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List of works by Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes

A comparative study on the inhibition of human and bacterial kynureninase by novel bicyclic kynurenine analogues.

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A novel dual-functioning ruthenium(II)-arene complex of an anti-microbial ciprofloxacin derivative - Anti-proliferative and anti-microbial activity

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Action of antimicrobial peptides and their prodrugs on model and biological membranes

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Air and surface contamination patterns of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on eight acute hospital wards.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Beyond conventional antibiotics for the future treatment of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusinfections: two novel alternatives

scientific article published on 04 April 2012

Could coagulase negative staphylococci be an evolutionary source of resistance genes for Staphylococcus aureus?

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Cytokine responses to Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection differ between patient cohorts that have different clinical courses of infection

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Differences in expression of virulence genes amongst invasive and colonizing isolates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Differential In Vitro and In Vivo Toxicities of Antimicrobial Peptide Prodrugs for Potential Use in Cystic Fibrosis.

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Differentially expressed proteins in derivatives of Candida albicans displaying a stable histatin 3-resistant phenotype

scientific article published on 7 May 2007

Effect of a novel air disinfection system on airborne micro-organisms in a hospital outpatient clinic.

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Effect of essential oils of Syzygium aromaticum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum and their major components on biofilm production in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from milk of cows with mastitis.

scientific article published on July 2015

Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infections Using Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides.

scientific article published on March 2017

Evaluation of screening risk and nonrisk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission in an acute care hospital

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Evaluation of vaporized hydrogen peroxide, Citrox and pH neutral Ecasol for decontamination of an enclosed area: a pilot study

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Genotyping of long term persistent Staphylococcus aureus in bovine subclinical mastitis

scientific article published on 20 April 2019

In vitro activities of synthetic host defense propeptides processed by neutrophil elastase against cystic fibrosis pathogens

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Memory Th1 Cells Are Protective in Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection.

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

Molecular Characterization of Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Showing Increasing Prevalence of Mupirocin Resistance and Associated Multidrug Resistance following Attempted Decolonization

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Near-patient environmental contamination of an intensive care unit with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) before and after the introduction of chlorhexidine bathing for

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Novel class of Bi(iii) hydroxamato complexes: synthesis, urease inhibitory activity and activity against H. pylori.

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Observational cross-sectional study of nasal staphylococcal species of medical students of diverse geographical origin, prior to healthcare exposure: prevalence of SCCmec, fusC, fusB and the arginine catabolite mobile element (ACME) in the absence o

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Potential of host defense peptide prodrugs as neutrophil elastase-dependent anti-infective agents for cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 25 November 2013

Reduced pro-inflammatory responses to Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection and low prevalence of enterotoxin genes in isolates from patients on haemodialysis.

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in human non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica isolates from England and Wales, 2010-12.

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Saliva affects the antifungal activity of exogenously added histatin 3 towards Candida albicans.

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Screening the nose, throat and the naso-pharynx for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a pilot study

scientific article published on 13 June 2020

Search and you will find: detecting extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from a patient's immediate environment.

scientific article published in May 2013

Susceptibility of Candida dubliniensis to salivary histatin 3.

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Susceptibility of extended-spectrum- β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli to commercially available and laboratory-isolated bacteriophages.

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Synthesis and characterisation of Co(iii) complexes of N-formyl hydroxylamines and antibacterial activity of a Co(iii) peptide deformylase inhibitor complex

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

The Molecular Epidemiology of Resistance in Cefotaximase-Producing Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Dublin, Ireland.

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

The revolving door between hospital and community: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Dublin

scientific article published on June 2, 2012

Using Disease-Associated Enzymes to Activate Antimicrobial Peptide Prodrugs

scientific article published in January 2017

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in The Intensive Care Unit in a Nonoutbreak Setting: Identification of Potential Reservoirs and Epidemiological Associations Between Patient and Environmental VRE.

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Vibrating Mesh Nebulisation of Pro-Antimicrobial Peptides for Use in Cystic Fibrosis.

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

What is the best method? Recovery of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from inanimate hospital surfaces

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

When are the hands of healthcare workers positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

scientific article published on 17 March 2010