Antibiotic prescribing: the consequences of getting it wrong
Journal Article
Dancer, S. J. (2016)
Antibiotic prescribing: the consequences of getting it wrong. Clinical Focus Primary Care, 10(2), 62-71
Antibiotics were one of the most important discoveries last century. As with all drugs, however, they are associated with adverse effects. This article reviews how inappropria...
Shining a light on ultraviolet-C disinfection: No golden promises for infection prevention
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de Kraker, M. E. A., Harbarth, S., & Dancer, S. J. (2018)
Shining a light on ultraviolet-C disinfection: No golden promises for infection prevention. American Journal of Infection Control, 46(12), 1422-1423. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.07.026
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Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: additional roles beyond cell death: DAPK and signal transduction
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Lin, Y., Hupp, T. R., & Stevens, C. (2009)
Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: additional roles beyond cell death: DAPK and signal transduction. FEBS Journal, 277(1), (48-57). ISSN 1742-464X
Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) is a stress-regulated protein
kinase that mediates a range of processes, including signal-induced cell death and autophagy. Although the...
Carbon Nanoparticles Inhibit the Antimicrobial Activities of the Human Cathelicidin LL-37 through Structural Alteration
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Findlay, F., Pohl, J., Svoboda, P., Shakamuri, P., McLean, K., Inglis, N. F., …Barlow, P. G. (2017)
Carbon Nanoparticles Inhibit the Antimicrobial Activities of the Human Cathelicidin LL-37 through Structural Alteration. Journal of Immunology, 199(7), 2483-2490. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700706
Host defense peptides, also known as antimicrobial peptides, are key elements of innate host defense. One host defense peptide with well-characterized antimicrobial activity i...
Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus.
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Sousa, F. H., Casanova, V., Findlay, F., Stevens, C., Svoboda, P., Pohl, J., …Barlow, P. G. (2017)
Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus. Peptides, 95, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.07.013
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the most common cause of viral respiratory tract infections, and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised ind...
Four Steps to Clean Hospitals: Look; Plan; Clean; and Dry
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Dancer, S. J., & Kramer, A. (2019)
Four Steps to Clean Hospitals: Look; Plan; Clean; and Dry. Journal of Hospital Infection, 103(1), e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2018.12.015
Background
Now that cleaning and decontamination are recognised as integral to infection control, it is timely to examine the process in more detail. This is because cleaning ...
Immunological homeostasis at the ovine placenta may reflect the degree of maternal foetal interaction
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Wattegedera, S. R., Doull, L. E., Goncheva, M. I., Wheelhouse, N., Watson, D. M., Pearce, J., …Entrican, G. (2019)
Immunological homeostasis at the ovine placenta may reflect the degree of maternal foetal interaction. Frontiers in Immunology, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.03025
Successful mammalian pregnancies are a result of complex physiological, endocrinological and immunological processes that combine to create an environment where the mother is ...