Publications

microflora and somatic cell content of goat milk.	the results of tests to determine the microflora and somatic cell content of 483 milk samples from 250 dairy goats in the north of scotland are presented. milk from uninfected udders had extremely low levels of bacterial contamination, 80 per cent of such samples having less than 100 bacteria/ml. one quarter of all samples were infected, the organisms isolated being coagulase negative staphylococci (83.5 per cent), coagulase positive staphylococci (12.4 per cent) streptococci (3.3 per cent) and ...	1984	6375103
streptococcus agalactiae serotypes in the south west of scotland.		1984	6390930
group b streptococci in mothers and infants: edinburgh studies.		1982	6757183
carriage of group b streptococci in the upper respiratory tract.		1981	7021604
group b streptococci (gbs) in the upper respiratory tract of schoolchildren.		1982	7045039
the epidemiology of beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in the intensive therapy unit of the royal infirmary, edinburgh 1991-1994.		1997	9331646
epidemiology of group b streptococcal infection in a special care neonatal unit.		1997	9331647
the changing epidemiology of bacterial meningitis and invasive non-meningitic bacterial disease in scotland during the period 1983-99.	we reviewed population-based laboratory reports of invasive meningococcal, pneumococcal, haemophilus influenzae, group b streptococcus (gbs) and listeria monocytogenes isolates in order to examine the changing epidemiology of meningitis and invasive non-meningitic disease (inmd) caused by these 5 pathogens in the 2 periods before (1983-91) and after (1992-99) routine use of h. influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (hib) in scotland. neissieria meningitidis was the most common cause of meningitis, ...	2002	12064693
identification of vaginal group b streptococcus carriage in a west of scotland general practice.		2007	17896264