Publications

asymptomatic bacteriuria in schoolchildren in newcastle upon tyne.	a screening survey for asymptomatic bacteriuria (asb) in 13464 schoolgirls aged 4 to 18 years in newcastle upon tyne showed an overall prevalence of 1.9%. in girls 4 to 6 years it was 1.4%, in girls aged 7 to 11 years it was 2.5%, in girls aged 12 to 18 years it was 1.6%, a statistically significant rise and fall. renal scarring was found in 39 (15%) of 254 girls with asb. neither the prevalence nor the severity of renal scarring increased with age. there was no association between asb and socia ...	1975	805569
the antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the blood of patients in st thomas' hospital, 1969-1988.	we have monitored the antibiotic sensitivity of bloodstream isolates of common bacteria over a period of 20 years. among the gram-positive bacteria, the proportion of isolates of staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin, erythromycin, fusidate, or gentamicin has increased marginally, while that of coagulase-negative staphylococci (mostly staph. epidermidis) has increased markedly. enterococci are becoming serially more resistant to high concentrations of aminoglycosides. the enterobacteria ...	1990	2112124
a hospital outbreak caused by a chlorhexidine and antibiotic-resistant proteus mirabilis.	an outbreak of urinary-tract infection involving a strain of proteus mirabilis resistant to gentamicin and several other antibiotics affected 90 patients in southampton between july 1980 and may 1985. the outbreak strain was also resistant to chlorhexidine and this, in combination with the antibiogram and dienes' test, permitted differentiation from other p. mirabilis strains. the outbreak had features in common with other enterobacteriaceae outbreaks, although certain aspects of the population ...	1987	2888806
speciation, serotyping, antimicrobial sensitivity and plasmid content of proteeae from the environment of calf-rearing units in south west england.	a survey was undertaken of the occurrence, serotype, antimicrobial sensitivity and plasmid content of members of the tribe proteeae in the environment of two calf-rearing units in the county of avon in south west england. examples of the following species were found: proteus mirabilis, prot. vulgaris, prot. vulgaris biogroup 2, morganella morganii, providencia stuartii, prov. alcalifaciens and prov. rettgeri. a wide range of serotypes was found, many having been previously reported from nosocomi ...	1986	3540110
serious nosocomial infection caused by morganella morganii and proteus mirabilis in a cardiac surgery unit.	in july and august 1981, five patients in the cardiac surgery unit of the bristol royal infirmary developed septicemia caused by morganella morganii, proteus mirabilis, or both of these species. three of the patients had serious wound infections, and three of the patients died. typing of the m. morganii isolates by o-serotyping and of the p. mirabilis isolates by o-serotyping, proticine production and sensitivity, and the dienes reaction confirmed cross infection by both species. although m. mor ...	1983	6350354
typing of proteus from patients with bacteriuria.	forty-five strains of proteus mirabilis isolated from hospital in-patients, out-patients and community patients with significant bacteriuria, were investigated to determine whether a predominant type was present using the dienes test. antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the 45 strains of proteus mirabilis were also determined. there were 38 different dienes types which shows that there is no predominant type of proteus amongst the isolates examined in this study. this suggests that there i ...	1996	8683538
elevation in anti-proteus antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis from bermuda and england.	to determine whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) from bermuda and england have an increased anti-proteus antibody titer when compared to healthy bermudian and english controls, and to ascertain whether any increase in antibody titer is specific by testing 4 other microbes, escherichia coli and 3 normal anaerobic bowel bacteria.	1995	8991977
proteus igg antibodies and c-reactive protein in english, norwegian and spanish patients with rheumatoid arthritis.	the distribution of proteus antibody levels was compared in english, norwegian and spanish patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra). using an indirect immunofluorescence method, the igg antibody titre against proteus mirabilis was measured in the sera of 27 english, 53 norwegian and 34 spanish patients with ra and divided into active and inactive disease groups according to the serum c-reactive protein (crp) level (> or = 10 mg/l). serum samples were also collected from 25 english, 30 norwegian a ...	1999	11206342
xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in childhood.	demographic data, clinical presentation, associated abnormalities, and radiologic findings were evaluated to outline diagnostic criteria that may lead to the diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children.	2001	11283885
trends in fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin) resistance in enterobacteriaceae from bacteremias, england and wales, 1990-1999.	the public health laboratory service receives antibiotic susceptibility data for bacteria from bloodstream infections from most hospitals in england and wales. these data were used to ascertain resistance trends to ciprofloxacin from 1990 through 1999 for the most prevalent gram-negative agents: escherichia coli, klebsiella spp., enterobacter spp., and proteus mirabilis. significant increases in resistance were observed for all four species groups. for e. coli, ciprofloxacin resistance rose from ...	2002	11996681