINBARR (2016) -
ENHANCED TRACKING OF THE NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF ENDEMIC ST22-MRSA-IV AMONG PATIENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SITES USING WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; KINNEVEY, PETER (2016) -
EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL CHROMOGENIC MEDIA FOR THE DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA (2016) -
EXTENSIVE GENETIC DIVERSITY IDENTIFIED AMONG SPORADIC METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ISOLATES RECOVERED IN IRISH HOSPITALS BETWEEN 2000-2012
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID; SULLIVAN, DEREK; KINNEVEY, PETER (2014)Clonal replacement of predominant nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains has occurred several times in Ireland during the last four decades. However, little is known about sporadically-occurring ... -
FIRST REPORT OF cfr-ENCODING PLASMIDS IN THE PANDEMIC SEQUENCE TYPE (ST) METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME mec TYPE-IV CLONE
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; O'CONNELL, FINBARR; KINNEVEY, PETER; LAZARIS, ALEXANDROS (2016) -
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE GENE cfr IN PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN-POSITIVE ST8-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus-IVa (USA300)
COLEMAN, DAVID; BRENNAN, ORLA; SHORE, ANNA (2010)The staphylococcal cfr gene mediates resistance to phenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins, and streptogramin A, a phenotype that has been termed PhLOPSA. The cfr gene has mainly been associated with ... -
A longitudinal study of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pigs in Ireland.
SHORE, ANNA (2014)The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in livestock has refocused attention on S. aureus colonization and transmission in pigs. This study investigated the effect of the S. aureus colonization ... -
AN OBSERVATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF NASAL STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN, PRIOR TO HEALTHCARE EXPOSURE. PREVALENCE OF SCCmec, fusC, fusB AND THE ARGININE CATABOLITE MOBILE ELEMENT (ACME) IN THE ABSENCE OF SELECTIVE ANTIBIOTIC PRESSURE
COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA; KINNEVEY, PETER (2018) -
PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN-POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN IRELAND 2002-2011: TWENTY-ONE CLONES, FREQUENT IMPORTATION OF CLONES, TEMPORAL SHIFTS OF PREDOMINANT METHICILLIN-RESISTANT S. AUREUS AND INCREASING MULTIRESISTANCE
TECKLENBORG, SARAH; COLEMAN, DAVID; SHORE, ANNA (2014)There has been a worldwide increase in community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. CA-MRSA isolates commonly produce the Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin encoded by the pvl ... -
STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROSOMOME MEC: RECENT ADVANCES AND NEW INSIGHTS
SHORE, ANNA; COLEMAN, DAVID (2013)Staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) elements are complex mobile genetic elements that often carry antimicrobial resistance and in some cases virulence-associated genes. In addition to SCCmec, which harbours the ...