Browsing by Author "Boyle, F."
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Enterococcus faecium of the vana genotype in rural drinking water, effluent, and the aqueous environment
Morris, D.; Galvin, S.; Boyle, F.; Hickey, P.; Mulligan, M.; Cormican, M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2011-11-18)Total enterococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were enumerated in samples of effluent (n = 50) and water (n = 167) from a number of sources. VRE were detected in the outflow of a wastewater treatment plant ... -
Enumeration and characterization of antimicrobial-resistant escherichia coli bacteria in effluent from municipal, hospital, and secondary treatment facility sources
Galvin, S.; Boyle, F.; Hickey, P.; Vellinga, A.; Morris, D.; Cormican, M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2010-06-04)We describe a modification of the most probable number (MPN) method for rapid enumeration of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in aqueous environmental samples. E. coli (total and antimicrobial-resistant) ... -
First report of extended-spectrum- -lactamase-producing salmonella enterica serovar kentucky isolated from poultry in ireland
Boyle, F.; Morris, D.; O'Connor, J.; DeLappe, N.; Ward, J.; Cormican, M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2009-11-02)Therapy of invasive human salmonellosis is complicated by increasing antimicrobial resistance. Food animals are the principal source of infection with nontyphoid Salmonella. We report the emergence of broadspectrum-cephalosporin ... -
Inter-hospital outbreak of klebsiella pneumoniae producing kpc-2 carbapenemase in ireland
Morris, D.; Boyle, F.; Morris, C.; Condon, I.; Delannoy-Vieillard, A.-S.; Power, L.; Khan, A.; Morris-Downes, M.; Finnegan, C.; Powell, J.; Monahan, R.; Burns, K.; O'Connell, N.; Boyle, L.; O'Gorman, A.; Humphreys, H.; Brisse, S.; Turton, J.; Woodford, N.; Cormican, M. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012-06-28)To describe an outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with inter-hospital spread and measures taken to control transmission. Between January and March 2011, 13 K. pneumoniae isolates were collected from nine ... -
Production of kpc-2 carbapenemase by an escherichia coli clinical isolate belonging to the international st131 clone
Morris, D.; Boyle, F.; Ludden, C.; Condon, I.; Hale, J.; O'Connell, N.; Power, L.; Boo, T. W.; Dhanji, H.; Lavallee, C.; Woodford, N.; Cormican, M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2011-07-18)