Epidemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the UK
(1995)
Journal Article
Morrison, D., Woodford, N., & Cookson, B. D. (1995). Epidemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the UK. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 1(2), 146-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.1995.tb00460.x
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Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci. (1995)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Morrison, D., Johnson, A. P., Bateman, A. C., Hasting, J. G., Elliott, T. S. & Cookson, B. D. (1994). Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci. Microbial Drug Resistance. 1. . 235-240. . ISSN 1076-6294.Enterococcus faecium, which was highly resistant to vancomycin (MIC 256 mg/liter), but susceptible to teicoplanin (MIC 2 mg/liter), caused two distinct episodes of infection on a renal unit in the United Kingdom. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFG... Read More about Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci..
Vancomycin resistant Enterococci in hospitals in the United Kingdom. (1995)
Journal Article
Morrison, D. (1994). Vancomycin resistant Enterococci in hospitals in the United Kingdom. Communicable disease report. CDR weekly. 5. . 281-284. . ISSN 1350-9357.
Current perspectives on glycopeptide resistance. (1995)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Johnson, A. P., Morrison, D. & Speller, D. C. (1995). Current perspectives on glycopeptide resistance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 8. . 585-615. . ISSN 0893-8512.In the last 5 years, clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria with intrinsic or acquired resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics have been encountered increasingly. In many of these isolates, resistance arises from an alteration of the antibiotic t... Read More about Current perspectives on glycopeptide resistance..
Vancomycin-dependent enterococci in the United Kingdom. Correspondence. (1994)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Johnson, A. P., Morrison, D., Hastings, J. G. M., Elliott, T. S., Worthington, A., …Tolley, J. (1994). Vancomycin-dependent enterococci in the United Kingdom. Correspondence. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 33, 1066-1066. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/33.5.1066
Therapeutic beds: the Trojan horses of the 1990s? Letter to the editor. (1994)
Journal Article
Orr, K., Gould, F. K., Perry, J. D., Ford, M., Morgan, S., Sisson, P. R., & Morrison, D. (1994). Therapeutic beds: the Trojan horses of the 1990s? Letter to the editor. Lancet, 344(8914), 65-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2894%2991092-8
Antimicrobial resistance amongst enterococci isolated in the United Kingdom: a reference laboratory perspective. (Comment in Vancomycin-dependent enterococci in the United Kingdom J Antimicrob Chemother. 1994 ) (1993)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Morrison, D., Johnson, A. P. & George, R. C. (1992). Antimicrobial resistance amongst enterococci
isolated in the United Kingdom: a reference
laboratory perspective. (Comment in Vancomycin-dependent enterococci in the United Kingdom J Antimicrob Chemother. 1994 ). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 32. . 344-346. . ISSN 0305-7453.
Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterisation of some Gemella-like organisms from human infections: description of Dolosigranulum pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov. (1993)
Journal Article
Aguirre, M., Morrison, D., Cookson, B. D., Gay, F. W. & Collins, M. D. (1992). Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterisation of some Gemella-like organisms from human infections: description of Dolosigranulum pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov. The journal of applied bacteriology. 75. . 608-612. . ISSN 0021-8847.A phylogenetic analysis was performed on two previously uncharacterized Gram-positive, catalase-negative bacteria from clinical sources. 16S rRNA sequencing studies revealed the isolates represent a new line of descent within the lactic acid group of... Read More about Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterisation of some Gemella-like organisms from human infections: description of Dolosigranulum pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov..
Glycopeptide-resistant Gemella haemolysans from blood. Letter to the editor. (1993)
Journal Article
Reed, C., Efstratiou, A., Morrison, D., & Woodford, N. (1993). Glycopeptide-resistant Gemella haemolysans from blood. Letter to the editor. Lancet, 342(8876), 927-928. https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736%2893%2991975-R
Comparison of high-level gentamicin resistant (HLGR) Enterococcus faecium isolates from different continents. (1993)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Morrison, D., Cookson, B. D. & George, R. C. (1993). Comparison of high-level gentamicin resistant (HLGR) Enterococcus faecium isolates from different continents. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 37. . 681-684. . ISSN 0066-4804.Eight clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium highly resistant to gentamicin (MIC, > 1,000 mg/liter) from patients in six hospitals on three continents were investigated for evidence of spread of either a clone of high-level gentamicin-resistant (H... Read More about Comparison of high-level gentamicin resistant (HLGR) Enterococcus faecium isolates from different continents..
Application of DNA probes for rRNA and vanA genes to investigation of a nosocomial cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. (1993)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Morrison, D., Johnson, A. P., Briant, V., Cookson, B. D. & George, R. C. (1993). Application of DNA probes for rRNA and vanA genes to investigation of a nosocomial cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31. . 653-658. . ISSN 0095-1137.DNA probes specific for genes encoding rRNA and the glycopeptide resistance gene vanA were used to investigate a cluster of vancomycin-resistant (MICs, > 512 mg/liter) Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from separate patients in... Read More about Application of DNA probes for rRNA and vanA genes to investigation of a nosocomial cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococci..
Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients. (1992)
Journal Article
McWhinney, P. H. M., Kibbler, C. C., Gillespie, S. H., Patel, S., Morrison, D., Hoffbrand, A. V. & Prentice, H. G. (1991). Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 14. . 641-646. . ISSN 1058-4838.Stomatococcus mucilaginosus was isolated from eight neutropenic patients during nine febrile episodes over a 13-month period. Five of these isolates were from definite infections, including one case of fatal meningitis. This slime-producing, catalase... Read More about Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients..
Streptococci and Related Organism. (1992)
Book Chapter
Colman, G., Efstratiou, A., & Morrison, D. (1992). Streptococci and Related Organism. In R. G. Board, D. Jones, & F. A. Skinner (Eds.), Identification Methods in Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyWiley-Blackwell
Lactobacillus jensenii prosthetic valve endocarditis. Letter to the editor. (1990)
Journal Article
Atkins, M. C., Nicolson, L., Harrison, G. A. J., Paull, A., Malnick, H., & Morrison, D. (1990). Lactobacillus jensenii prosthetic valve endocarditis. Letter to the editor. Journal of Infection, 21(3), 322-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/0163-4453%2890%299424
Two distinct forms of vancomycin resistance amongst enterococci in the UK. Letter to the Editor. (1990)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Johnson, A. P., Morrison, D., Chin, A. T. L., Stephenson, J. R., & George, R. C. (1990). Two distinct forms of vancomycin resistance amongst enterococci in the UK. Letter to the Editor. Lancet, 335(8683), 226. https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-67
High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infections (1989)
Journal Article
Uttley, A. H. C., George, R. C., Naidoo, J., Woodford, N., Johnson, A. P., Collins, C. H., …Heptonstall, J. (1989). High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infections. Epidemiology and Infection, 103(01), 173-181. https://doi.org/10Nosocomial infection or colonization due to enterococci with high-level resistance to vancomycin (minimal inhibitory concentrations [MICs] between 64 and > 2000 mg/L) has occurred in 41 patients with renal disease. These vancomycin-resistant enter... Read More about High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infections.
AMR case study: AMR in the environment
Preprint / Working Paper
Morrison, D. AMR case study: AMR in the environmentThe environment plays a critical role in the development, dissemination, and proliferation of AMR. There is no structural, statutory surveillance dedicated to assessing the level of AMR in the environment in the UK. Policymakers will need to support... Read More about AMR case study: AMR in the environment.